Local Legend - Mozarts vineyard

vagabond81 — Wed, 6 Nov 2013 05:08:22 GMT

I take inspiration from the characters in the movie, from the landscape and from the music. Then I try to show as much as I can of the essence of that, leaving the unnessery behind. I want people to feel. One way to achieve emotions, is by music, another is visual effects, yet another way is through our senses (wine). By combining these, I try to make the audience feel the same way I did when I visited Mozart' s Vineyard.

Except for being an amazing place to visit, I also find that the film has an important message. Avoiding the use of pesticides is environmental friendly for animals (especially birds and bees), plants, water, people etc

My experience of making movies is simply as a hobby. I make short movies of nature, animals, my family which I enjoy making, and I am always pleased when I can make somebody smile.

Winning this scholarship would enable me to go out into the world and put my talents to the test! I would like to make as many people smile as I possibly can. Through a combination of languages, communication studies and a great interests in films and photography, I believe I could accomplish something special.

A Local Encounter that Changed my Perspective - The Guidebook

vagabond81 — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:15:13 GMT

I was in Mexico on a shoestring, alone with my backpack, and a Rough Guide in my pocket. It was my second time here. I had three months --all the time in the world to enjoy this magical country--but no plan at all. My connections to the country run deep since I met my partner here six years earlier. Miracle was still in the air.
Going through my guide-book, one thing struck me - the woman on the front page appeared to be so warmhearted though you could tell from the picture her life was hard.
She wore old traditional colorful clothes and she had long braids which were gathered on top of her head where she was carrying hammocks, just like the African ladies do.
Her smile was dazzling. On her left shoulder she carried an animal. I had never seen such an animal before. It seemed to be some rare species.
I wanted to find out more about her and about the animal, but the rational side of me knew that meeting this woman would be impossible - Mexico is a huge country with over a hundred million people. Yet my heart told me otherwise.
One lazy day, I was at a café looking out towards the endless sea, admiring the power of the ocean, when I spotted an old lady with hammocks on her head. I was shocked - I recognized her as the woman on the front page.
Taken by the excitement, I ran up to her. In Spanish I asked “are you the woman with the rare animal on the front page of the guide book?”
“Si, hola, my name is Angela, very nice to meet you!”. She told me the picture was taken thirty years earlier. I could tell from her face she had grown older, she had wrinkles and her hands looked old. But she was still carrying hammocks on her head. And she still had that warm smile. Amazing.
“And the animal”, I asked, “what kind of animal is it that you carried on your shoulder?”
“It is a Marta” she said. Again, I was surprised, Marta was an endangered species in Mexico. “Where did that animal live?” “She lived in that bungalow area over there, Acali” she said pointing out the exact bungalow where I was staying.
“The picture was taken outside of that bungalow”, she said.

Since then I have kept my Mexican Rough Guide in a safe place. It will be something nice to show my grandchildren one day.

the guidebook

Local Legend - Mozarts vineyard

A Local Encounter that Changed my Perspective - The Guidebook