Need the ff: Fil-Indian for the audition:
1) Father - (40sh) loving widower, amiable, speaks fluent Hindi and broken Tagalog
2) Son (16-20 y/o)- rebellious but loving, takes on early family responsibility.
3) Wife- (16-20 y/o) free thinker and strong-willed, disinherited, must learn indian dance.
4) Daughter/Sister - (8-12 y/o) funny and smart, speaks her mind. Good dancer. Speaks tagolog fluently.
AUDITION DATES: Feb 10, 16-17, 23-24
TIME: 1pm - 7pm
WHERE: ufo Pictures IncUnit G & H
#85 Araullo St., Addition Hills,
San Juan, Metro Manila
DIRECTION: From Edsa take Shaw Blvd., then right to Balagtas St.,2nd St. Auraullo left. (You can ride a "kalentong" jeep at Starmall)
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Saturday, February 02, 2008
“The best medicine of sorrow is anger”
I came across to see this statement when I’ve read the book “The Solitaire’s Mystery” (by Jostein Gaardner) few years ago. That was also the time I’ve realized why I’ve NEVER CRIED when I was emotionally devastated --- because of deception and I don’t need to elaborate anymore.
My whole body was shaking and I can feel my blood rushing so fast through my veins. I can barely breathe and little by little, I was beginning to feel numb. It was a terrible effect of not crying at all. I did try but not a single tear dropped --- that’s why I can completely relate to Cameron Diaz (Amanda Woods) in the movie, “The Holiday”. She tried and tried and tried to shed a tear… but still no tear. However in the latter part of the film Cameron Diaz cried after realizing that she’s already in love with Jude Law (Graham Simpskins).
So do I cry now? Undeniably YES!!! Sometimes (or most of the times), just a simple drama scene or someone will tell me sad stories make me SNIFF and SOB… I also cry when I’m hurt and sad. Meaning, I cry because I’m not mad anymore and I’m in love… And I can say that CRYING makes me feel better!
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Paolo Coelho's Quote of the Day
A Warrior of Light always keeps his heart free
of any feelings of hatred.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Heath Ledger found dead in NYC at age 28 (By TOM HAYS, Associated Press Writer)
NEW YORK - Heath Ledger, the talented 28-year-old actor who gravitated toward dark, brooding roles that defied his leading-man looks, was found dead Tuesday in a Manhattan apartment, facedown at the foot of his bed with prescription sleeping pills nearby, police said.
There was no obvious indication that the Australian-born Ledger had committed suicide, NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said.
Ledger had an appointment for a massage at the SoHo apartment that is believed to be the home of the "Brokeback Mountain" actor, Browne said. The massage therapist and a housekeeper found his naked body at about 3:30 p.m. They tried to revive him, but he was already dead.
"I had such great hope for him," said Mel Gibson, who played Ledger's vengeful father in "The Patriot," in a statement. "He was just taking off and to lose his life at such a young age is a tragic loss."
Outside the Manhattan building on an upscale street, paparazzi and gawkers gathered, and several police officers put up barricades to control the crowd of about 300. Onlookers craned their necks as officers brought out a black bodybag on a gurney, took it across the sidewalk and put it into a medical examiner's office van.
As the door opened, bystanders snapped pictures with camera phones, rolled video and said, "He's coming out!"
An autopsy was planned for Wednesday, medical examiner's office spokeswoman Ellen Borakove said.
While not a marquee movie star, Ledger was an award-winning actor who chose his roles carefully rather than cashing in on big-money parts. He was nominated for an Oscar for his performance as a gay cowboy in "Brokeback Mountain." During filming, he met Michelle Williams, who played his wife in the film. The two had a daughter, now 2-year-old Matilda, and lived together in Brooklyn until they split up last year.
It was a shocking and unforeseen conclusion for one of Hollywood's bright young stars. Though his leading man looks propelled him to early stardom in films like "10 Things I Hate About You" and "A Knight's Tale," his career took a notable turn toward dramatic and brooding roles with 2001's "Monster's Ball."
Ledger's publicist, Mara Buxbaum, said in a statement: "We are all deeply saddened and shocked by this accident. This is an extremely difficult time for his loved ones and we are asking the media to please respect the family's privacy and avoid speculation until the facts are known."
In the Australian city of Perth, where Ledger was born and raised, his father called the actor's death "tragic, untimely and accidental."
"He was (a) down-to-earth, generous, kind-hearted, life-loving, unselfish individual, extremely inspirational to many," Kim Ledger said, reading from a prepared statement. "Heath has touched so many people on so many different levels during his short life."
