LMGI COMPASS
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Spring 2021
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have final answers in less time,
especially in locations where
filming is more common.
Stevie: WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE
OR MOST MEMORABLE FILMING
EXPERIENCES?
DP:
My favorite job was a 2013
Captain Morgan commercial,
directed by Todd Field and with
Batman production designer
Nathan Crowley.
Most of the filming took place
in the city next to the Cathedral,
where we needed to recreate the
Caribbean of the 18th century.
The walls of Palma, the Bellver
Castle, the Cathedral and some
streets in the old town were our
key locations, with a lot of props
and work from the art department.
It was one of the largest
projects in Palma, so we had to
work closely with the authorities
to get all the permits. The Palma
Film Office had just been created,
and that helped make everything
possible.
The limited series The Night
Manager, starring Hugh Laurie
and Tom Hiddleston, was
possibly the most challenging
project for me due to its size
and importance for our local
production community. We were
able to secure the massive villa
La Fortaleza, one of the most
expensive properties in Spain. It
was built in the 1600s and was
a new location where very little
had been filmed yet, certainly
never a large production with so
many days of preparation and
filming.
Finding the location was not as
difficult a task as managing the
permit and the conditions of being
able to carry the film there for 10
days. Currently, it is a location
where I have filmed several more
times and with which I have a very
good relationship.
I also did Season 1 of the police
procedural series The Mallorca
Files and just finished the action
thriller SAS: Red Notice.
Left:
Photo
by
Daniel
Palerm/LMGI;
Right:
Photos
by
Eduardo
Rodrigalvarez/LMGI
