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Tuesday, October 14, 2014
OPEN24/7: REFLECT: GO INDEPENDENT SECTION
I was amazed and glad to tell that the Independent films are Globally accepted. I'm happy that here in the Philippines many Film enthusiast and film makers love to do Indie films. In addition may Audience are watching it. And Philippine Government is there to Support Filipino films. We have FDCP (Film Development Council of the Philippines) and Cultural Center of the Philippines and many more. We have 5 film festival here in the Philippines, first is the Cinemalaya Film Festival sponsored by CCP and Cinemalaya Board, The Cinema One Originals by Cinema One and ABS-CBN, Sineng pambansa by FDCP, CineFilipino by TV5 and Unitel and the Most awaited Festival here in the Philippines, the MMFF held during Christmas season. Not only here in the Philippines, Pinoy Indie Film are accept, but all over the world. May Film makers are known in other Country, We have Brillante Mendoza, DGPI won Best Director in Cannes Film Festival last 2009 and may more Film makers are globally recognized.
OPEN24/7: VISUAL: AWARD WINNING FILM DIRECTORS
AWARD WINNING FILM DIRECTORS
MARILOU DIAZ-
ABAYA
(1995-2012)
Marilou Díaz-Abaya was a multi-awarded
film director from the Philippines She was the director of the 1998
film Jose Rizal, a biographical
film on the Philippines' national hero.
AWARDS
Díaz is the 2001 Laureate of the Fukuoka Prize for Culture and the Arts
in Japan. She has won numerous directing awards from award-giving bodies
such as the Metro Manila Film Festival, the Urian Awards, the Film Academy of the Philippines, the Famas Awards, the Star Awards, the Catholic Mass Media Awards the British Film Institute Award, the International Federation of Film Critics Award (FIPRESCI), and the Network of Pan Asian Cinema Award (NETPAC).
LINO BROCA
(1939-2001)
Catalino Ortiz Brocka is a Filipino
film director. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential and
significant Filipino filmmakers in Philippine cinema history. In 1983,
he founded the organization Concerned Artists of the Philippines (CAP),
dedicated to helping artists address issues confronting the country.
n 1974, Brocka directed Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang
(literally: "You Were Weighed but It's Not Enough"), which told the
story of a teenager growing up in a small town amid its petty and gross
injustices. It was a box-office success, and earned Brocka another
best-director award, this time from the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS).
Insiang (1976) was the first Philippine film ever shown at the Cannes Film Festival. It is considered to be one of Brocka's best films — some say his masterpiece. The film centers on a young woman named Insiang who lives in the infamous Manila slum area, Tondo. It is a Shakespearean tragedy that deals with Insiang's rape by her mother's lover, and her subsequent revenge.
CELSO AD CASTILLO
(1943-2012)
Castillo started as a writer for a comic magazine. With the help of his father, he published his own magazine where he wrote all the stories from cover to cover, using different names as authors. A movie producer commissioned him to write a script on the character of " James Bandong ", named after Britain's superspy. The film made money and it was followed by a sequel, Dr. Yes, 1965, a spoof on the British film, Dr. No. He wrote and directed his first movie, Misyong Mapanganib (Dangerous Mission), in 1966.
Castillo started as a writer for a comic magazine. With the help of his father, he published his own magazine where he wrote all the stories from cover to cover, using different names as authors. A movie producer commissioned him to write a script on the character of " James Bandong ", named after Britain's superspy. The film made money and it was followed by a sequel, Dr. Yes, 1965, a spoof on the British film, Dr. No. He wrote and directed his first movie, Misyong Mapanganib (Dangerous Mission), in 1966.
Castillo won the FilpIno Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS) awards for best director and best story for Pagputi ng Uwak, Pag-itim ng Tagak (When the Crow Turns White, When the Heron Turns Black), 1978, and also won the Urian awards for best director and best screenplay for the same picture. He shared the story credits with Ruben Nicdao, and the screenplay credits with Lando jacob, Ishko Lopez and Ruben Nicdao. He won the FAMAS best director trophy again in 1985 for Paradise Inn, a Lolita Rodriguez-Vivian Velez starrer. He also has a FAMAS best supporting actor award, for Sampung Ahas ni Eba (Ten Snakes of Eve), in 1984.