Ledger eschewed Hollywood glitz in favor of a bohemian life in Brooklyn, where he became one of the borough's most famous residents. "Brokeback" would be his breakthrough role, establishing him as one of his generation's finest talents and an actor willing to take risks.
Ledger began to gravitate more toward independent fare, including Lasse Hallstrom's "Casanova" and Terry Gilliam's "The Brothers Grimm," both released in 2005. His 2006 film "Candy" now seems destined to have an especially haunting quality: In a particularly realistic performance, Ledger played a poet wrestling with a heroin addiction along with his girlfriend, played by Abbie Cornish.
But Ledger's most recent choices were arguably the boldest yet: He costarred in "I'm Not There," in which he played one of the many incarnations of Bob Dylan — as did Cate Blanchett, whose performance in that film earned an Oscar nomination Tuesday for best supporting actress.
And in what may be his final finished performance, Ledger proved that he wouldn't be intimidated by taking on a character as iconic as Jack Nicholson's Joker. Ledger's version of the "Batman" villain, glimpsed in early teaser trailers, made it clear that his Joker would be more depraved and dark.
Curiosity about Ledger's final performance will likely stoke further interest in the summer blockbuster. "Dark Knight" director Christopher Nolan said this month that Ledger's Joker would be wildly different from Nicholson's.
"It was a very great challenge for Heath," Nolan said. "He's extremely original, extremely frightening, tremendously edgy. A very young character, a very anarchic presence that taps into a lot of our basic fears and panic."
Ledger told The New York Times in a November interview that he "stressed out a little too much" during the Dylan film and had trouble sleeping while portraying the Joker, whom he called a "psychopathic, mass-murdering, schizophrenic clown with zero empathy."
"Last week I probably slept an average of two hours a night," Ledger told the newspaper. "I couldn't stop thinking. My body was exhausted, and my mind was still going." He said he took two Ambien pills, which worked for only an hour, the paper said.
Ledger was a widely recognized figure in his Manhattan neighborhood, where he used to shop at a home and children's store. Michelle Vella, an employee there, said she had frequently seen Ledger with his daughter — carrying the toddler on his shoulders, or having ice cream with her.
"It's so sad. They were really close," Vella said. "He's a very down-to-earth guy and an amazing father."
Before settling down with Williams, Ledger had relationships with actresses Heather Graham and Naomi Watts. He met Watts while working on "The Lords of Dogtown," a fictionalized version of a cult classic skateboarding documentary, in 2004.
Ledger was born in 1979 to a mining engineer and a French teacher and got his first acting role playing Peter Pan at age 10 in a local theater company. He began acting in independent films as a 16-year-old in Sydney and played a cyclist hoping to land a spot on an Olympic team in a 1996 television show, "Seat."
After several independent films, Ledger moved to Los Angeles at age 19 and starred opposite Julia Stiles in "10 Things I Hate About You." Offers for other teen flicks soon came his way, but Ledger turned them down, preferring to remain idle than sign on for projects he didn't like.
"It wasn't a hard decision for me," Ledger told the Associated Press in 2001. "It was hard for everyone else around me to understand. Agents were like, `You're crazy,' my parents were like, 'Come on, you have to eat.'"
___
Associated Press writer Sara Kugler contributed to this report.
There was no obvious indication that the Australian-born Ledger had committed suicide, NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said.
Ledger had an appointment for a massage at the SoHo apartment that is believed to be the home of the "Brokeback Mountain" actor, Browne said. The massage therapist and a housekeeper found his naked body at about 3:30 p.m. They tried to revive him, but he was already dead.
"I had such great hope for him," said Mel Gibson, who played Ledger's vengeful father in "The Patriot," in a statement. "He was just taking off and to lose his life at such a young age is a tragic loss."
Outside the Manhattan building on an upscale street, paparazzi and gawkers gathered, and several police officers put up barricades to control the crowd of about 300. Onlookers craned their necks as officers brought out a black bodybag on a gurney, took it across the sidewalk and put it into a medical examiner's office van.
As the door opened, bystanders snapped pictures with camera phones, rolled video and said, "He's coming out!"
An autopsy was planned for Wednesday, medical examiner's office spokeswoman Ellen Borakove said.
While not a marquee movie star, Ledger was an award-winning actor who chose his roles carefully rather than cashing in on big-money parts. He was nominated for an Oscar for his performance as a gay cowboy in "Brokeback Mountain." During filming, he met Michelle Williams, who played his wife in the film. The two had a daughter, now 2-year-old Matilda, and lived together in Brooklyn until they split up last year.
