life, at times, is unfair!

this is my 2nd post of the day. well, gabi na ngayon :) hehe :) ..ang corny :)
this is my 2nd post of the day. itz second part. as ive told u earlier, im in a hurry. so i skip the nitty gritty blahblah for a straight-fact-in-your-face-info that needs to be deliver asap!

to begin with, i would like to say thank you for comment(s) ..and i encourage the others no matter how painful and frank your comment might be to please post it :)

i will answer his/her questions and concerns first before i go to docu matterz :)

fuck! ..that was awesome kewl! ..that was a long comment. and a good one at that! i remember a letter i read years ago. that was a long letter. none were the emails or txt or celfone or pager yet. only letters, the old-fashioned way. it was a long letter too. an overly frank, dramatic yet beautifully written one. and it ends with the line, "sorry to write you a long letter. i don't have time to write you a short one."

ahdunno if itz just me. or the importance of the sender. but a wrap-up beautifully written letter as this is a straight-hook-upper-right-punch that melts the heart instantly. too much of the foreplay, huh!?

this is in line with my lectures saying that i give too much importance on the opening salvo of a piece. may it be a literature or a movie or a docu or a theatre play or whatever form! i would just like to reiterate that parallels the importance of the intro is its closing scene. the movie "adaptation", thou not that good a movie to be a sample (at least for me), has a good thing to say about story and storytelling in general. it says, "wow them in the end!" so there you go.

anyway, lumalalim ang gabi'y hindi hinuhukay.. hehe :)
..humahaba ang litanya ko ng walang sinasabing maganda :) haha :) ..ayan ang mahirap pag may time ako, nalilimutan kong andami ko na palang sinasabing kwento, wala namang kwenta :) ..puro kwento, walang istorya :)
(kanta yan ng "teeth", bali-baligtad lang ang lyrics :))

to u, sa nagco-comment.. tulad ng sinabi ko kanina, that comment was fuckin kewl! ..Rhythm is improving! yung content ng comment, syempre honest reaction yan.. kaya hindi ko masasabi and itz not for me to say na if its improving or not. my only comment to the comment as of this writing is the tempo. ganda! :)

1. rather than a docu guide, the hand out is more of a film book page.
ahdunno if i have to repeat this but the basic elements of docu and narratives are the same. their root is the film. contrary to popular belief, it is not the news.
and one thing, we are discussing this docu thing not as indie docu, but as mainstream docu. the documentaries we see on TV. the TV that sucks! ..the television that greatly helps our bobofication! so our docu here is not only documentaries that informs. okey lang sana documentaries that touches heart. but more than that, documentaries that "entertains" ..whatever entertainment means!
im not keeping these lies away from class. from time to time,i let u watch some samples and also, i was telling u my brutally honest comments. of course, im not always right. there's none the monopoly of truth! ..but that's my honest view :)

2. regarding docu and drama..
documentary ideally is real. i see nothing in conflict if u see drama in your docu and air it. if u see pain, then air it. if u see humor, then include it. but please, don't make it scripted and label it as real. ibang usapan ang reenactment. that's why, may nakasulat na reenactment sa reenactment.

3. credibility.
credibility is everything! ..not a hint that your docu is fake, please! it erases all the good things na nakalagay sa ibang part kung may parts na hindi totoo. sa mahuhuli kong gagawa ng ganun, u will fail! that's a fuckin' mortal sin!
i remember our college test papers. in our every philosophy test, finals and midterms, there was the note: 1. be honest, 2. look honest

4. cliche
as much as possible, no cliches. u know what cliches are. always work beyond expectations. and unpredictable. and be bold. try to experiment. (but of course, without alienating the audience. if it's experimental but throws off the audience, then it's nothing but a self-serving-too-personal-piece na dapat ikaw na lang ang makapanood!)
:)
(of course, unless that's the treatment. refrence of cliche as treatment: director ben feleo and director joey gosiengfiao's movies)

