Secrets de Fixeuse, coulisses d’un tournage à Java

Secrets de Fixeuse, coulisses d’un tournage à Java

Fixer Secrets, behind the scenes of documentary shooting in Java What do we do now? Well, listen, I think that …. they ask, you know …. it’s for the program …(masked) … it is every Saturday evening on TV5 Ok? They asked me to they asked me to contact this healer

Ketut Vijaya or Ketut Jaya? Ketut Jaya, that’s it, Ketut Jaya, who is apparently … who heals people with plants, especially with plants. Where does your knowledge comes from? From grandfather, If you agree to receive the film crew they will certainly ask you how do you

Treat the people that come to see you? Do you use massages? Yes, you can with massages, yes, What kind of tea did you serve me? These are all herbs from the garden, a mixture Which leaves have you used? Yes, What is the name of this leaf? There’s maringo, ah, it’s mixed Hello,

Hello Mr Heri Yes, Thank God I was able to help you, Yes, thank God, Mr Heri this has been intensive effort for my heart I nearly had a heart attack I was particularly nervous, When they arrive, give me a call, I would send the filming permit to the airport

An employee will drop it off, this will be the VIP treatment very good, that’s perfect Mr Heri Many thanks, Mr Heri it was quite challenging for my heart, my heart was about to explode. Halidah, we love you! Do you love me? Yes, Xavier and I we both love you, Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Yessss, Yessss, Yessss… listen, we didn’t breathe at all, at all since … Yes, that’s true, Ah lala, lala, bravo Halidah Listen, you know, I love you You know, I love you too, I love you too, No, but Juliette, that’s quite something! do you know why?

Because tomorrow it’s closed, closed, closed, you understand? it’s Ramadan we really needed the visa, and they know it, they know it very well you saw it, we dropped all papers on time, It’s Indonesia as you can imagine, Xavier knows this as well as I do, everything can be arranged

But really at the last minute. I’d finally managed to unblock the filming visas Two months earlier, I’d had been there to fix the characters and logistics. I had establish a fixing report and all options had been carefully studied with Xavier, the film director.

Production had approved the rich and tense schedule I had proposed. Two days later I left to join Xavier. came to film the documentary presenting Philippe’s work, a talented photographer whose emblematic projections give a voice to communities threatened by the changes on our planet. I have it, Have you got water?

I have, I have Where do I put it? Where do I put it? Put it here, it’ll be better, Two go in this car, Hello, how are you? Hello, Tomorrow, if I say meet me here at 8 o’clock, you have to be here at 8 o’clock, Yes, all right, Please

Xavier, where are you? Okay, now… Okey, let’s go? No? I think he washes them every time … I’m not sure… They are building a belvedere? Yes, they’re building a little belvedere, OK, I see, Yes, but now we’re just preparing the foundations so you’re going to go to build with them?

What are you planning to do today? the ground is currently being leveled for the foundations We’re smoothing it out with shovels, to even it out There’s activity, Xavier (Xav) I’m talking to you, There’s an activity later, this afternoon, in fact, in half an hour’s time with all the villagers,

With all the village chiefs, to make a little “Pendopo” a “Pendopo” is a house where they pray, where they … However, construction is not yet underway. it’s as simple as digging a hole in the ground and then we do… No, it’s not very interesting. But what’s interesting is that they’re all there.

That’s the whole Tengger group over there. You got me? That’s what I wanted to talk to you about. How many of you are working on the site? If everyone comes, there will be around 15 people You want to film us doing … Well, maybe Tell us

I think I’m going to do a portrait over there if we have time. Upstairs We just take the time we need This afternoon, for the ritual in the small temple of Sinawasit, you have to ask permission, You need to ask permission from the priest Hey

Discussion in Tengger dialect not yet And the character and his wife you don’t need them? We’ll start with him and then… Please give the shovel to Supo Many thanks Silence Stop, Stop No more talking! Shhh …. Okay, again, The same, perfect. Same More, more, more

It’s the same position I was able to take there. It was full, line… No, it was in the corridor. no, the edge framing is that you would have… Ah yes, that’s the idea We do the same, but the background is the sky, Put your hand over your face if you can

Pretend to scream 1,2,3 then you shout Waouuuuu Again, Again. Great, that’s great. – It’s good for me, – It’s good for me too it’s good for you, okay. Thank you very much She gives to the character bits and pieces of an answer, Oh yes, you already told me that on the Zoom call

And it’s really good, – Yes, yes, you explained, Yes, you adapt our culture to the culture here, – otherwise the character can’t anticipate, you understand? – Yes, I understand. – Just now, your question to the farmer was “What are you doing?” bluntly, – Yes, “What are you doing?”