It was a shocking and unforeseen conclusion for one of Hollywood's bright young stars. Though his leading man looks propelled him to early stardom in films like "10 Things I Hate About You" and "A Knight's Tale," his career took a notable turn toward dramatic and brooding roles with 2001's "Monster's Ball."
Ledger's publicist, Mara Buxbaum, said in a statement: "We are all deeply saddened and shocked by this accident. This is an extremely difficult time for his loved ones and we are asking the media to please respect the family's privacy and avoid speculation until the facts are known."
In the Australian city of Perth, where Ledger was born and raised, his father called the actor's death "tragic, untimely and accidental."
"He was (a) down-to-earth, generous, kind-hearted, life-loving, unselfish individual, extremely inspirational to many," Kim Ledger said, reading from a prepared statement. "Heath has touched so many people on so many different levels during his short life."
Ledger eschewed Hollywood glitz in favor of a bohemian life in Brooklyn, where he became one of the borough's most famous residents. "Brokeback" would be his breakthrough role, establishing him as one of his generation's finest talents and an actor willing to take risks.
Ledger began to gravitate more toward independent fare, including Lasse Hallstrom's "Casanova" and Terry Gilliam's "The Brothers Grimm," both released in 2005. His 2006 film "Candy" now seems destined to have an especially haunting quality: In a particularly realistic performance, Ledger played a poet wrestling with a heroin addiction along with his girlfriend, played by Abbie Cornish.
But Ledger's most recent choices were arguably the boldest yet: He costarred in "I'm Not There," in which he played one of the many incarnations of Bob Dylan — as did Cate Blanchett, whose performance in that film earned an Oscar nomination Tuesday for best supporting actress.
And in what may be his final finished performance, Ledger proved that he wouldn't be intimidated by taking on a character as iconic as Jack Nicholson's Joker. Ledger's version of the "Batman" villain, glimpsed in early teaser trailers, made it clear that his Joker would be more depraved and dark.
Curiosity about Ledger's final performance will likely stoke further interest in the summer blockbuster. "Dark Knight" director Christopher Nolan said this month that Ledger's Joker would be wildly different from Nicholson's.
"It was a very great challenge for Heath," Nolan said. "He's extremely original, extremely frightening, tremendously edgy. A very young character, a very anarchic presence that taps into a lot of our basic fears and panic."
Ledger told The New York Times in a November interview that he "stressed out a little too much" during the Dylan film and had trouble sleeping while portraying the Joker, whom he called a "psychopathic, mass-murdering, schizophrenic clown with zero empathy."
"Last week I probably slept an average of two hours a night," Ledger told the newspaper. "I couldn't stop thinking. My body was exhausted, and my mind was still going." He said he took two Ambien pills, which worked for only an hour, the paper said.
Ledger was a widely recognized figure in his Manhattan neighborhood, where he used to shop at a home and children's store. Michelle Vella, an employee there, said she had frequently seen Ledger with his daughter — carrying the toddler on his shoulders, or having ice cream with her.
"It's so sad. They were really close," Vella said. "He's a very down-to-earth guy and an amazing father."
Before settling down with Williams, Ledger had relationships with actresses Heather Graham and Naomi Watts. He met Watts while working on "The Lords of Dogtown," a fictionalized version of a cult classic skateboarding documentary, in 2004.
Ledger was born in 1979 to a mining engineer and a French teacher and got his first acting role playing Peter Pan at age 10 in a local theater company. He began acting in independent films as a 16-year-old in Sydney and played a cyclist hoping to land a spot on an Olympic team in a 1996 television show, "Seat."
After several independent films, Ledger moved to Los Angeles at age 19 and starred opposite Julia Stiles in "10 Things I Hate About You." Offers for other teen flicks soon came his way, but Ledger turned them down, preferring to remain idle than sign on for projects he didn't like.
"It wasn't a hard decision for me," Ledger told the Associated Press in 2001. "It was hard for everyone else around me to understand. Agents were like, `You're crazy,' my parents were like, 'Come on, you have to eat.'"