5. mowelfund
yez, i don't like their films. i don't like their storytelling. even nick de ocampo. old school and too academic. purely self-serving! the only thing that i appreciate about mowelfund is their cinematography and Raymond Red.
actually, it is not only me. it is a hush-hush among the league but of course none is too vocal and proud to tell that negative remark about an icon.
log on to youtube, watch their samples. watch "etneb" ..and other mowelfund films. ull get a grip of what i mean.
cenon, our friend, the UP film institute head, in one of his class was asking a student about his (the student's) short film.
cenon: anong meaning sayo ng film mo?
student: bahala na po ang audience magbigay ng meaning
cenon: yes, i know and i appreciate that. ako, may sarili akong take dyan sa film mo. etong katabi ko, may sarili ding meaning dyan sa film mo. but ikaw, as the director of that film, ano ang gusto mong iparating?
student: actually sir, it is a personal film na bahala na ang audience umintindi
cenon: yes, sabi mo nga kanina. and uulitin ko, u as the filmmaker, ano ang meaning sayo nyan? ano ang gusto mong iparating?
student: uulitin ko den po sir, it is a personal film.
cenon: u don't get it! and i don't get it as well. ..baka naman it's too personal na dapat ikaw na lang ang nanonood, hindi mo na dapat ipinapakita sa amin!

i have lots of bad things about the mainstream TV and cinema but one thing that i agree with the mainstream is this mantra: connect with the audience!

6. revised sequence guide
as i told u in the earlier post, kung may revision ang group, then ipasa sakin ang revised seq. guide pero kung aprub na sa group ang existing sequence guide, so be it :) ..and also, dun sa iba, medyo iniba ko or pinalawak ang scope.. so yun yung mga kelangang magbigay ng revised seq. guide :)

7. ang tinutukoy mo ay sa ngalan ng tubo? wala nang gory scenes after that. ang mga susunod na eksena ay imbestigasyon, pagtanggi ng pulis na sila ang gumawa nun, mga pinatay after the incident, etc.

8. yes, gustong gusto ko ang pulp magazine. not that all of what they said i agree. many too are bullshit. but what i like about the magazine is its sincerity and balls. hindi kelangang i agree sa lahat ng sinasabi ng isang magazine para magustuhan. pero para sakin, sobrang naaapreciate ko ang lay-out ng pulp, yung rhythm ng writings, yung dark tone, etc.
and si vernon go, i think nasa pulp pa den sya. the last time i check. and galing nya magsulat.

AND THAT WAS THE END OF MY ANSWERS, NOW ..LET'S GO BACK TO REGULAR PROGRAMMING!
:)

as i've said:

..submit your revised seq. guide tuesday night, august 5 to dimaiologyclass@yahoo.com
then wednesday morning, magche-chek ako.
wednesday nn, ilalagay ko kung anong sunod na gagawin per group. kung may kelangang irevise, or may itatanong asko kung kaya bang panindigan, etc.
sa isa-submit na sequence guide and everytime na magsusubmit sa mga susunod pang araw at linggo, makikilagay na den ng participation ng each member. and sa tuesday night na isa-submit, makikilagay den at least, isang contact number. your group's leader and/or coordinator with me para pag may clarification ako, sa kanya ako tatawag.

please dont be late this time.
isang araw na ma-late kayo sa sked natin, mahuhuli na talaga kayo. anghirap! ..kaya ko inilagay na ang schedule na 'to kasi busy-bisihan ako dz week. yung mga oras na inilagay ko para magchek ako, yun na yun. im really sorry :(

and to continue..

pag nabalik ko na ang seq.guide, i will be asking na for the script. that same wedensday nn or nite or thursday morning, ibabalik ko sa inyo seq. guide with my comments. then before 1pm of friday, submit the script. by saturday, ibabalik ko na ulet ang script with the revisions. b4 matapos ang saturday, ready to shoot nya. magpre-prod na kayo.

then the week after that saturday ay midterm exam nyo. in between ur exams, pwede nyong pagusapan ang mga sunod nyong hakbang :) of course, hindi ko inaasahan na magsho-shoot na kayo kc midterms nyo yun. sabagay, midterms nyo den naman yung docu natin :)
pero yung mga preparations like kanino camera, sino edit, sinong iinterviewhin, san pupunta, etc. yung mga ganun, pagdating ng sunod na week, dapat plantsado na. kc nakapag-pre-prod na kayo ng 1 week.

