by Ginger Gentile and Amy Ramirez (contributing blogger) You’ve gotten the green light from the executive producer or the funding needed to start shooting in Argentina. But you’ve never been, speak very basic Spanish and have a tight schedule and an even a tighter budget. So finding a local production fixer (aka local production coordinator) … Continue reading »
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Praise for San Telmo Productions
Another Happy Client who used San Telmo Productions for complete production services and local production fixer for a series of educational videos: “We found San Telmo Productions on the Internet and were a bit nervous, because we’d never filmed in Argentina. They were able to pull together a six day shoot, 12 actors, multiple locations … Continue reading »
San Telmo Productions Wraps Filming Spanish Learning Videos for Joint Venture between K12 INC and Middlebury
It’s not everyday that we at San Telmo Productions are part of a new global enterprise, but the New York Times recently reported on a new online language program that we filmed videos for in March in Buenos Aires. Middlebury College, a small Vermont college known for its rigorous foreign-language programs, is forming a venture … Continue reading »
New Show Reel 2010 for San Telmo PRoductions
See what we´ve been filming, in under 2 minutes, from documentary to commercials to fiction.
Another Happy Client of San Telmo Productions: Cineflix Productions
Latest Happy Client, Tara Anderson of Cineflix Productions, on using local production fixer services for “The Nazi Hunters”: “I had the fortunate pleasure of stumbling upon San Telmo Productions when I was looking for a fixer in Buenos Aires, Argentina. From the beginning, Ginger Gentile and Gabriel Balanovsky helped with all of my prepping … Continue reading »
It´s a Wrap: Dog Walking Documentary for Australia
We uncorked the champagne to celebrate wrapping up the film shoot of the Dog Walking documentary for Australian director Peter Wilson of Red Hawk Films Ltd. Here at San Telmo Productions, we provided complete production services as well as acted a local fixer in Buenos Aires, Argentina. We provided everything a foreign director would need … Continue reading »
It´s a Wrap: 2009!
So sorry that I haven´t been blogging much lately: I´ve been jumping from meetings to pre-production planning to last-minute film shoots. Right now we at San Telmo Productions have two clear focuses: the pre-production of a documentary about Dog Walkers in Buenos Aires that will be shot in January (which we are producing for Australian … Continue reading »
Production Fixing in Buenos Aires: Nazi Hunters
Today, Gabriel of San Telmo Productions just set out to do location scouting for “The Nazi Hunters” a documentary series produced by NextFilms of Toronto Canada. Often, foreign TV crews want to resolve things in the moment (hence, the term production “fixer” meaning you solve problems in the moment) but a lot of times it … Continue reading »
Local Production Fixer Tip: You can save time or money, not both
Argentina offers a wide range of locations and tons of state-of-the art film and video equipment, but for you to take advantage of this in a cost-effective way, the key is giving your local fixer the most time possible. For example, there are tons of Sony Z-1 cameras in the market place and can be … Continue reading »