___
Associated Press writer Sara Kugler contributed to this report.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Golden Globes 2008: The winners
Here is the full list of winners and nominees for the 2008 Golden Globe Awards, which have been held in Hollywood:
FILM CATEGORIES
Best film (drama)
Atonement
Also nominated:
American Gangster
Eastern Promises
The Great Debaters
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Best film (musical or comedy)
Sweeney Todd
Sweeney Todd
Also nominated:
Across the Universe
Charlie Wilson's War
Hairspray
Juno
Best director - film
Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Also nominated:
Tim Burton - Sweeney Todd
Ethan Coen and Joel Coen - No Country for Old Men
Ridley Scott - American Gangster
Joe Wright - Atonement
Best actor (drama)
Daniel Day Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Daniel Day Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Also nominated:
George Clooney - Michael Clayton
James McAvoy - Atonement
Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises
Denzel Washington - American Gangster
Best actress (drama)
Julie Christie - Away from Her
Julie Christie - Away from Her
Also nominated:Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Jodie Foster - The Brave One
Angelina Jolie - A Mighty Heart
Keira Knightley - Atonement
Best actor (musical or comedy)
Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd
Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd
Also nominated:Ryan Gosling - Lars and the Real Girl
Tom Hanks - Charlie Wilson's War
Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Savages
John C Reilly - Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Best actress (musical or comedy)
Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose
Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose
Also nominated:Amy Adams - Enchanted
Nikki Blonsky - Hairspray
Helena Bonham Carter - Sweeney Todd
Ellen Page - Juno
Best supporting actor
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
Also nominated:
Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson's War
John Travolta - Hairspray
Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton
Best supporting actress
Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
Also nominated:Julia Roberts - Charlie Wilson's War
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton
Best foreign language film
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (France and US)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (France and US)
Also nominated:
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Romania)
The Kite Runner (US)
Lust, Caution (Taiwan)
Persepolis (France)
Best animated feature film
Ratatouille
Ratatouille
Also nominated:
Bee Movie
The Simpsons Movie
Best screenplay
Ethan Coen and Joel Coen - No Country for Old Men
Ethan Coen and Joel Coen - No Country for Old Men
Also nominated:
Diablo Cody - Juno
Christopher Hampton - Atonement
Ronald Harwood - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Aaron Sorkin - Charlie Wilson's War
Best original song
Guaranteed - Into the Wild
Guaranteed - Into the Wild
Also nominated:
Despedida - Love in the Time of Cholera
Grace is Gone - Grace is Gone
That's How You Know - Enchanted
Walk Hard - Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Best original score
Dario Marianelli - Atonement
Dario Marianelli - Atonement
Also nominated:
Michael Brook, Kaki King, Eddie Vedder - Into the Wild
Clint Eastwood - Grace is Gone
Alberto Iglesias - The Kite Runner
Howard Shore - Eastern Promises
TELEVISION CATEGORIES
Best series (drama)
Mad Men
Also nominated:
Big Love
Damages
Grey's Anatomy
House
The Tudors
Best series (musical or comedy)
Extras
Extras
Also nominated:
30 Rock
Californication
Entourage
Pushing Daisies
Best mini-series or film made for TV
Longford
Longford
Also nominated:
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
The Company
Five Days
The State Within
Best actor (drama)
Jon Hamm - Mad Men
Jon Hamm - Mad Men
Also nominated:
Michael C Hall - Dexter
Hugh Laurie - House
Jonathan Rhys Meyers - The Tudors
Bill Paxton - Big Love
Best actor (musical or comedy)
David Duchovny - Californication
David Duchovny - Californication
Also nominated:
Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock
Steve Carrell - The Office
Ricky Gervais - Extras
Lee Pace - Pushing Daisies
Best actor (mini-series or film made for TV)
Jim Broadbent - Longford
Jim Broadbent - Longford
Also nominated:
Adam Beach - Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Ernest Borgnine - A Grandpa for Christmas
Jason Isaacs - The State Within
James Nesbitt - Jekyll
Best actress (drama)
Glenn Close - Damages
Glenn Close - Damages
Also nominated:Patricia Arquette - Medium
Minnie Driver - The Riches
Sally Field - Brothers and Sisters
Holly Hunter - Saving Grace
Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer
Edie Falco - The Sopranos
Best actress (musical or comedy)
Tina Fey - 30 Rock
Tina Fey - 30 Rock
Also nominated:
Christina Applegate - Samantha Who?