But when I translate I start asking …”At what time did you arrived this morning?” “and what is your plan about your land here?” A way of not asking bluntly “What are you doing?” What he’s doing is obvious, he is on the field, Yes, the question should lead to a rich answer,

– eh? – The question should lead to a proper answer – It should bring up an good answer, – maybe what he expects to get from his work … Yes, this is great because … – This is my job every day, it’s just… – You’re doing a real translation, in fact,

– Yes, but you’re translating my question with my culture, – Absolutely, – for me, the question “What are you doing” can be wide – Correct – Here, when you say “What are you doing?” will be “What do you doing precisely?” – Especially if your character would simply reply to “What are you doing?”

– he could just answer “Well, I’m standing right here” – That’s right. – Yes, that’s right, I’m gardening… – No, not even, he could just answer “I’m standing here”. – Yes, of course. – “I am just standing here” – Yes, you are. – and then, you’re dead! Well, shall we go to Samsul?

Where can we go to eat? Down in the village, – We’re going to lunch. – Can I do a portrait? – I could edit the photos after lunch. – Of course you will. – Do you want to do it here? – I don’t know, maybe outside

I’m going to stand outside and have a look. How many bottles of water do we have? one, two, three, four, five Xavier, there was some information about the Reog, – You can’t have the … – For what? The Reog, you remember? . What is the Reog?

The Reog is the dance with huge bird mask … – He can’t have 6 dancers, they’ll be 15 – You’ve already told me – It’s okay? very good, okay. Yes, just to tell you… by the way… Where are they going to perform? They perform in the village,

I would have seen them performing in the caldera, but on the green cliff side, to the right of the hotel. Yes, to the right of the hotel so we don’t have to worry, we have sand everywhere, behind us are the green cliffs, in 180°, we can do what we want,

We would be alone, no hassle – I’d rather do that – OK, let’s do that, That’s the tree I want, is this one we can bring this tree, we want to use this tree, We can do this one I see, it’s for the background? Yes, it’s for the background,

I said we can use this one Can we use this tree? To each his own taste Yes, to each his own You’re looking for a background, but why are you looking for a background? what’s the tree for? To project the photos he has taken. First we prepare the embers,

They want to light the fire, Everyone leaves, everyone leaves the temple with this one this one… Do you want to light the fire now? and when the fire is over, what happens? Don’t make any noise, don’t make any noise – What are they doing? – They’re installing, Here, here, this is where we need to be, – Er… – It’s two seconds, eh. Samsul, come here a moment Please go ahead. Is the temple on the right or the left? This is the one Ah yes, on the left

Where are you Samsul? leave all and come here We’re at the gate of the temple but there’s nothing we can do, in principle, all permits are valid, I don’t understand why we can’t get in the temple? We’re standing in front of the door of the temple, there’s nothing we can do,

Oh, who’s this? Oh, the permit application was misdirected, Ask the head of PHDI in Probolinggo Samsul applied directly to the temple Follow Slamet and Suprianto’s instructions Isn’t that him? they don’t have our filming permit go inside Have they forgotten? How will they open? Aïe, aïe, aïe – Aïe, aïe

Have you ever phoned there? Who did you speak to? With Mr Slamet, We haven’t had a reply yet. We want to go in and pray with them they’re Tengger, We’re already at the door, we’re in front of the temple, What do you say? the security of the temple

Has not received any instructions concerning us One moment, excuse me, Madame, please, they haven’t received our permit, the security guard does not have our permit it had to be sent to the person in charge, Do you understand? If the person in charge What is the name of the person responsible? Mr Suprapto

Mr Bambang Suprapto, Mr Bambang Mr Bambang How do we do it? Mr Bambang Mr Bambang what? Bambang Suprapto What’s his role? Head of PHDI What is PHDI? What is it again? He is the head of the Hindu cult in Indonesia, the head of Hindu worship for Indonesia.

