So I was unsure about showing people work-in-progress stuff from Oro Platiado until it was finished, but since the premiere date isn’t until next semester, I might as well start getting my ya-yas out now.

For those of you not in-the-know, Oro Platiado is a pastiche / homage / satire of violent Spanish telenovellas and overwrought student films. Rodrigo Magallanes (Rafael Gaitan) plays a drug lord in Columbia with a heart of gold and an iron fist being pursued by a hard-boiled DEA agent who plays the violin (Adam Bowers). Approximately 70% of the dialogue is in Spanish.

It’s pretty much an orgy of pretentiously filmed gun-violence and on-the-nose dialogue. Surprisingly, I think the script (written by Rafael) still needs a lot more wanton violence to work. It also needs more surprises.

Now, after the third day of shooting, I think I’ve gotten comfortable enough to make some legitimately good shots going foward. We’ll see.

Oh, and yes, I already know Platiado (”silver” in Spanish) is spelled with an -e and not an -i.

Update: Speaking of Adam Bowers, check out the trailer for the movie he made last summer with Ryan Moulton and Valerie Jones, New Personal Worst.

Promising…