EDDIE ROMERO
(1924-2013)
Edgar Sinco Romero (July 7, 1924 – May 28, 2013) was an influential Filipino film director, film producer and screenwriter, considered one of the finest in the Cinema of the Philippines. Romero was named National Artist of the Philippines in 2003.
His career spans three generations of filmmakers. His 1976 film Ganito Kami Noon…Paano Kayo Ngayon?, set at the turn of the 20th century during the revolution against the Spaniards and, later, the American colonizers, follows a naïve peasant through his leap of faith to become a member of an imagined community. Agila situates a family’s story against the backdrop of the country’s history.
Kamakalawa explores the folklore of prehistoric Philippines.
Banta ng Kahapon, his 'small' political film, is set against
the turmoil of the late 1960s, tracing the connection of the underworld
to the corrupt halls of politics.
His 13-part series of Noli Me Tangere brings Philippine national hero José Rizal's
novel to a new generation of viewers. Along with Filipino language
films, he made English language films that became cult classics, like Black Mama, White Mama and The Twilight People and worked with American actors like John Ashley and Pam Grier.
Romero's films, the National Artist citation states, "are delivered in
an utterly simple style – minimalist, but never empty, always
calculated, precise and functional, but never predictable."
Quentin Tarantino has drawn upon Romero's film Twilight People as an inspiration for his "grindhouse" homages.
ISMAEL BERNAL
(1938-1996)
Ismael Bernas was a Filipino film, stage and television director, actor and screenwriter. Noted for his melodramas, particularly with feminist and moral issues, he directed many landmark Filipino films such as Nunal sa Tubig (1975), City After Dark (1980), Relasyon (1982), Himala (1982), and Hinugot sa Langit (1985).
He won the Urian for best director four times for Dalawang Pugad, Isang Ibon (Two Nests, One Bird), 1977; Broken Marriage, 1983; Hinugot Sa Langit (Wrenched From Heaven), 1985; and Pahiram Ng Isang Umaga (Lend Me One Morning), 1989; and the best screenplay for City After Dark, 1980. His film Pagdating Sa Dulo, won for him the FAMAS for best screenplay award while Himala
(Miracle), 1982, garnered nine major awards in the Metro Manila Film
Festival. In that same year, Bernal was chosen by the Manunuri ng
Pelikulang Pilipino as the Most Outstanding Filmmaker of the Decade
1971-1980. Among the 10 best films chosen by the critics, five were his.
These include Pagdating Sa Dulo, Nunal Sa Tubig, Manila By Night, Himala and Hinugot Sa Langit. He was also hailed as Director of the Decade by the Catholic Mass Media Awards (CMMA).
OPEN27/4: INTERVIEW WITH LAV DIAZ
INTERVIEW WITH AWARD WINNING DIRECTOR
MR. LAV DIAZ
Why do you make films
that run for hours and hours? What’s the rationale behind it?
“I’m free. My films are free. I’ve liberated my cinema. I’ve
emancipated it. I am not a prisoner of that two-hour or one hour and a half
cinema. To confine my work on that market-imposed practice would be moronic.
How dare I call myself an artist if I’m not even free with my canvas and brush?
Why would I surrender my praxis to profit-making? Everybody knows that popcorn
and coke are lethal. Why would I equate my cinema with bad cholesterol? I’m
beyond that since Batang West Side.”
People have been
wondering if you do films with awards in mind at the expense of the commercial
aspect.
“The only reason why I make films is that I really love
cinema. I make films for cinema. An award and a so-called market are
consequential. They happen because there’s my cinema. Festivals invite my
films. Museums,gallaries and institutions exhibit my films.
“Hard work. Lots of sacrifices.”
Who are the film
makers that you admire and what did you learn from them?
“They early days, of course, there was Lino Broca and Ismael
Bernal. The whole gamut actually as I practically ate cinema then; Chiquito,
Dolphy, Fernando Poe. Jr, the kung fu movies of Hong Kong, the spaghetti
westerns, James Bond, even the bomba movies. I didn’t think of directors during
those times. Nang lumaon, nang magka-isip ako, lumutang na lang ang issue ng
pagkumpositor, may author. Siya pala ang gumagawa. I started paying attention.