So Samsul didn’t ask him for permission to film. Samsul asked permission from his subordinate Do you understand? to Mr Bambang. He is the head of the Indonesian Hinduism Association, and I’ve got the boss here, I have the head of Hinduism for the whole of Indonesia,

He told me: “If I call him, he’ll be offended”. He’ll be offended because he’s my subordinate. so first try to understand what’s going on, maybe the guard inside wasn’t informed, so he’s offended. You can turn into the entrance behind the door I asked the keeper about the guy with blue shirt

The one in the blue shirt, what’s his name again? His name is Philippe I asked “Can Philippe come in?” the keeper refused he’s not allowed to enter the temple he is not allowed to attend prayers It’s useless in this case, What if we shot the scene in a small temple?

What are you talking about? What small temple? Yes, let’s use a small temple. What small temple? A temple in the village, the Ungaran village at the bottom of the hill, Another temple or this? Let’s use another temple in the village, So, the offerings that had planned to shoot here,

We’ll be doing the same thing again, – just now – the same thing just now, – Perhaps directly in the temple we shoot last night? – Same one, – the same temple as last night. – same time. With our farmer, on the other hand, he has to be there.

In the meantime, we’re going up to the temple, we’re going up the volcano – with Philippe on his own, – Okey. We must pray as we did yesterday in the same temple where we were yesterday evening, [Telephone ringing] we use the offerings that you had prepared for this temple

We’ll take everything down there around 4pm, at 4pm, What do you think? What is it? We’ll have to check, I’ll call Monsieur Supono Is Mr Supono available? He can come there, Yes, at 4pm, then we can do like… just like we did yesterday we do the same thing again,

The scene must be the same as yesterday we start all over again. – You don’t need to climb the volcano, – Okey because we don’t have to translate, – Is he coming with us? – Yes, he’s coming. If ever there are translations, he’ll be with us.

– You don’t have to climb the 400 steps. – That’s great. Are you organizing us for tonight? Right now, we’re fixing to go there at 4pm, with the offerings, just like yesterday, all setting should be the same … – they must have clothes as last night? – Yes, they do.

Tonight, you’ll have to dress the same, Do you understand? You have to dress exactly as you did last night last night we had There was you, the other girl, and the other ….. what’s her name? Supo? The other girl Supo. – Yes – The priest, The priest is Supo,

Philippe will climb by his own … Philippe will go up first, and I’ll film with a drone. – so there’s a girl who can ride with him – right, – and another girl staying with us downstairs – right, because once Philippe is up there, we’ll be going up

– We’re joining him – Okey so let there be a girl with us and one with him Everyone will be riding together with Philippe, one of you, You should decide which of you should follow Philippe, The two go up with Philippe, then one of them will have to follow Xavier, Okey?

Philippe and you must walk together Xavier will film you, Oh yes, I understand, Samsul’s wife will follow behind, like Xavier, Follow Xavier, OK? Should I take off my sarong dress? No, keep it, it’ll look nicer, It’s prettier, darling, keep it. Take it easy…. It’s prettier this way

We don’t have the permit, so we’ve changed things, we’re changing, we’re going to pray this afternoon The band will go up on its own, we’ll simply do the sequence of Philippe who rides with Yanti, with one of the girls, and they’re going to shoot sequence up there, all on their own,

Another sequence which has nothing to do with prayer now. So we won’t be wasting any time, and so they can shoot a sequence that is already planned. but we do it the other way round, we’re going up now instead of tomorrow. – There’s plenty to eat here, – I saw

You don’t need too much, just like yesterday, like last night, Yes, yes, As long as you have what you need, we repeat exactly what we did yesterday Like last night, What do you say? Agreed. That’s it, that’s the way it is. Yes, with regard to the regulations,

This is the process provided for by authorities That’s it, then, Despite this, there’s no problem Only Yes, there have been complaints, Oh, you want to do it like this, but the permit hasn’t arrived yet. It’s up to you to sort it out amongst yourselves my permit allows me to go anywhere

– Ah, I’m cold. Meet Halidah, parisian fashion in the volcano’s caldera. Now we’re really going to shoot the faces. it’s leftovers from last night, I love shootings that go according to plan, well … in the end I love the way you’ve bounced back, I didn’t know …

– Ah, yes, he’s very good at that – Oh no, I didn’t know, the only thing I was angry about this morning, I said, look, I came here a month ago, it’s not for nothing, it’s not just to look at, Well, now you’re telling me I can’t enter the temple…

It’s out of the question. You know what, Halidah? the fact that I shoot here last night, with a more intimate setting, the big temple I flew with drone was not a good place I prefer this small temple, a family prayer, very intimate. and this morning … last night, I was wondering,

What the fuck am I going to do with shooting the big temple? because it… It’s blessing in disguise, as they say, you see, other people’s happiness comes from their misfortune. – Xavier is a real Pro, – Yes, yes, a real pro… I have to admit, to turn it around,

– to return. – Exactly, that’s what I call returning the glove. – Yes, that’s the experience from long flight hours, – What does this mean? – “Jam Terbang”, flight hours… “Jam Terbang”, flight hours the number of flight hours is extremely important. – So what we did yesterday can be used,

And what we did this morning to supposedly going to the temple can be used because in addition to that in the “in” that Philippe does, he doesn’t talk about the temple, in terms of “I’m going to see him” or “I’m going to see her”.