America Ferrera - Ugly Betty
Anna Friel - Pushing Daisies
Mary-Louise Parker - Weeds
Best actress (mini-series or film made for TV)
Queen Latifah - Life Support
Queen Latifah - Life Support
Also nominated:
Bryce Dallas Howard - As You Like It
Debra Messing - The Starter Wife
Sissy Spacek - Pictures of Hollis Woods
Ruth Wilson - Jane Eyre
Best supporting actor (mini-series or film made for TV)
Jeremy Piven - Entourage
Jeremy Piven - Entourage
Also nominated:
Ted Danson - DamagesKevin Dillon - Entourage
Andy Serkis - Longford
William Shatner - Boston Legal
Donald Sutherland - Dirty Sexy Money
Best supporting actress (mini-series or film made for TV)
Samantha Morton - Longford
Samantha Morton - Longford
Also nominated:
Rose Byrne - Damages
Rachel Griffiths - Brothers and Sisters
Katherine Heigl - Grey's Anatomy
Anna Paquin - Bury My Heart On Wounded Knee
Jaime Pressly - My Name is Earl
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Eksena! A Celebration of Independence
(Designed by Cedric Hornedo)January 11, 2008
8pm onwards
PURPLE HAZE BAR & CAFE
37 Tomas Morato Avenue
cor E.Rodriguez Avenue, QC
NARRATIVE SHORTFILMS:
1.HULING HINGA By Jason Tan
2.PIROUETTE By Alina Co and Malyn Punay
3.DISS CONNECT SHUNBy Duke Hidalgo
4.'YUNBy Ray BonifacioANIMATION SHORTFILMS:
5.LENA By Melchor DF Escarcha, Philippe Medina, Ken Lavin, Gerson Abesamis
6.CODE OF THE FEARLESSBy Enrick Geronia
7.THE NECRO MANILA MANIFESTOBy Enrick Geronia
8.THE GUMPLING ADVENTURESBy Enrick Geronia
LiVE PERFORMANCES:
1.KONTRALUZ
2.THE LOWTECHS
3.POSSEMUNO
4.PUPITRE
5.PURPLE CHICKENS
6.TALES OF DOOM
Hosted by: WAISE AZIMI
Tickets at the Gate : Php100(with one beer)
Saturday, January 05, 2008
Baby Ally Whatever
I found this toddler cute video in YouTube.
Hope you will enjoy watching it the way I did.
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Friday, December 14, 2007
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
iSNATS
Showing on August 1-7, 2007
IndieSine, Robinsons Galleria
A film by Mike Dagñalan
Poster Concept by:
Patrick L. Asuncion
Cathy Cruz
Design and Lay-out by:
Patrick L. Asuncion
IndieSine, Robinsons Galleria
A film by Mike Dagñalan
Poster Concept by:
Patrick L. Asuncion
Cathy Cruz
Design and Lay-out by:
Patrick L. Asuncion
Saturday, June 30, 2007
Midsummer Nights at Magnet Katipunan
MIDSUMMER NIGHT
20 June 2007
(1-4) My Baba Mike and Moi
(5-6) My brother Patrick and his girlfriend Cathy
(9) Patrick, Cathy, Moi and Baba
(1) Magnet's exhibit and gig schedule
(2) Exhibit area (3) Kiri projecting video
(4) Kiri and Ian (5-7) Emman & Ron
(8) My Baba and Moi
(1) Kiri, Emman, Ian, Ron & Baba
(2-3) Waise Azimi - the curator - with guests
(4-5) Guests outside magnet
(6) Moi and Marie
MIDSUMMER NIGHT
27 June 2007
(1) Vivian, the animator and filmmaker
(2) Vivian, Waise & Emman
(3) Khavn dela Cruz (4) Libay, Nerissa & Guests
(5) Actor of the short film DRIVE
(6) Waise Azimi & Martha Atienza
(7) Jasmine (8) Nerissa Picadizo's Stressful X
(1) Tessa De Guzman, Writer/Director of PERFECT COUPLE
(2) Martha Atienza's RED SHOES
(3) Emman dela Cruz, Writer/Director of TATLONG LAMOK
(4) Raymond with friends
(5) JP's girlfriend, JP, Tessa and Dino
Tapsilog after Magnet
(1) Raymond, Ron, Dino, My Baba Mike and Me
(2) Ron, Raymond, Marie, Dino, Me, Nerissa,
Baba Mike, Ian & Emma
*I guess you know already who are in the picture numbers 3-6 =)
Went back to Magnet after in Tapsilog
20 June 2007
(1-4) My Baba Mike and Moi
(5-6) My brother Patrick and his girlfriend Cathy
(9) Patrick, Cathy, Moi and Baba
(1) Magnet's exhibit and gig schedule
(2) Exhibit area (3) Kiri projecting video
(4) Kiri and Ian (5-7) Emman & Ron
(8) My Baba and Moi
(1) Kiri, Emman, Ian, Ron & Baba(2-3) Waise Azimi - the curator - with guests
(4-5) Guests outside magnet
(6) Moi and Marie
MIDSUMMER NIGHT
27 June 2007
(1) Vivian, the animator and filmmaker
(2) Vivian, Waise & Emman
(3) Khavn dela Cruz (4) Libay, Nerissa & Guests
(5) Actor of the short film DRIVE
(6) Waise Azimi & Martha Atienza
(7) Jasmine (8) Nerissa Picadizo's Stressful X
(1) Tessa De Guzman, Writer/Director of PERFECT COUPLE(2) Martha Atienza's RED SHOES
(3) Emman dela Cruz, Writer/Director of TATLONG LAMOK
(4) Raymond with friends
(5) JP's girlfriend, JP, Tessa and Dino
Tapsilog after Magnet(1) Raymond, Ron, Dino, My Baba Mike and Me
(2) Ron, Raymond, Marie, Dino, Me, Nerissa,
Baba Mike, Ian & Emma
*I guess you know already who are in the picture numbers 3-6 =)
Went back to Magnet after in TapsilogThursday, June 28, 2007
Ang Ilaw Ng Tahanan
Ang ilaw ng aming tahanan...
