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Demo Reel Finally

                                       After 8 years, i finally compiled my demo reel.  It took me this long to finish it ‘coz of priorities.  Yes, I have my priorities.  Its not even for myself but for my dearest daughter…Everything I do is for her…I work ‘coz of her, I see to it that I do my work best ‘coz of her…All I want is to give her the best, and that’s my number one priority.  But then, another problem would be - updating the reel whenever possible.  I should find the time I know, but as I said, I have my priorities.  Eventhough its important to me, there are other things more valuable.  By now, I already know my priorities and I try so hard to settle those priorities.  If it will take me another 8 years to update my reel, it should be worth the wait, isn’t it? So, here it goes….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpaW3BavoSQ

BIG TIME Press Preview

Finally came out of my “anti-social” mode.  Went out to watch the press screening of BIG TIME at the Podium.  Travelled more than an hour to watch the film, and yeah, it was all worth it!  A must see film this year, BIG TIME was a Cinemalaya Finalist for Digital Films.  Winner for BEST SCREENPLAY (Mario Cornejo and Monster Jimenez) and BEST SOUND (Allan Feliciano and Raffy Magsaysay). 

http://www.culturalcenter.gov.ph/cinemalaya/2005-bigtime.htm

 ”Big Time” will be shown in SM Cinemas on January 25.  Filipinos will surely laugh their ass out when they see this film, as I did tonight.  Dialogues were delivered naturally in a comical approach.  Most shots are handheld, defocusing some shots to achieve the natural and realistic feel.  The camera movements were mostly fluid, with fast cut edits inter cutting with the dialogues.  The low camera angles were also fabulous!  The production design used the resources of the location, except for the costume and props of the characters. I so love to read what’s on Danny or Jonas’ shirt, they wore crew uniforms of 7-11, McDonalds, etc.  I also couldn’t get my eyes off their “John en Marsha” or “Pera o Bayong” shirts. It was obvious that it was thought of in the pre-prod stage.  The shirts were representations of their character background as well.    

 Its also good to see my friend Jamie Wilson on the big screen, well, its good to see him again that is.  Its been sometime since I worked with him in Cybernation…hehehe…He’s a good host and a good actor, whether on stage or on the big screen.  I wish to see more of him on the big screen!     After watching the film, we had coffee at UCC.  Melanie, Vince, Mads and I talked about anything, from Pinoy films to Korean films.  Friends, colleagues, migraines, PMS! hahahahahaha! Imagined some “cotton-cotton” on Vince’s head! hahahahaha! It was nice to catch up with friends you only see during special occassion! 

Over all, I had fun tonight.  Even though I had to travel more than an hour, it was all worth it!  Aside from watching a good film and being with friends, it was Ria’s gift today which made me really happy!  A digital camera I was dying to have!  THANK YOU SO MUCH RIA! I couldn’t thank you enough for what you did to me today! 

FINAL PROJECT CATEGORY WINNERS: 3rd Tag Team Awards

DE LA SALLE COLLEGE OF ST. BENILDE
School of Design & Arts

Judges for the Final Project Category are:
Ms. Mads Adrias (Line Producer/Stylist, Furball and MTV)
Mr. Mario Cornejo (Writer and Filmmaker)
Mr. Ferddie Castellano (SDA-MMA Faculty and Multimedia Practitioner)

SPECIAL AWARD WINNERS: 3rd Tag Team Awards

DE LA SALLE COLLEGE OF ST. BENILDE
School of Design & Arts

BEST NEWSBYTE
FIRST PLACE: CLAYGO (Galit, Jimenez, Marquez, Mayor, Rafallo, Schulte)
SECOND PLACE: BUHAY BOLUNTIR (Bidyo Adobo)
THIRD PLACE: DRESS CODE (Academia, Cristobal, Lontoc, Pareja, Tulod, Villanueva, Wong)

Thank you so much and we hope to see you again in the 4th Tag Team Awards!

LOST cellphone…almost…LOST kingdom…ETHERIA…

Been soooooo busy in school today - consultations, getting materials for my portfolio, fixing nominations for the upcoming Tag Team Awards, meeting with Jed and Melanie, shooting extra footage for the video track, and so much more that I left my priceless cellphone in the faculty lounge! Good thing i remembered to text Trini on my way home…if not, I wouldn’t know that my cell is gone! well, almost! WHEW! now, I owe Rico breakfast tomorrow…hehehehe…well, coz its not the first time i left my cell in school…and it was also Rico who kept it for me…Good thing, Melanie still has load (well, her last…) to text Jag about my cell, and Jag turned it over to Rico…WHEW! (again)…and few minutes ago, when I was checking my organizer, looking inside my bag, I realized, I also lost my brand new black gel pen! WAAAH! AM I GETTING OLD OR WHAT?!? 