Because I still don’t know if it’s a man or a woman, when we talk about the volcano. It was a bit stressful outside the temple earlier on We should have had both permits, The two permits, from the Hindu association PHDI and the permit issued by Probolinggo We can’t start the sequence,

The carpet is missing. The carpet is missing. And there you have it, Mr Carpet. Samsul Yes. Can we come in? Yes, yes, yes. Our ancestors protect us throughout our lives. We make the offerings for our ancestors or for our grandchildren, for our children, for our parents, for our colleagues.

It’s… oups …. if I have to explains all kinds of offerings we have, we’re never going to finish, this is a small part that you see. Here, here Romy we’d like to project from here, That’s where they want it, This is where they want to project? – Halidah, you’re my hero!

– Why do you say that? – You’re my hero, – Do You think so? – Well, yeah, – You’re my hero! – to have come down the hill there like that, Oh no, stop! – Stay, stay… – There, perfect. – We’re going to do the interview, – so it’s good here?

We’re going to be in the field, It doesn’t match this field scene, viewers are going to wonder why. Whereas if we completely change scenery with a different exterior, or if we are inside, viewers won’t be concerned, – We’re not going to come back down here – Oh no, no, no,

We’ll see you there and we meet ourselves in their little house, in a little hut, Unyil, Unyil ….. Yes, yes, you’re all wet, go and dry off quickly. How are you? things are good, health is good, We’ll tell you what time we’ll meet tomorrow Goodbye, I’m going home. Please do Goodbye Manis (sweet)

Goodbye Manis! I’ve brought you cakes known as Paris-Brest – Not possible: Paris-Brest! – And Paris-Brest. – That’s good! – Where did that come from? Listen, it’s coming out of “Halidah the Fixer”, When I saw this, I couldn’t resist, I should have them Did you get them in Surabaya? Of course, of course,

It’s not in Bromo there, Tiramisu in the desert of Namibia, Paris-Brest with Bromo, – It’s beautiful – Ah, it’s not bad, is it? Fred, Stop looking at the drone, Paris-Brest, in Bromo. Later we can wait, Agreed. We’ll have to wait a while, OK, thank you. There are plans to build a road here.

Really? We can’t go any further, we have to make a diversion. – Gosh, the Ronin stabilizer on the way down, – So was that good? – Well, I still have to see the results Astoko, you need to put on your traditional clothes, you need to change and put your traditional clothes,

You have to wear your sarong, you must wear a sarong and a traditional hat, Oh, yes, Do you mind? It’ll be cooler, Do you think.. Will it be all right if I wear my black suit? You have to wear your clothes as if you were going … Like marriage? Yes, just like marriage,

Can you? That’ll be much better! It will look much better with traditional clothes, in traditional dress with your headdress, Thank you very much! – We ask the question, you translate, we go back as usual. – OK, then. They’ll ask their questions and I’ll translate So why does the Tengger started using horses before?

And how do they use them today? And your ancestors, why did they use horses? What was it like for them? You can reply directly. On those times, there were no tourists like there are today, only few visitors came to see us. Horses were only used for goods transport,

They were used to carry things to the market, They were used to bring down goods such as corn, that’s how it used to be. But now there are lots of visitors, a lot of tourists, to carry the vegetables now we have the trucks, we no longer need a good horse for goods transport,

This is why horses are now used for tourism. Our ancestors used them for transport, to carry goods up and down the mountain, and mainly to carry all our … our crops. I was expecting to find myself in a very quiet place, it’s very hectic, very noisy,

Does this have a real effect on horses? I thought Tengger country was quiet, sparsely populated I thought I’d only see mountains and farmers, but as soon as I arrived, I could see that there was a lot of cars everywhere, risk of accidents… Doesn’t that bother the horses? In your opinion, Mr Astoko,

