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details give to the town a quite special atmosphere,<br />
bucolic, melancholic, a bit western,<br />
this is a pretty interesting place.<br />
I met this town travelling, my first impression<br />
was terrific, I loved it so much because<br />
is a thousand storytelling place. El Camino<br />
a la Soledad is one of the possible stories<br />
which can took place here.<br />
Did you write the story in the town?<br />
John Agudelo: No, when I met this place, I<br />
thought will be great filming a short there,<br />
then I thought about the kind of story I<br />
could write. I did a brainstorming, and little<br />
by little I wrote the script. This was “El Camino<br />
a la Soledad” birth.<br />
What is your point of view about the cinematographic<br />
industry in Colombia today?<br />
John Agudelo: I think is a positive moment,<br />
the best moment of cinematographic production<br />
in Colombia, however the attendance<br />
to the movie theaters is low, there<br />
have been better times, however the takings<br />
are an important indicator to measure a<br />
movie profitability, it’s essential taking in<br />
account this factor because the movies besides<br />
being an art is also an industry.<br />
Moviemaking requires a lot of money therefore<br />
is necessary to earn profits, some<br />
movies scarcely receive money to cover its<br />
expenses during the filming, though are<br />
few those who earn profits. Despite of that<br />
thanks to FDC stimulus, regional contests,<br />
international funds, Ibermedia, etc., it’s a big<br />
moment for filmmakers, as a result we have<br />
short films and long films competitive in<br />
international contests.<br />
There are not any technical issues as were<br />
used before; if you see nineties or eighties<br />
movies, the sound was awful, nothing else<br />
exists, we are equal as any film producer<br />
country.<br />
There are very interesting stories in the<br />
country and the city, Colombian are plural-<br />
ethnical and multi-cultural people, it<br />
provides a large wealthy on the movies, a lot<br />
of variety, nevertheless not all this variety<br />
comes to the audience.<br />
Movies are being filmed for those who<br />
“Film the movies”. I film for my friends who<br />
are filmmakers, whether the aim of movies is<br />
reaching people and we aren’t achieving that<br />
goal. Movies are coming close ten thousand<br />
people; the movies are pushed out in a week<br />
because people don’t attend to the theaters.<br />
Did you film all the scenes?<br />
John Agudelo: We didn’t film hundred<br />
percent, rather we film two-hundred percent<br />
of shots because our filming plan was about<br />
eighty shots, at the end we film closely one<br />
hundred fifty shots, because when you are in<br />
“I think is a positive<br />
moment, the best<br />
moment of cinematographic<br />
production<br />
in Colombia, however<br />
the attendance to<br />
the movie theaters is<br />
low, there have been<br />
better times”
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