Behind The Scenes Pelayo Photo Gallery

1. Behind The Scenes Pelayo Photo Gallery

Becket and Kathleen Bowen take a moment to catch their breath after climbing the mountain to the shot location.

Faustina Bowen brings the actors out to the battle field for the upcoming battle.

The Visigoth army gets in their battle line.

Kathleen and Noël Bowen take a little break before going back to war.

Pelayo (Patrick Bowen) with his shield given to him by Our Lady of Covadogna.

Alqama Pasha (Adelaide Bowen) in Ottoman garb complete with scimitar and turban.

Our fair eyed Moors: Levi Wassmuth, Becket Bowen, and Kathleen Bowen.

Becket, Kathleen, and Noël Bowen take a short break.

The Director must be taking a short break, everyone is sitting!

Faustina Bowen leads the actors through practices for the battle scenes.

Three Moors pose in their costumes and Muslim makeup.

Michael Bowen and Caledon Knutson warm up!

The shield that Our Lady gave Pelayo was red with a white cross on it. The holy name of Jesus was written on it.

Entire cast poses in their Visigoth costumes. L to R, Back to Front: Mary Bowen, Michael Bowen, Levi Wassmuth, Patrick Bowen, Collin Knutson, Kathleen Bowen with René on her back, Faustina Bowen, Jacob Kuther, Kaylin Knutson, Caedmon Knutson, Quinton Knutson, Becket Bowen, Declan Bowen, Adelaide Bowen, Agatha Bowen, Cameron Knutson, Noël Bowen, and Caledon Knutson

Noël Bowen poses in his Visigoth costume.

Kathleen and Michael Bowen, Industrious Family Films Security Crew.

René Bowen helps Faustina Bowen give direction to the cast with the bullhorn.

Lunch time!

Goofy picture!

View of the set with the crew and cast in one shot.

Stay out of this guy's way if you want to live.

Mary Bowen reviews footage with Baby Jesus (René Bowen) to encourage his cooperation.

A quick pic of the set with Becket Bowen front and foremost on the set.

Cave scene cast with equipment manager Michael Bowen and Director Mary Bowen.

As this Pelayo photo gallery shows, we had a great time bringing this short episode of Spanish history to life! It was a super fun movie to make and it only took us two weeks to film! We filmed the battle scenes two consecutive days during one week, and the two speaking scenes the next week in two more days. This plan made the film for sure the quickest and easiest movie we have ever made!

This was the first film we made over the course of one summer! The actors were a pleasure to work with, especially considering that we brought them on quite the hike to get to our shoot locations.

Editing took some time as we were getting used to an upgraded software that entailed a little of a learning curve. By November, the film was completely edited and sent off to Music Forge and he started forging us some of the best battle music we have ever heard!

2. Pelayo Premiere Photo Gallery

April 12, 2023, we hosted our in-person premiere to celebrate our actors. We had an Old Hollywood glamour-style premiere which, of course, requires formal wear and elegant decorations. In the pictures above, you can see how our guests dressed as well as the Spanish-style dinner we enjoyed at the premiere!