Colby in Peru
Lucas Gath on the runway in Ayacucho
Lucas Gath and I landed in Peru on Monday night at 11 pm and have been shooting or traveling non-stop since our arrival. Tonight we finally get a break, so I am updating the blog with a few short stories and a few comments about the performance of the Sony FS100 in the field.
First and foremost, I forgot how gorgeous Peru is. Giovanni Autran and I were here in 2007 to shoot a short film for the Life Out of Balance series and I remember being blown away by the scenery, but those memories have slowly faded over the years and I was not expecting to be blown away by the people and the landscapes like I have been on this trip. The people we have met and worked with during this trip have been amazing. We have been shooting a short documentary about Tarcila Rivera Zea, the founder and manager of a Peruvian NGO called CHIRAPAQ. During our five days in Peru we have spent 2 days in Lima (which were mostly spent in conference rooms) and then 3 days in Ayacucho and the surrounding villages. Ayacucho is a beautiful city that is 8 hours by road or 1 hour by air from Lima. We chose to fly because we had such limited time and it was well worth it, because as soon as the plane landed at 6:30 am (ouch, the thought of waking up at 3:30 to get to the airport by 4:00 still makes me wince) the sun had just risen over the mountains and we were able to start shooting b-roll of daily life in Ayacucho on our way to the hotel!
El plato tipico en Ayacucho - Chupi!
Later that day I got a taste of the local cuisine and ate Chupi, which is a field rodent (yes, a large rat). It was…interesting…and I will probably be ordering chicken, beef, pork, fish or Alpaca next time! Anyway, the Chupi got me through the day and I was able to shoot a bit of footage with the FS100, which I will discuss in my next post.