...Si Annabelle L. Asuncion
Masayang kasama...
Masarap Magmahal...
at Mabuting Ina.
Saturday, June 02, 2007
No Matter What
No matter how hard life is...
No matter how sad the world is...
And no matter how mad the nature is...
My Love to you will keep stronger...
NO MATTER WHAT!
No matter how sad the world is...
And no matter how mad the nature is...
My Love to you will keep stronger...
NO MATTER WHAT!
Cute Ng Ina Mo --- Tagaytay Shoot (17 Feb 2007)
(From left to right) Louie (Anne Curtis' make-up artist), Josie Bracamonte (Line Producer), Arkee (Legman), Moi (Production Manager) and my Baba.
...same peeps!
...now with Jun-jun (second from left)
Moi and my Baba!
Sunday, May 20, 2007
EnvironMakati Revisions at X1
Moi, my Baba and my bro (Patrick).
Doing the revision of EnvironMakati infomercial
at X1 Studio
Patrick still looking busy.
Moi sleepyass, hehe.
Moi and my Baba making funny faces.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Palipas Oras (Habang Naghihintay Ng Alas-Syete)
STARBUCKS Glendale ako ngayon.
LABOR DAY (stateside)
Nakakainip…
naghihintay ng ala-syete
(or hinihintay ang tawag ni Tita Letty)
Talagang nami-miss
ko na ang Pinas!!!
Pamilya…
mga kaibigan…
mga gimik…
LAHAT!!!
Me mga Armenians…
(nasa likod ko sila..
mukang magbabarkada)
Nagkukuwentuhan…
Hindi ko maintindihan
Ang pinagsasabi nila!!!
Me biglang iyak ng sanggol
ako naririnig na dala-dala ng tatay.
Nakakatawa… nakaka-amaze…
Kahit ano’ng lahi ng sanggol,
Basta umiyak… pare-pareho…
Walang ‘slang’ or ‘british’ accent.
(Kahit saan talaga nakikita mo sila)
Di na sila bago sa akin.
Kasi marami ding ganyan sa Pinas!
Hayan! Umalis na rin
ang mga teenagers na Armenians.
Medyo Tahimik na…
ang humaharurot!
Nag-lips to lips ba naman.
Natawa pa sila.
Kasi nakita sila ng friend nilang girl.
Oh well… lumayas na rin sila.
na kakapaasok lang.
Yung nanay e naka-tie die
Na shirt and
The son is quite fashionable,
Naka-sleeveless shirt na black
and torn denim jeans… karakter!
at pagkatapos e umupo
(waiting now for their orders)
At last! Tinawag na rin sila.
Green Tea Frapuccino
ang order nila…“To go”…
kaya “go” na rin sila.
(or madalas),
Napapaisip ako
kung ano’ng klaseng buhay
meron sila…
Kasi pag nakikita ko sila,
They seem ok.
pag-uwi ng bahay?
Malungkot? Masaya? Magulo?
Sila rin kaya e
iniisip nila ang naiisip ko?
Observant din kaya sila
katulad ko?
yung pagpunta or pagpasyal sa mall
ay “scapegoat” din?
Na gustong makalimutang
malungkot din sila? O kaya’y maglibang?
