“ang maskot” movie: behind the scenes with mara andres

mara andres managed production on the ang maskot short, and she recently blogged about the experience here. lots of behind-the-scenes stuff and photos!

"...Day 2. Metrica St, Manila

First shot of the day. It was obviously a pretty hot day.

The stress of Day 1 made Day 2 seem so much more…relaxed, so to speak. Alessandra’s management initially said that she only had until 12 midnight but Alex was kind enough to stay until around 12:30 or 1 in the morning to finish her scenes.

Alessandra de Rossi and Ketchup Eusebio acting amidst the presence of styros. Haha.

We had a lot of exterior shots that afternoon. Thank goodness the skies were kind enough to give us sun. Crowd control was quite a hassle and because the houses in the neighborhood were so close to each other, it was kind of difficult to filter out unexpected noise. But hey, it wasn’t as bad the as the incidents that occurred during first day."

i can attest to the fact that these gals n guys work really, really hard, and yet can somehow come out of a 20-hour workday all cheerful and excited like they'd just arrived on-set. guess that's what happens when you truly love what you are doing.