I started assuming that persona, that so called maker or creator of god. I
understood being. Cinema is being”
Name 10 films that
left a mark in your mind and heart and WHY?
“So many films really. I don’t have a Top 10, even a Top
100. But there are films that kept me going bak akin to the guitar pieces that
I would immediately play and float upstream once I get hold of the instrument.
The works of Tarkovsky are a true Jerusalem and Mecca for me. In his wors, it’s
holy. You got there to a pilgrimage always. It’s holy. You go there to seek you
soul. Making cinema is more about the soul”
How is your
life/routine like when you’re making a movie?
“It’s a duality. I am alone and at the same time, I am part
of a team. The struggle to achieve a vision is a solitary pursuit. To
articulate the journey toward achieving the vision, particularly in cinema, you
would need other hands”
Does the routine alter the way you live, etc.?
“I live cinema. It’s art of my being. I’m a father, a
grandfather, a lover and a filmmaker. It’s a continuum and a constellation.”
OPEN24/7: SUGGEST AN IDEA:
1) Block
– determining where the actors will be on the set and the first camera position
2) Light – time for the DOP to light the set and position the camera for the first shot
3) Rehearse – camera rehearsal of the first set-up with the actors and crew
4) Tweak - make lighting and other adjustments
5) Shoot - shooting the first scene (then repeat the process)
2) Light – time for the DOP to light the set and position the camera for the first shot
3) Rehearse – camera rehearsal of the first set-up with the actors and crew
4) Tweak - make lighting and other adjustments
5) Shoot - shooting the first scene (then repeat the process)
Blocking is the
first, and most crucial, aspect of this 5-part sequence. When you first start
directing, blocking a scene can be one of the hardest – and most embarrassing –
parts of your job. Get it wrong here, and you could waste valuable shooting
time trying to get out of the mess you created!
Director Prep –
Before you step onto any film set, you need to first do your homework on Script
and Character Analysis. In the last two articles, we talked about Understanding
the Script (what the story is about; the themes; the story points) and
Character Development and Analysis (the development and objectives of the
characters).
Blocking a Dramatic
Scene – The first thing I do when the actors arrive for a blocking is to get
them in a group and read the scene: no moving, no “acting” – just reading the
scene through. This makes sure everyone is on the “same page”. (Sometimes
actors do not have revisions and this is a good time to find that out.) Also,
by reading together, the actors start to feed off each other – and you get to
watch the process.
After the actors
read the scene, I ask them to show me what they want to do. I just step back
and let them go for it. If it is a set no one has been in before, I take a few
moments to discuss the physical lay out of the room – the door an actor will
come through; a window they can walk up to; which desk they can sit at etc.
The actors then
begin their first walk through – they read the scene and walk around the set to
get a feel of what they want to do and where they want to be. During this
initial blocking, I try not to make any suggestions to the actors – it is
important that they show me what they have in mind.
Remember, this is
the first time the actors have been together on the set and they need their
time to explore. As you watch the actors, you get a feel for what they want to
do, where they want to go and how they are relating to each other.
On the next
blocking, you begin to make your changes. Maybe you want an actor to sit in a
chair by the window instead of on the couch; you ask an actor if it would be
okay to pace beside an actor and not infront of him so you can save a set-up;
you make a suggestion to an actor to move across the room instead of standing
by the door etc.
Once you have
discussed the scene, and everyone agrees with the suggestions, the actors do it
again. This time, you begin to figure out your camera placement based on their
movement and what you first had in mind.
As the actors go
through the scene, you walk around them looking at all your camera positions.
Usually the DOP is with you to discuss camera set-ups and positions. This is
also a time where you can stop-and-start the actors – move them around to get a
better background. During this blocking, a camera assistant will place marks on
the floor whenever the actors stop.
When everyone is
satisfied, the actors leave and you discuss the first set-up in more detail
with the DOP and the camera operator. When the DOP begins to light, you go over
all your set-ups with the First AD and the Script Supervisor.
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