How are the horses affected by all this crowd? Not at all, it’s quiet here, but it’s not the same at the bottom of the volcano but, for example, if there are a lot of cars, if there is a lot of noise, the horses don’t mind,

When the horse is in its paddock and gets out to the volcano, It’s all normal, there’s no problem. They’re so used to the noise now, and when you leave them alone, well, they get angry. Thank you for your time. Thank you. So can we ask him to shoot a portrait? Here, here, yes

Up here? don’t bother going upstairs, just stand there stay on the path and watch him. and now look at the camera in front of you, Oh yes, over there. I look the camera, He’ll take the photo from there Is it ok for you? Thank you very much Tou can relax first,

He’s going to set his camera first Isn’t that him? Is he here? Yes, it’s Eko, hehehehe You’re so handsome! Ah yes – Is the brown horse Tompel your brother’s favourite? – Yes it is Unyil is your current horse Yes, that’s right. Astoko, we’re going to leave now, if you’ll excuse us,

Yes, of course, Thank you very much, we apologise for the inconvenience. Not a all, you’re not disturbing me. All the jeeps were stuck down there, We are late, get ready quickly, Ah yes, yes … my god I was wondering where you were We were stuck in the traffic jam

As soon as you’re ready, you can start Who’s Ujung? Ujung Who’s Ujung? Ujung, the dance of Ujung is generally part of our traditional ceremonies or to introduce religious celebrations. So that’s how the Ujung dance tradition is, First and foremost, it’s a dance but it’s also a fight with this

With this stick, it’s name is Jalin. So it’s like a match: Who will be the strongest? At the start, we’re all the same, one whips and the other has to defend himself, well, the strongest wins, Earlier you told me that we have to maintain tradition

Because it’s a relic bequeathed to us by our ancestors, what I hear now is the sound of 4 wheelers in the caldera there’s all the noise of a huge crowd, there are lots of people everywhere, aren’t you scared? Despite the large number of visitors, wherever they come from,

Seing our culture is also the purpose of their visit. If it’s for those things, it can be the dance or other aspects of our customs and our culture, of our artistic expression too, we must protect that heritage, we must prevent that from disappearing so, later, our children, the generations that will follow us,

Our grandchildrens, we need to leave them a legacy that they can pursue, so Tengger culture don’t disappear. When you’re whipping yourself, he’ll be lying on the floor, it will tell you when to jump. Do I have to jump? Yes, go ahead, jump, jump, 1, 2…

1, 2, 3 … Here is the biggest Look, look It hearts! Does it hurt? yes, it still hurts it burns and itches Well yes, it stings, it stings too much, you saw, it’s all red, We’re going to film the waterfalls, to go there, I’d like to be with a Tengger. Oh yes, right,

You need a Tengger to comment on the waterfalls Oh yes, I understand, In fact, he is one of our oldest Tengger, but now he has already stopped ceremonies, he’s old, he was a figure among the Tenggers, Of course, that man old, now he is retired from active life,

Maybe he’s in his garden now, or in his home, He is flexible? Maybe he’s been approached by a photographer, who would like to photograph him, currently, he no longer takes part in the village council. Are you coming? – Good evening, good evening. On the farmer house is better than here.

– Do you think so? – Yes, I do. – The house is more suitable. – The house is more suitable, but… – Yes, the background here is prettier, but I don’t have any trees to project the photo here. – Halidah

– Yes, that’s my name. – Do you want to be in the film? – No!!! – If you want to shoot me, you have to pay a lot! – Oh, it’s beautiful. – Well, the flash light battery is empty – I’ll have to recharge it later, About this grandfather, he’s old,

If you want just take some photos near here, it’ll be fine; but the walk to the waterfall is too long for him, if we only need him to come here and stay in this area, I’ll be fine. Even with the car, he won’t want to go to the waterfall? No, he won’t,

From the waterfall car park, there are still 3 kilometres to walk to reach the waterfall, from the waterfall car park, you need to take a motorbike taxi, we can’t walk. If he can’t come, how are we going to replace him? Do you agree that we should take Saiful instead? Saiful again?

No, that’s not possible, Saiful again? After the Reog dance, you’ll have to go straight to meet him, Saiful can’t be the main character of every sequence, So Saiful only does the Ujung fight dance? Tomorrow morning I can tell you where do we stand, I’ll let you know tomorrow morning at the latest.

