THANKS to Joyeria Juncal

We have had a lot of support in Jerez de la Frontera from people in the community with our shooting of Domino.  This is partly because the topic is dear to the heart of people here (lots and lots of people are suffering because of the economic crisis).

To be truthful, however, it is due even more to the huge number of friends that Antonio de la Malena, our star, has in the city of Jerez.  That he is charming is also a help.

Antonio de la Malena, playing Luis, counts the money for the ring he's pawned.

As a result, the jewelry store/pawn shop is another one of the small businesses which have allowed us to shoot on their premises, and in this case, the founder and owner's father played the part of the shop owner.  He knows his stuff, so when our star needed to ask for a price for a ring he was trying to pawn (this is part of the script, NOT the real life of Antonio de la Malena), we got a great performance of testing the ring's purity, weighing it, giving a price for it, and so forth.

All very realistic, which is exactly what we want.

So--we thank Francisco Juncal the younger for his willingness to let us film in his shop, and his father Francisco Juncal the elder for playing the part of the owner.  We've ended up with a great scene, not only because of the realism (and the good acting on the part of Antonio de la Malena) but also because Francisco Juncal the elder wore a bright orange sweater.  It looks really good on film, especially since the shop itself is attractive and brightly lit.

When I said bring orange sweater, I meant bright orange sweater.

OUR NEXT BLOG will be about--remember our experimental short, "Two Streets & Adela"?  Well....