(magastos na paglibang na ‘to ha!)
Or wala lang talaga?
Me mga bagong lahi
na naman pumasok dito…
Mukang Asians… Pinoys?
Di ko alam.
Kailangan ko muna silang marinig
para malaman…
A ewan! Bahala sila!
(sa me left corner ng kuwartong ito)
Wait lang ha… singit ko lang ‘to…
Pinoy nga yung mga dumating!
Ok, balik tayo dun sa me sulok…
Feeling busy rin (na parang ako).
Nagsusulat din siya.
Katulad din kaya
ng ginagawa ko?
Mukang serious
‘yung ginagawa niya…
Kasi sa long pad paper
siya sumusulat.
Starbucks Glendale…
United Colors of Benetton
ang mga tao.
(Kungsabagay ditto sa “Tate” mismo
makikita karamihan ang mga lahi
sa buong mundo).
Kasi pagod na rin akong
Magtingin-tingin at mag-usi sa mga tao.
Next time na lang ulit! Saan naman kaya?
Di ko alam! We’ll find out
sa pagsulat ko ulit dito.
(Ang tagal naman ng alas-syete)
- ended at
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Robert Rodriguez's 10-minute Film School
Good Morning Class!
Now a famous film-maker a while back said something about 'Everything you need to know about film you can learn in a week.' He was being generous. You can learn it in 10 minutes.
Set your watches we will be out of here in ten kids.
Okay, so you wanna be a film-maker?
(Class choruses 'YES')
Wrong! You ARE a film-maker. The moment you think about that you want to be a fillm-maker you're that. Make yourself a business card that says you're a film-maker, pass them out to your friends, soon as you get that over with and you've got it in your mind that you're one you'll be one, you'll start thinking like one. Don't dream about being a film-maker, you are a film-maker. Now let's get down to business.
Let's Play!!
What you need to learn is that being creative is not enough in this business. You have to become techinical. Creative people are born creative - you're lucky. Technical people however can never be creative. Its something they'll never get. You can't buy it, find it, study it - you're born with it. Too many creative people don't want to learn how to be technical, so what happens? they become dependent on technical people. Become technical, you can learn that. If you're creative and technical, you're unstoppable.
Experience - Do you have experience in movies? You do, right - you WATCH movies. Now you need to have movie experience - you're not going to learn from just watching movies, you're learn some things, you'll learn more picking up a camera, making your own films, your own mistakes - mistakes don't have to be mistakes, everything is subjective - a mistake to one person is actually a piece of art to someone else. Hide behind that, tell everyone its art, you can get away a lot.
Start with a screenplay. Does anybody here know how to write? No - good. Everyone else writes the same way. Start writing your way. That makes you unique. You can take writing classes, that's good, but don't bother to go to film school or you'll be making films like everybody else. We want to see your film.
How do you write a script? Well, you obviously don't have a lot of money or you wouldn't be in my class. So you wanna make a movie but you don't want to spend a lot. You're gonna come up with problems everyday on your set. You can get rid of the problem one of two ways - you can do it creatively or you can wash it away with the money hose. You got no money, you got no hose. So let's make a screenplay for a movie you can actually make without having to make your parents poor. Let's make a cheap movie.
How do you make a cheap movie? - Look around you, what do you have around you? Take stock in what you have. Your father owns a liquor store - make a movie about a liquor store. Do you have a dog? Make a movie about your dog. Your mom works in a nursing home, make a movie about a nursing home. When I did El Mariachi I had a turtle, I had a guitar case, I had a small town and I said I'll make a movie around that.
How do you visualise a movie? With storyboards, you can do that. You can previsualise your movie and draw them out, but what you should really do is make a blank screen for yourself and watch your movie. Close your eyes and stare at this. Imagine a screen, imagine your movie. Shot for shot, cut for cut. Sit there, close your eyes and get rid of everybody, get rid of all your thoughts in your head except your movie and watch your movie. Is it too slow? Is it too fast? Is it funny? Does it make sense? Watch it and then write down what you see. Write down the shots that you see. And then just go get those shots.
Equipment. OK let's go over the equipment. The worse the better. You don't want anything too fancy, remember this is your first movie - you're not Spielberg yet. I used this one for El Mariachi, almost the same one, I used a 16M this is a 16S, this is exactly what I had. It helped me move fast because it was light, it was very noisy so I could do the sound in a wacky way, but this thing here would cost you about $2000. Don't spend that kind of money, find some monkey that own's one. I found somone who had one of these sitting around, he wasn't using it. I borrowed it from him, I shot my movie.