It’s not possible, I need to know now! No, it’s already the day after tomorrow, I’ve already told Romy, it has to be done quickly, otherwise there’s no point… Did he understood what we expect from him? Yes, of course, he’s old, but he understands, He is the assistant to the high priest,

You told me that he couldn’t come, who told that? I’m the one who said he couldn’t come, Did you say he can’t? I wonder if I’ll be able to work with him. I asked this morning when we started, which means 8 o’clock this morning, Okey?

At 8 o’clock this morning, I told him: “listen,” “We are going to need a Mangku (Shaman),” “someone who is able to explain the waterfall” “someone who can talk about the Tengger tribe” He replied “yes, yes, yes, yes …” Now it’s five o’clock pm and we’re sitting here.

He was astonished when I just asked him again: “Where are you at?” So what does it means: has he understood or hasn’t he? or does he just do not care? It’s amazing how… No, I can’t work like that, I’ve just learned that the guy is 80 years old,

And he can’t go to the waterfall, and if I don’t ask, nobody informs me, and it’s now already 5pm, and the waterfall shooting is in 24 hours, I can’t wait until tomorrow. Who’s the person you’re talking about? Mr Supo. Yes, now you can call him, he met Saiful directly,

We need to go and find him right away, He doesn’t have a mobile phone, he has no SIM card, Should I meet him to give him a heads up? Are you still planning to wait until next week? Of course not, I’ll go and see him later today,

I’ll let you know as soon as I talk to him. Romy, can you please keep a close eye on things? We need to keep a close eye on this, Yes, you have to keep up, you have to. Now we’re running out of time, we’re in a hurry, Yes, ma’am,

Yes, I’ll see about it tonight You should go and meet him right now. I can go home now there is no more activities for today, I go home, On my way, I’ll visit that person to ensure all is ok for tomorrow, After that, I contact you ma’am

Romy, you have to go with him, I come with you but bring me back, Take you where? I go with him to see the person for the waterfall. We are going to film the REOG now, REOG is a dance of East Java, that they dance most often for celebrations and weddings,

For circumcisions and other ceremonies, Where was that wall we saw yesterday, just over there? … a little earlier, I think, No, before that… It was over there. I set this Reog performance because …. …. is a bit tricky, because we don’t know how we’re going to play it.

They usually perform in the village, we asked them to perform on the football ground, which is unusual, but I hope it works, because it’s not usual. – Halidah, – Yes, can you ask the others … – No more slow motion Fredo, – Okey, Sir, with the blue shirt, sit down together.

Halidah, stay there, don’t forget we’re shooting now, please stay here for the translation, Ok. That’s when he turned to me for the camera, – I know, I know, I know. – Not for the… – I know, I know, I know, One of the important roles of the fixer,

At least on this documentary shooting, is also to ensure the translations. So when we sit down for an interview, everything’s fine, we’re in control, but when it’s … when it’s something quite improvised, like here, where you have to respond immediately to orders, “orders” to Philippe’s “ndications”, it’s more complicated,

But all is going really well. – So you shouldn’t believe that, that we always have friendship or complicity with our fixer, don’t thinks its always like here, Especially when it’s the husband holding the camera! How would you define your role as a fixer?

By the way, the term of “FIXER” or “Lady FIXER” it’s a word that’s been invented, – how could we define what Fixer means – You .. – “Production representative in the field.” – Do you know who started talking about “FIXERS”?

– Oh, no, I don’t know: King Henri VIII maybe? – No, no, no. – Are you serious? – No, no, no, no. – It was on the 70s. – Roughly. This job was created by the American soldiers during the Iran and Iraq conflicts, – All right, I see that !

– The army arrived and every time they arrived somewhere, they were immediately attacked. They had no idea where the enemies were, And so the US army said, “No, that’s enough.” “we’ve lost too many people,” “now we will be sending the Fixers first” “to identify where the enemies are” – Yes …

To try and make it very simple, the fixer is the person… In fact, you have to start from the beginning: We’re in France, we have a documentary project abroad, and to be able to… so obviously we have the Internet, we have the telephone, we’ve got all that, but…

The most efficient and safest way, is to have, standing on the location, someone who knows geography, who knows the culture, who knows the customs and habits, which, in connection with the production will provide them information is going to provide them a lot of things to be able to supply

Both, the film story and at the same time how to organise the shooting and how to organise logistics. So in fact, the fixer will take care of this: “How to provide valuable knowledge to the production team” “feeding the production with local knowledge and understanding” “and ensure the best shooting organization” and also …

