BACK TO LAMU AND BEYOND
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| ddm/COTW as Italian actor in a commercial |
Blogging from Nairobi of
trips to Lamu, Malindi, and Watamu. My nephew Theo is still with me and has
been the best one man crew i could hope for. We make a fast team and have a lot
of fun shooting and traveling. His new nickname Sharif was even eclipsed at a posh Italian dinner party in
Lamu when this lady kept calling him Theodoro. So that stuck pretty much.
Been cranking mainly on
the Sea Turtles of Lamu doco idea and then Friday we re-shot the Africa Chef
cooking show pilot. Had a nice cast and crew and lots of fun rental gear! Felt
like a real shoot! We all had fun and i started cutting it today and i believe
we have a show. More sneak peeks later!
So much adventure since i
landed jan 9th. And more to come. Going back to lewa house safari
lodge tomorrow thru Friday. Then i’m off to Zurich for a week, then Cambodia,
then back to Zurich before returning to Africa mar 17th… St. Patty’s
day! COTW making the rounds!
Elections are coming to
Kenya march 5th, and violence is feared. I will be on another continent.
Glad about that.
We swam the channel in
lamu from shela to manda beach. Took about 40 minutes. I overcame my fear of
depths and finally did it. It felt great. A real achievement of sorts. Making
more friends down there. Glad i have a place there. And look forward to going
back after my plate is cleared…i’ll have 7 videos to cut plus the doco. So i’ll
be immersed in the Stable cutting away for weeks i’m sure. But it’s all good.
it’s all part of the art form. It’s like puzzle solving. And i enjoy it. Takes
a long time to do it right, but it is rewarding. I like making content. Let’s
just hope the Africa Chef gets picked up and we get an order for 12! Then sell
it overseas as well! Marcus just won Best Chef for the 2013 Taste Awards here
in East Africa. That’s huge. He’s vastly entertaining and very knowledgeable.
Fingers crossed!
I’m enjoying Kenya more
this time. Feeing more settled and more relaxed. Trying to enjoy each day, each
moment, and not be so sidetracked worrying about the future. Enough of that.
It’s futile and drainging. Carpe diem indeed.
So i booked that
commercial i auditioned for via skype to Milan. Hilarious. They flew me and
theodoro to malindi for 2 nights and we had one long shoot day with me as
talent. My first commercial as actor in 5 years? 10 years? I honestly cannot
remember. But it was fun to be working. And the Italian cast and crew was
classic.
While in lamu we were
there for Maulid. Muhammad’s birthday celebration. We shot the processional
parade to the big mosque. Quite exciting and chaotic. Stuck in the narrow
streets, the men singing and dancing all around us. i have to find a way to put
the footage in the doco. We were RIGHT there.
I also have become friends
with author and biographer Errol Trzebinski. She wrote Out of Silence which was
Finch Hatton’s biography they also used to write Out of Africa. She’s a classic
old chop with a lovely home in the heart of lamu town. I’d say we have a mutual
admiration society going. She’s incredibly bright and conversation is never
boring. Another friend in lamu.
Now for the pics! Hope you enjoy!
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| theo in lamu setting up a shot |
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| theo and rasta man in lamu town |
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| cats waiting for fish cleaning at the shela jetty |
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| king fish gathering |
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| lamu star |
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| theo with sticks heading out |
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| theo and lorella going to set on manda island to interview Odo |
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| one skinny cat in lamu town |
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| Odo on location at the well on manda island near his compound |
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| Team Sling and Odo |
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| dhow trip to manda totu to shoot turtles underwater on the reef |
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| Lo J kicking back on set |
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| our show crew and shade awning |
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| fabric is cool |
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| view from the stern on the dhow |
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| third world baggage claim in malindi |
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| "Beauty" the green sea turtle at hospital in watamu turtle watch hospital |
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| trusty Fly 540 in Malindi |
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| theodoro at turtle hospital |
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| "George" at turtle hospital. another green turtle but hefty! |
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| thor at rest on the dhow trip |
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| our tuk-tuk transpo. |
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| downtown watamu |
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| lots of italian tourists waiting for the turtle hatching |
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| Team SLing in the tuk-tuk |
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| the turtle nest...waiting for the right light to exodus |
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| George getting fed at Watamu Turtle Watch hospital |
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| what a specimen! but too sick to feed himself |
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| jorge getting shrimp puree pumped down the hatch |
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| ddm filming george feeding with the go pro 3. |
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| posh italian resort in watamu |
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| steve does the fisherman catch and release program at WTW. we released 7 in one day. |
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| Beauty gets ready for a "sea bath" with a velcro leach on her front flipper |
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| kahindi with lorella |
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| the markings are beautiful |
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| thor deboards at lamu. muslim country |
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| the men play bao in lamu town |
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| our hotel in malindi. what a pool! |
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| shiko the makeup gal sets up her station on location outside malindi |
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| An old Landy for the picture car. quite a prop. |
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| mario of Blue Sky films on location |
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| ddm and milan actor Andrea |
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| theodoro and ddm in front of the hero baobab tree |
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| our director Gaetano and the Red |
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| Francesca and ddm |
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| Gaetano..aka...Moby |
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| on location in africa....quite fun! |
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| video village behind the Red |
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| francesca...lots of fun and no attitude. |
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| my POV |
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| Theo with the tree |
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| francesca and andrea with gaetano between takes |
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| self portrait at the Eden Roc hotel in malindi |
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| more on location |
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| pool...reverse angle...ahhhh. 25 meters easy! |
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| capt. yosef back in lamu heading to shela |
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| theo in the thick of the Maulid processional parade |
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| more Fly 540...loved the clouds |
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| Maulid mayhem |
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| muslim women on their side of the mosque square |
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| mosque square for the friday Maulid celebration |
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| Raila's chopper in lamu while he was stumping the locals for Prime Minister |
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| goats on a rope in lamu town |
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| fundi tailor in tight quarters in lamu town |
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| errol's house in lamu town |
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| a beautiful crib |
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| upstairs |
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| shela beach looking towards manda beach and the channel we swam |
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| Errol's cat...Catski |
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| low tide at shela |
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| marcus mitchell, our Africa Chef, in nairobi fresh from the 2 weeks on the coast |
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| Marcus cleaned up on set for Africa Chef |
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| Brit cam op and DOP jim bishop |
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| theo and jim tweak the lighting |
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| Jenny Chancey our kitchen fairy and set dresser and so much more! |
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| beauty shot of the skewers for the barby |
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| Marcus shifts to the bbq portion of the pilot...cooking ostrich |
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| more kitchen ECU's |
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| slate girl/prod. coordinator/producer lorella jowi, always lending a hand where needed....with a C stand |
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| outdoor set with overhead diffusion |
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| jim checking his phone for the next gig. must be universal~ |
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| Theo on A cam |
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| Jenny with the ipad video for BTS |
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| always handy |
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| fresh herbs from the garden |
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| sooty ostrich cooks on the coals! wash it off with lemons~ |
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| thor on safari at nairobi nat'l park |
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| the ostrich tasted so good with all the fixins |
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| thor looks for more game...is that a lion? |
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| theo spent the day roof top |
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| theodoro gets a healthy pour of red wine at Osteria Karen |
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| zebras at the park |
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women at maulid
see ya next time! thanks for following!
ddm
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