ASADO - Day Twenty Seven

i haven't been writing much because i've been sick these past few days and have been saving my energy for when we're shooting.
when i'm sick, i'm slow. i slow down and most things, emotionally, don't affect with the extreme reaction. my body is talking to me and asking me to slow down.

with being sick, spending time with the whole family/being all together a lot, filming with ben and pablo and keeping this documentary wrapped around my head; its been draining.

today we have this big BBQ, UN ASADO, where all the family is coming over. my parents got up at the wee hours of the morning, prepping in the kitchen, for the 1pm get together. yesterday we went to the beach with the kids and go some footage. not sure if we're going to use it or not. the main jewels have been my dad talking with TIO VINCHO's father, THE HUNTING SCENE and two conversations i had with my father.
things have been going well and my stories aren't as mind shifting as BOLIVIA but things are moving along. the balance is there and we have lots more to shoot, not without a few fights within the family of course.

it might be of interest to mention that my sister PAULINA got into a car accident just the other day. everyone is okay. she got hit as she was turning left on a stop sign and got hit hard from the front. it was pretty serious because the car got hit so hard that it spun twice and was not drivable after the accident. CATARINA and DANIEL got a few scratches and bruises but are okay. i didn't see this but DANIELLA told me that when PAULINA saw my mom, she just burst into tears. since we're trying to keep the TELE-NOVELA DRAMA out of the film and focus our energy on moments, we decided to take a step back and just let it unfold inside the family without the cameras. we of course weighed it out and decided that it wasn't worth the stress to have a camera in there or to even try capture the narrative, especially considering we weren't there when it unfolded. it happened on my father's birthday and we were in the car with my dad going around with him as he did his errands. when we got the call, my father got frustrated and i'm sure he thought "SEE! how we can all go at any minute." which has been his repeating point when he talks about EUTHANASIA "only GOD decides when we go."
or maybe he was frustrated at PAULINA for the possibility of taking his grandchildren. i dont know, but his reaction was not empathy but frustration and i wonder why he go frustrated. i will probably eventually ask him.

we have been watching the footage on an evening basis and it has been really helping to improve on things. just going through it and writing down what we could improve and film again; what works and doesn't work. for example some of the exteriors. BEN shot some really amazing still shoots but we all agree that panning in the car slowly, instead of the still shots, work best for the language of the film, as far as exteriors are concerned.