“organising the shooting is the hotel, …” “it’s the planes booking, it’s the cars rental,” is to prepare everything so all runs smoothly on site, but it also means spotting and get in touch with the right characters and ensure those characters express themselves well, if they have interesting things to say,

And then put it all together, Whether in terms of timetables, presence, and … and then the music starts and I’ll leave you to it!!! Sometimes we have the information beforehand, or your ears …. … no, no, I’m just kidding. – No, no – It’s fundamental

The most important thing is that I have to be inside his director head. That’s all there is to it. And I in hers. After that, it’s like any other job, it’s collaboration, it’s complicity, is anticipation, She’s got an ear to the ground, I’ve got an ear to the ground,

So sometimes she knows in advance what I’m going to ask her, sometimes I know in advance what she’s going to say to me… But that’s because… … we’re getting to know each other, That’s one and then there’s … as they say where I come from, we … we start “sniffing each other’s armpits”.

Did you see it? What an expression! Well, now I have a job…. Can you bring something to eat? I can get Nasigoreng from the shop next door, It doesn’t matter, just take what’s there, Here, Mr Director, – Your breakfast Is served – very Good Let’s go, let’s go,

Let’s not waste time on talkings, And that’s it. I said no eggs, Your breakfast is here. Just to let you understand, with Frédéric, the slim-waisted young man there, we arrived here at 6am. but the rest of the team arrived at 8am as planned. so we left at 6am without breakfast,

And Halidah, the genius fixer, organized this for us … well, I mean for me. Fred you’ve got some grass there to graze… I was sitting opposite to you, at first you had the big mask with peacock feathers and the tiger’s head, and when you took it off,

Your eyes expression was very hard It scared me a bit, Shh, shh, shh …. He is showing me his Instagram account, it takes a while to load, because the network isn’t very good, but… Later we can study together if anyone wants to study with us, they are welcome.

We’ll have our own dance studio as a training ground so that I can use it via social media, It’s also important to be able to show to other friends too, We share recordings with friends who have social media such as Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp, They’re all on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp,

And here, when I’m dancing, they are watching us and they learn that we belong to an association, a dance association, and they can contact us, they can come and learn to dance with us. Yes, I really am a Tengger, They’re already out Hello, do you have the lunch boxes I ordered yesterday?

Coffee is ready, Coffee and tea are ready if you want, Your breakfast…. – That’s it … – I take this in the morning, otherwise I don’t feel well, He’s an addict. In the morning? In the morning, look. Have you already eaten? Is everything OK? Can you put …

Can you put your tripod here? Here, there … here, It’s going to fall here, OK. Let’s go. Have you brought any bottles of water? Yes, I did. This is the last stretch before the waterfall, there’s already a small waterfall ahead. It’s just after the rain, He said you had to be very careful,

Yes, I know, earlier he said the same thing to me, but I nevertheless went everywhere I wanted to go. It’s magnificent, Did you see the energy? The look on your face when you said “The power of water!” And then the dripping water Hey, it doesn’t get any better than that!

And he’s explaining the power of water, etc, etc…. he was dripping! I couldn’t stop laughing, I swear! But what a scene! Take off your plastic coat, It’s the fog. We have to put in rice to dry it, A good local rice, from the island of Java, and it’s going to go. Yes,

Look at his hand, I prepared these bouquets for him those flowers are protected, if, like this one I agree, Where do you get the flowers from? For the time being, I’m picking them up over there, From the forest? They are protected in the forest, Oh, so we’re not allowed to pick them?

Yes, yes, in the forest, so… How far is the forest? It’s a long way, Madam, you have to go up to the mountains, – Can he undo some bouquets? – Yes, he’ll undo some, 2 or 3 so we can see him doing them? Yes, he’ll do it there,

– What he does It’s lovely. Do you need translating? Is that all right, Xavier? Yes, Look here, Madam, Yes, that’s it. I saw these bouquets for sale at the foot of the volcano, as offerings, is this only for tourists or are the flower offerings deeply embedded on the local traditions?

Can you remind me your name? Supriyan. Supriyan? Philippe will arrive from behind you, He will have questions, and the first question will be “Yesterday I saw these bouquets for sale at the foot of the volcano.” “Do you make these bouquets just to sell them?”

“Is it just to be sold to the tourists who visit you?” “or are” “these bouquets also used for prayers and ceremonies?” You can answer directly, I’ll translate the question, I stay in the background, out of the picture Action ! All okey, please go on. Hello Can I ask you few questions?