When I get home, I learned that my daughter, Kiana, texted me for some “pasalubong”…and what did i tell her? “ow, sorry, i forgot my cell in school…” and she just embraced me and cried…she never thought i wouldn’t get her text!  awwww! such tears make my heart break! she’s crying for some…tortillos!  and like every mom who sees her daughter crying, I panicked! and told her, “lets go to 7-11 and buy tortillos!” then, i felt my tummy rumbling for food! and said, “teka lang, kain muna ako, ok lang?”…and such a sweet girl she was, she said, “ok…”

Enjoying my dinner, watching TV, I realized that tonight is the pilot episode of Etheria! Gosh! I almost forgot! I’ve been dying to watch it! Atleast the first episode (to see if its really good…) and so, I just asked Malou (our ever responsible helper) to buy some tortillos nearby…I patiently waited for Etheria (watching Sugo for the meantime)….I thought, it should be worth my time!  (watched Mel & Joey last night and saw some teasers, I couldn’t wait to see the Pilot ep!)

The Pilot episode of Etheria didn’t fail me…The visual effects looked like it was given enough time for modelling and rendering…The shots are also cinematic! Soft lighting, smooth camera movement, etc…Watching Etheria made me realize that there are still producers out there who are willing to invest their money into exemplary skills in production design, direction, screenplay, cinematography, musical scoring and visual effects… Giving the audience a tasteful show to watch!  And getting high ratings as a reward…Seeing a good “tele-fantasya” like Etheria encourage me to support  local channels…And I know that other Filipinos like me would support such shows too!  One thing I don’t like about Etheria so far, is the acting of some of its actors.  Most of the main characters of Etheria are GMA talents, so its understood why they were part of the cast.  But over-all, I must say that Etheria could match international shows…and I am proud that we Filipinos are producing shows like this, eventhough we know that the industry is dying…

Etheria is a prequel to Encantadia.  It will answer questions that Encatadia failed to answer…Such as, the true identity of Cassiopea, why is Hagorn the father of Pirena, what happened to the other kingdoms of Encantadia, the history of the gem of power, the history of Encantadia among others….There are lots of questions about the characters and mysteries of Encantadia, and I hope Etheria will keep its promise to answer these questions…The four Sang’gres (Pirena, Alena, Amihan and Danaya) and Haring Ybrahim are still part of the main characters of Etheria…But there are more characters to watch out for in the next few episodes…In the pilot episode, we only met most of them…and we are still going to know more about them as the story progresses…oh I can’t wait!

Etheria is something I will look forward to every night…The same way with Encantadia…Well, as long as I am home and not busy, I’m sure I can watch it… 

Congratulations to the whole cast and crew of Etheria! and Congratulations to GMA7!  Please continue to produce international quality shows like Etheria! So other producers will follow your lead….our entertainment industry rising back to its glory!

I’m lonely, therefore I blog?

Just had a night out with my co-faculty (Leo, Lionell and Melanie) last night at SaGuijo.  Well, we also visited our students exhibit there (it was nice to see their brilliant work!)…Anyways, so we had a few beers and laughed our hearts out! It was so much fun…Then the topic of blogging we talked about…We figured (of course, by personal experience) that the only time we can blog is when we are lonely…Hmm…it hit me…Its only recently that i opened my doors to blogging…I never thought I would, as I was always busy with work and other things…Right now, I could say that I am not lonely, but depressed…It probably is the reason why I am blogging…Depressed about a lot of things, with work especially…For the past few months, I was just trying to get by…I survived, and still fighting for survival…Until when? who knows? I just hope I can get through this…As I’ve been in this stage before…I will survive…That’s the only thing I know…

For Richie

i wish you can move on…
so you can live your life to the fullest…

good luck, richie!

Can’t multiply…

friends…colleagues…
i can’t multiply these days at home…
darn site i can’t access…
i dunno why…

yesterday, was able to access it…
finally…(?)
duh…

Deadma

wala man lang text…
…deadma…

ah, leche!
…deadma…

Lost

lost in space…
lost in mind…
lost in…
i am…

any clue…
any sign…
lost am i?
i am

BalaiDIVE

my first fun dive…

but i want to grow…expand my skills…i wanted to do underwater videography in the future…but its an investment…just like my investment in my cinematography workshop…’coz i know i will reap the rewards in the end…

Cried for Harry

A broken tradition…wasn’t able to watch the movie with Trini, on the first day of showing…sigh…but then, atleast i got to watch it with Kiana…

Darn DSL!

its been hours…
still trying to build my blogsite…
internet disconnects most of the time…
and finally….
almost done…

……..aaaaaaaarrrrrrrggggggghhhhhhh! ……..

s H u TT e R

…passion…
…work…
…learning…

…what i do to get by…
…what i ever wanted…
…i learned…
…i evolved…
…i am not shuttered after all…

 
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