the week after your midterm week, august 17 to 22, dapat nagsho-shoot na kayo at nag-eedit. august 23 we will view it. and walang male-late kc kelangang magsubmit ng faculty to dean ng grades ng august 25.
so after august 23 (saturday), gustuhin ko mang may humabol, sa dean na kayo magsasabi :)

yez! so little time so much to do.
that's part of the program. sa totoong buhay mas ngarag pa.

and yez! ..ang mga kagrupo nyo ngayon ay hindi ang usual nyong ka-group. i hate to let u learn this painfully but there's no other way..
sa totoong buhay, kung itutuloy nyo ang vocation nyo na yan.. worse worse worse! and u know it.

..dont wori, napakadami pa nating projects : ..fortunately! (i mean, unfortunately :) hihi)

sorry pala sa mga concepts na hindi na matutuloy. believe me, its painful on my part. pero baka maloka kayo pag ginawa kong individual ang docu! thou i tried to consolidate lahat ng topics. halimbawa, may mga magkakasama na tungkol lahat sa kids ang topics nila, may magkakasama na lahat tungkol sa kahirapan, ..mga ganung chenes :)

and yung iba mas madami, may mas kokonti. yung iba kasi, mas mahirap hanapin ang subjects. yung iba, at least nakausap ko na na may sakto nang iinterviewhin, defined na ang galaw. yung iba naman, malawak ang topics, kelangang mas madami.. mga ganung concerns.
so ayun po..

basta, learn from this sana :)

and when in doubt..

ASK!

(u know how to reach me)

by the way, sa mga pang-umaga, kung matutuloy ang 1st general production and cast meeting for the november play,
ang klase natin this saturday is 8am.
kung hindi matutuloy ang meeting, 9am pa den.
ask kokay kung tuloy or hindi. sa kanya den ako magtatanong about that.

sa mga panghapon, walang nagbago. 1pm pa den tayo.

at sa lahat ng kasama sa play as cast or sa production, may meeting tayo 10:45am

WHEW! this is a long post!

..aherm, alam nyo na ang ilalagay ko as my last line :)

im sorry to write you a long letter. i don't have time to write you a short one :)


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WHEW!

im about to log-out. but checked first the 1st part, and i saw "wildflower's" comment :) ..keep them coming!
thanx :)

wildflower, i think, ive answered some of ur questions in my earlier sentencez above :)

with regardz to number of groupmates, groupmates of difrent sked and difrent set of friends :)

..kasama po yun sa inconvenienzez na we will be learning to face. amidst all these hurdles, malalaman mo ang worth ng sinasabi ko after this project and more mportantly, after this school :)

..just barely a year from now :)

nakupo, sa mainstream network, napakadaming demonyo at gago kayong makakasama ..pero sabi nga ni dolphy, "the show must go on!"

i have narrated some anthological emotion in my afternoon class last meeting. so, sa mga pang-umaga, remind me to tell it to u too this saturday.

anyway, its just about the importance of "airing it" no matter what! - hindi yung docu natin ang sinasabi ko. but the practice in tv networks :)

but it is a good practice.

boom!


Anonymous said...
sir, di ga po nakalagay sa post nyo na pinaggroup nyo po kami by class ng morning and afternoon? 'yung morning class eh makakagroup ng same class nya. and 'yung afternoon eh ganun din, 'yung pangafternoon. eh bakit may nakasama po kami na hindi namin klasmeyt? i mean pang ibang oras sya? sadya ga po 'yun? nagtatanong lang po ako. hehehe. keep smiling TV PROD class.
grrrrrrrr!
August 4, 2008 10:46 PM

Anonymous said...
we got your point about not grouping us by friends.. and it's alright.. but really, can't we have equal number of group members? it's really unfair.. no matter how easy or hard the topic is, still we will spend for the transpo, editing, tokens for the interviewees, etc.
well, i speak for the class, because, i think, they also have the same sentiments, that's what i've heard.. please give in to this request, because honestly, the number of grouping is really unfair..
August 5, 2008 9:12 AM

allan lina said...
sir bkt ganun wla ako kagrupo?! is it ok if i just pick a grup to join???