BenildeFilm invites everyone to my class’ free public event: Filmmaker in Focus Forum (FFF). This term’s FFF is entitled “One Shot: A Forum on Shooting Your First Feature Film” featuring Pepe Diokno and his first feature, the Cinemalaya film “Engkwentro.” This happens on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, 1 to 4 p.m. at the SDA Cinema, School of Design and Arts Building, De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde along P. Ocampo St. Malate, Manila. Film screening of this Venice International Film Festival-winning
Year: 2018
A young filmmaker’s tale about National Artist for Cinema Kidlat Tahimik
It was the screening of the Korean film “Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter… and Spring” by Kim Ki-duk, I think it was Cinemanila, I couldn’t remember what year. After the screening, I saw Kidlat Tahimik and had the courage to approach him. I told him we met before during a screening of some women shorts in Katipunan where my film was programmed and I said I just would like to say hi to him. He said, maybe if I and my friends
Digital Migrant Parents with Digital Native Children: The issues on gadgets and digital technology
Just my two cents as a mom of a toddler (not as a doctor nor a psychologist). I just read this post: ABC News: iPad generation's fingers not ready to write, teachers say At this time and age, i think it is inevitable that children would get a hold of mobile devices and get screen time more than the mere TV of our generation (unless the entire household completely shutdown their own devices at home and whenever they are with kids —
Old-school Film Editing Machines: Moviola and Steenbeck
Before there was film-editing software, there was old-school film editing using the Moviola and the Steenbeck. Before the dawn of non-linear editing suites where filmmakers started using computer software such as Avid, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, and Sony Vegas, editors used the Moviola or the Steenbeck, now referred to as "old school film editing machines." During their times, the use of these editing machines was required for any film shot in 8mm, 16mm, or 35mm film. Prior to the actual
Blu-ray Review: ‘Wreck it Ralph’ Collector’s Edition
"Wreck It Ralph" Collector's Edition houses a two-disc set containing the film's Blu-ray and DVD copies, along with a couple of extras. This is Disney's well-received 52nd animated feature that brings a heartwarming identity-crisis tale set in sprawling hub-worlds and video game locations. The story revolves around the supposedly villainous Ralph who simply wants some appreciation and self-worth. He ventures outside his '80s-era game to try to look for his ticket to heroism and happiness. However, he soon wrecks everything
FILMARTworks Blog is finally back on track!
Last March 2018, I finally got some time to fix my 12-year-old website and blog after enduring poor, uncaring web hosting services (I must admit, it’s true — you get what you pay for). Clearly, it took me over a decade to convince myself to invest a little more of my annual budget to get a decent web hosting company that can support someone like me who is an artist and writer with minimal knowledge on web developing, design, and security
Learning the truth about drowning and saving lives
About 2 years ago, during an out-of-town shoot, one of our team members almost drowned a few feet away from our swimming colleagues — having fun and all. Her angel was one of our colleagues who just went out of his room to check on the pool — an act he felt doing when he didn’t really intend to swim in the pool then. No one else realized what was happening until she was rescued. It was almost a horror
Film Forum Invitation: ‘CinePHlix’ with screenings of ‘Anino’ and ‘Birdshot’
My BenildeFilm FLMART2 (Philippine Cinema) classes are inviting everyone to this term’s Filmmaker Focus in Forum (FFF), a free, public event featuring the Cannes Palme D’Or-winning short film “Anino” by Raymond Red and the first Filipino feature film in Netflix“Birdshot” by Mikhail Red at the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde School of Design and Arts (SDA) Cinema on Apr. 3, 2018. Screenings at 1 p.m., forum follows at 3:30 p.m. This event entitled “CinePHlix,” features a Q&A with the filmmakers and