This is for … – Wait, wait, wait – Can we … – go ahead and ask him. – “I’ve seen flowers like this being sold at the foot of the volcano.” “Are these things you do for tourists?” “Or does that mean something to you too?”

– These white flowers are the flowers for our ritual. and these brown flowers, we use them to decorate the houses. I can see a difference in the way we perceive the Bromo volcano, for me, the volcano represents a danger, but for you, it’s more something … A kind of blessing,

Is something good in your life. From my point of view, the Bromo volcano is not dangerous, because in the life of the Tengger …. Can he look Philippe on the yes when he answers? Please, you have to look at him, Yes, that’s right,

When you talk to him, you have to look at him. The Bromo is not at all dangerous, for us Tenggers, quite the opposite, the Bromo is total happiness, He is feeding us, he gives us peace, people come here to visit us, thanks to him, and that we’re really the,…

The volcano is not dangerous at all, it’s not a danger at all, quite the opposite. Great, and it looks good also, we can announce the end of the filming, NOOOOOOON! YEEEESSSS! well done to all … Wedge it underneath, – Just don’t forget it, – Take them straight to the checkin – Yes – Romy’s going to help you to checkin straight away, OK? – so you don’t have to worry about all the suitcases, – See You later… -now … – Ciao, Ciao… Wait, wait, wait … – Sir, sir,

– Is the restaurant open? – You’re going to starve, here’s your breakfast, – Do You agree? – Ok. – Thank You very much – Your breakfast… – You have Your breakfast there – Perfect. – Ok. – you’re adorable… – Ciao, ciao. Go. Go, go, go. Take care. Be careful! – Ciao

Plongez dans l’univers fascinant du métier de fixeur ou fixeuse de documentaire, un maillon essentiel dans l’ombre du réalisateur et de la société de production. Découvrez les coulisses de cette profession cruciale en suivant Halidah dans “Secrets de Fixeuse”, alors qu’elle nous emmène pour suivre un tournage documentaire dans la région envoûtante du volcan Bromo, sur l’île de Java, en Indonésie.

Pendant ce tournage pour une chaine de télévision, Halidah fera preuve de détermination et d’énergie pour surmonter tous les obstacles qui pourraient mettre en péril le tournage.

Dès les phases de préparation et d’écriture du documentaire, la fixeuse joue un rôle déterminant en identifiant les lieux et les personnages essentiels au tournage, tout en assurant la logistique nécessaire pour l’équipe. Pendant le tournage, c’est elle qui endosse la responsabilité de résoudre tous les problèmes logistiques qui peuvent surgir, garantissant ainsi le bon déroulement de chaque prise.

Mais “Secrets de Fixeuse” ne se contente pas de vous révéler les secrets de ce métier passionnant. Il vous invite également à explorer la splendide région du volcan Bromo, habitée par la fascinante tribu des Tengger. Dans un pays majoritairement musulman comme Java, les Tengger sont restés fidèles à leur foi hindouiste et ont préservé leur culture unique.

Préparez-vous à un voyage captivant au cœur de l’Indonésie, où l’art de la fixeuse et la richesse culturelle des Tengger se rencontrent pour créer une expérience documentaire inoubliable. Ne manquez pas cette occasion de plonger dans “Secrets de Fixeuse” et d’en apprendre davantage sur le rôle méconnu mais crucial des fixeurs et fixeuses de documentaire.

00:00:00 Contacts préliminaires avec la production à Paris
00:03:20 Arrivée sur les lieux de tournage, le volcan Bromo
00:04:28 Les terres fertiles cultivées par les Tengger
00:10:22 Prière des Tengger dans le petit temple de la caldera du volcan
00:12:42 Incident de tournage, l’accès au grand temple est refusé
00:20:06 Ascension au volcan et tournage
00:21:37 Tournage complémentaire dans le petit temple
00:25:25 Les chevaux des Tengger
00:32:24 Traditions Tengger: Tari Ujung, entre danse et le combat
00:37:32 Crise de tournage: il manque un personage
00:40:35 Tournage de Reog, danse traditionnelle javanaise. Le réalisateur explique le rôle essentiel de fixeur ou fixeuse
00:48:49 Tournage dans la cascade
00:53:31 Les bouquets de fleurs séchées des Tengger
00:57:23 L’équipe de tournage repart sur Paris