International TV Shows
Feature Costa Rica’s
Natural Wonders,
Guanacaste’s Beaches
(Infocom) — Two
international TV
networks are
highlighting Costa
Rica’s natural
attractions in
full-production
documentaries. National
Geographic Channel and
Italy’s RAI came to
Costa Rica exclusively
to tape shows about the
country’s biodiversity.
Tropical forests, rivers
and beautiful white-sand
beaches were enough to
convince National
Geographic to call Costa
Rica somewhere as close
as it gets to an
“earthly paradise.”
According to the
prestigious TV network,
Costa Rica is unique
worldwide due to the
immense diversity of
living beings that call
this tiny Central
American nation home.
The documentary, which
aired last July 25, was
overflowing with shots
of crocodiles, quetzals
and the always-popular
gangs of various species
of monkeys.
The documentary featured
Costa Rica s one of
Latin America’s seven
wonders, focusing on the
region’s biodiversity to
ground this claim.
Dubbed “Land of Life” by
National Geographic
Channel, Costa Rica was
a favorite among Latin
American countries
because of its exuberant
vegetation and its many
types of forests.
National Geographic also
billed Costa Rica as a
country where people can
enjoy the hatching of
great numbers of sea
turtles, which emerge
out of the sand and run
frantically toward the
sea.
Meanwhile, the natural
beauty of Guanacaste’s
beaches — including
Tamarindo, Avellanas,
Roca Bruja and Playa
Grande — will be enjoyed
by 10 million Italian
viewers next November
thanks to a show
produced by RAI
Television.
Camera operators and
four actors from the
Italian network came to
the province in June to
tape an episode of the
reality show “The
Perfect Wave.”
The production was
directed by Marco
Mazzocchi, a well-known
personality who for many
years worked as anchor
for the Sport Sunday
show that airs in Italy
right before the weekly
soccer games.
Production of “The
Perfect Wave” includes
locations such as
Biarritz, France and
Lima, Peru, where the
RAI team traveled to
create an attractive
setting for the surfing
show. In similar
programs, Mazzocchi and
collaborators have
brought to Italian homes
shows taped in
paradisiacal locale such
as the Himalayas and
Alaska.
Taping on the coastal
region of Santa Cruz
canton was complemented
by shots of a class that
world-class Costa Rican
surfer Federico Pilurzu
gave children who are
part of a program
sponsored by the
Culture, Psychology and
Education for Children
and Adolescents
Association (CEPIA). |
