PROJECTS         
April/May 2009

Ray Peschke promoted his RED ONE Cameras to several producers and also tried to convince their filmmakers to consider stereoscopic 3- D Productions for their Projects.

With Ray's expertise in 3-D stereoscopic productions and his 6 RED cameras and some of the newest 3-D rigs at his main offices in Hollywood he could jump start Costa Rica's stereoscopic productions.

January 2009

Ray Peschke went to Costa Rica to promote the new RED camera packages. Ray also met with accomplished director/producer Mauricio Mendiola to discuss the RED cameras for his upcoming film.      

December 2008

The US/German production company "Orange Sky" under the helm of producer Joseph Lieck asked PVF for location photos for their upcoming feature film, set on an island in the Caribbean. The 2 main locations needed: a 'ritzi' villa - a rock star retreat - and a romantic fishing village.


Ray Peschke and Gabriel Jimenez Monestel were scouting for several weeks and returned with hundreds of photos of possible locations. Gorgeous villas with $10 million + price tags are available to PVF for very low rental fees.

June - November 2008

Location Scouting and budgeting for several production companies from the US and Europe. Pascal Leister with Lodestar Films was among the directors to have Ray and PVF scout Costa Rica. And director Tommy Reid is looking for locations standing in for Hawaii for his upcoming thriller

PVF's RED cameras lensed their first feature film "THE WHIFFLER" with great success. Several commercials, music videos and short films were also filmed with the incredible 4K resolution RED cameras. For more on the RED, visit www.Red1Mobil.com

April/May 2008
Lionsgate and Mike Upton asked PVF to find locations for their upcoming feature film "The Forrest of Mirrors". The film takes place in Guatemala in the early 60's. Ray Peschke and production manager Gabriel Yimenez took over 100 photographs during a full week of scouting to find locations that would evoke the look of Guatemala in that time period. After returning to the U.S. Ray met with Lionsgate's producers to present the photographs and a preliminary budget for the shoot in Costa Rica. Starting date for the shoot is to be determined.
February 2008

An Icelandic Production Company approached PVF about providing locations and logistics for a feature film project slanted for June 2008. Their needs include a coffee plantation and a pristine beach.

        

October 2007

Famed producer Joseph Sassone appoached PVF for his feature film project: "Relentless". The picture is set entirely in the rainforrest and is going to be shot early next year.

September 2007

PVF helped ABC/Disney on a segment for the famed reporter Barbara Walters. PVF handles transportation, crew, equipment and office services. Shooting is projected to take place in December.

April - June 2007

RAY PESCHKE travelled to the Mideast, a up-and-coming film destination. He made connections in Lebanon (Film Platform Productions) and Jordan (Sandbag Productions). PVF established especially close ties with Fadi Saraf, executive producer of Sandbag Productions in the efforts to promote both countries as film destinations with fantastic and diverse locations, good crews, safe environments and plenty of local talent.

December 2006 - March 2007

RAY PESCHKE went twice to Europe to promote PVF and Costa Rrica as a film destination.
There was lots of interest especially from Italy, Germany and Holland.

October 2006

THE TRIBE, which was shot in Costa Rica, was shown as a first rough cut to the applause of everybody. Especially all the great locations have gotten rave reviews.

September 2006

PVF ordered 3 REDONE cameras, with lots of lenses and all the necessary accessories.
It apparentlly will be THE state of the art camera, with 4K and 2K and HD formats.
These cameras will surpass everything on the market. they will make shooting in Costa Rica more affordable, easier and in terms of quality the best option available. Stay tuned , for more information go to RED.COM.

August 2006

PVF added JUAN GABRIEL JIMENEZ MONESTEL to their roster of staff members. He studied in Mexico, speaks fluent English and has already a long list of credits in the film industry on his resume.

July 2006


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Ray Peschke of Pura Vida Films and Ben Stiller, who had worked together previously on 'The Cable Guy'.

Ray Peschke and Pura Vida Films were approached by Ben Stiller about an action comedy set in Vietnam - TROPIC THUNDER. Ray had the ideal locations in Costa Rica and PVF's budget was about half the amount this project would cost being filmed in Hawaii. Unfortunately that film was postponed indefinetly, due to the on-going re-structuring of DREAMWORKS.

Now Ray worked again with Ben Stiller on TENACIOUS D AND THE PICK OF DESTINY and the re-shoots.

During that time he was approached yet again for another film project that called for a jungle location - which PVF has now secured. 300 acres surrounding a 5-star hotel about 20 minutes from the international airport in San Jose. PVF is standing by to take the producers and director to a short scout in Costa Rica .

May - July 2006
After a few weeks of preperations a six week shoot took place. Despite the rainy season it was a very successful production - check out: thetribemovie.blogspot.com. PVF wishes theTRIBE a very successful and creative post production and looks forward to the release of the film .
April 2006

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Ray Peschke and the "tribe people" - now also including their stunt coordinator and production designer - went to Costa Rica for a one week scout. PVF found all their locations within days and meetings with key people such as AD, sound mixer, keygrip, gaffer, etc. were set up . The 'tribe people' were also very happy with the accomodation PVF set up for them.

March 2006 January 2006
Producers Mohit Ramchandani, Joel Sadilek and director Jorg Ihle contacted Ray Peschke of PURA VIDA FILMS about shooting their film "THE TRIBE" in Costa Rica instead of Mexico, where the locations would have been too remote and where production costs would have been much higher. Nydrle Productions is interested in Costa Rica as the backdrop for a commercial for a famous beauty product. PVF is scouting locations and is working on a budget for this first class production.

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