(Points at what look's like a damn heavy tripod) Look at it, this is a nice stand, its a very solid stand, y'know what's gonna happen? The camera is gonna stay on the stand, you're just gonna keep it there, 'cos its so nice, meaning your movie's gonna look...stiff. Take it off of there, sit in a wheelchair, push yourself around, get some energy in your film. That's the great thing about first films is that they have so much life and so much energy. Big productions can't even duplicate that energy, because they've got too good a stand and too much crew and everything is really smooth and polished and its lifeless. Add life to your film by getting rid of the fancy stuff. (Points at the tripods) Too good, too heavy, too good - just use your hands.
Here's a lightmeter, this isn't the write one, I broke my other one. This is a spotmeter, that's OK but it's too fancy. You just need one with a little white dome on it, point it to your subject, read the light, look at the number on your lightmeter - remember your lightmeter is your friend - feed that into lens and the iris, and then you're set. Start shooting.
Don't overlight. On Mariachi I had two lights, regular lightbulbs, they were balanced for indoor film, so look fine. In fact everyone said the lighting looked moody because there was very little light . Your mistakes, your shortcomings suddenly becomes artistic expression.
Finally, postproduction. When you've finished shooting your movie what do you do? (Picks up video mixer) These are your friends my friends. Video editing systems, computer editing systems, anything like that, its immediate, its easy, its cheap. Do not cut on film. Film is your enemy. You may be shooting on film but don't cut on film. If any of you want to cut on film get out of my class right now. Go spend $20,000 on a real film school and do that. You'll never get a job though - believe me.
Everything is on computers or video these days. Film is slow, film is expensive, film is not creative - film take's too long. Cut on tape that's what I do. I shot Mariachi for nothing. I edited on video. I had a three-quarter inch master that looked beautiful because the negative was transferred right to tape. There was no middleman so it looked like 35mm - clean, pristine. I made VHS copies of this, sent them out all over Hollywood. I never made a film print. (Picks up film strip) Waste of money. You have to string them up, they get worn out. They're expensive. They're copies of your negative. You don't want that, you don't want copies of your negative, you want your negative...on tape. Where people can duplicate it and watch it and get you work.
OK so you've made your movie, you've cut it, you've got it out, people want you. What do you do? The first thing you want to do is get an agent - right away. Hollywood is full of sharks, you need a shark working for you. These guys go and get you the best deals, they get you the best prices, they get you the best movies.
What you've learnt is what no one else has. How to make a movie dirt cheap. No one else in Hollywwod knows how to do that. You guys can make them cheap, you guys can make them better, don't get swallowed in the system, take advantage of your position.
Now I make movies that are still low budget but they look like big budget movies because I learnt the techniques that I just showed you today.
All right I've got to go back and do my own films so I hope you guys learnt something today, I hope you grab some of these cameras and go shoot something of your own, I hope you write down the ideas that you have, the dreams that you have.
Stop aspiring, start doing.
See you in Hollywood - be scary!
Thursday, May 10, 2007
A Question
I am bored
like a cord.
Hanging,
dangling
and waiting
in the ceiling.
Only the air
can bear
the boredom
of insanity.
But what on earth
can I have
serenity?
(28 April 2007
- Jam 88.3, 9:30pm)
like a cord.
Hanging,
dangling
and waiting
in the ceiling.
Only the air
can bear
the boredom
of insanity.
But what on earth
can I have
serenity?
(28 April 2007
- Jam 88.3, 9:30pm)
Monday, January 01, 2007
The Prinsipe And The Diwata
... And it all started here...
(02 March 2006 - Waize Azimi's despida at Wack Wack)
Jke, Me and Mike (now my BABA!)
What was he thinking?
(JP on the background)
My Baba and Me!
(Dittie Galang's despedida at Janero on 02 June 2006)
Look... we're beer drinkers!!!
hick!!!
Don't get us wrong but we're not yet drunk.
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Well, I'm not really sure if when this picture was taken.
But I think this was in Mag:Net Katipunan where they played
after Fete dela Musique.
Ohhhh... my cuddly prince pussycato baba!
(Taken on 23 June 2006 at Paoly Dy's birthday party.)
ME: Hmmm...
BABA: Yiiii...
Diwata and Prinsipe on their profile shot.
Smile... try different pose...
...and another pose!
Ha ha ha ha...
...ha ha ha ha!!!
A happy couple!
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