Entry #3 Part 2 Indie Film (The Search for Weng Weng)

Ernesto de la Cruz, a diminutive stuntman known by his stage name Weng Weng, appeared in one of the very few films to make it big in the Marcos-sponsored Manila International Film Festival. The James Bond homage "For Your Height Only" made him the first genuine Filipino international star, as it was shown with some success in several international markets. His life and the context of it is the subject of Leavold's new documentary "The Search for Weng Weng"

A proper appreciation of Leavold's efforts should begin with his overall research field: the pulp cinema scene of the 1960s through the 1980s. There is some reticence, I suspect, in tackling this field among most people who write about Filipino cinema.

However, it continues to be embarrassing that, as noted earlier, it was a pulp cinema icon’s action flick that got sold at that 1982 event, not, say, one of the films by the big names in the “second Golden Age” of Filipino films.

When me and my other org-mates watch this film we are very amaze in the main character of the movie which is Weng Weng because his height or physical appearance did not get in his way buy his moral values and attitude that bring his character up in the movie business.

   

Entry #3 Part 1 MMFF

The Movie Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy

Me and my buddies watched the movie "Girl Boy Bakla Tomboy" directed by Wenn Deramas was truly a funny show and very entertaining. But in some opinions they are not that satisfied with the movie. And while reading there opinion and suggestion they are very convincing.

The film doesn’t really make a big deal out of the individual sexual orientations of each of the characters. There are maybe just a couple of scenes that really capitalize on the differences between them. But the film is really much more about family, and bonds that unite siblings even if they don’t really know each other. The film finds its emotional grounding in the character of Mark, who upon seeing his father and his US-grown siblings, releases his pent-up frustration with his much harsher upbringing. The film gets pretty silly, but it nails its more dramatic moments.

The problem is that the film doesn’t actually have a lot of plot to tell. The film largely finishes its main dramatic arc by the halfway point of the film. The rest of the film is mainly concerned with far less interesting subplots, none of which the film resolves to any satisfying degree. The film’s flair for the absurd keeps things from just falling apart, and the solid technical package keeps all of it watchable. But it does wear thin after a while. The film just runs out of things to talk about, and basically just starts repeating itself.

Vice Ganda does a pretty good job playing the four main roles. The comedian mostly sticks to the established schtick through most of the comedy, a lot of it drawn from elaborately composed insult humor. But he finds something real enough in the dramatic scenes. Also great in the film is Maricel Soriano. There might be no better actress to have in a comedy. All her humor is grounded in her character. The humanity she imbues in the scenes transcends the outright silliness of some of these conceits. The set up for this movie doesn’t make any at all, but Soriano really does sell the pain that her character went through.

Girl, Boy, Bakla, Tomboy is a really solid offering. Its last half gets a little tedious, and the ending wraps things up a little too neatly, but as a whole, the movie does have heart. It is oddly resonant when it starts exploring the rift that formed between these siblings, transcending the easy jokes of the premise to deliver something a little more human. I’m certain that the title has already turned a lot of people off, but the film is more than its title

Reference:

http://www.clickthecity.com/movies/a/21061

Entry #1 Essay 2: Pamanang Bedista Visit

 

We visited Pamanang Bedista, a small art gallery located inside San Beda College Mendiola, Manila last Thursday, December 12, 2013 and we were asked to choose an artwork that we like, and I chose the artwork by Jennifer Padilla “Multitasking”. 

I choose this art by Jennifer Padilla because I see in this art is how the people who don't have alot of money or sometimes called "Squatters" are suffering in poverty. The oil Prices are going up and also the food that they are eating are also going up. 

It is hard being in a low class division of the country because they can't express them selves. they don't have the power to speak up. The people how are in control are abusing their power so that they can be more powerful. And the people who are suffering are getting many because of this.

Entry #2 - Group Activity ( How We Define Each Other )

                              Group Picture                                               Self Portrait 

Speak No Evil, Hear No Evil, See No Evil (Dionglay)

1. It represents the subject matter of the picture.

2. The value of the picture and the lighting on how it was edited.

3. The tecnique used to create the picture and how it was designed

Loss Traveler (Cervantes)

4. The technique on what materials are being used to edit the picture.

Bedan Christmas (Peralta)

5. Its value of the picture. Its lighting really catches or expresses the glow of the image.

Entry #1 Essay 1: Dreaming Food by Alessio Mamo

 Using Berger's Premises to Assess Art

Conceptual project about hunger issue in India

Dreaming food is a conceptual project about hunger issue in India. These photographs are from Uttar Pradesh one of the poorest state of India. Despite economic growth, a majority of the Indian population still lives in extreme poverty and disease. Behind India's new-found economic strength are 300 million poor people that live on less than $1 per day. Government figures may indicate a reduction in poverty. But the truth is, with increasing global food prices, poverty is spreading everywhere like a swarm of locusts. These pictures are taken in rural areas where conditions are worse than the cities and where close to 70% of India's population reside today. Statistics show that 2.1 million children under 5 years old die of malnutrition annually. The idea of this project was born after reading the statistics of how much food is thrown away in the West, especially during the Christmas season. I brought with me a table and some fake food, and I told people to dream about some food that they would like to find on their table..

I consider this is an art because it show it contrapuntal issue through photos. I like how it capture my attention in the people who are starving in India. The Visual Form of the photo is clear and Straight forward in looking at it. The content of the photo is very sad because it show's how the people in India don't see luxurious food and proper dinning table.  

Peter Joseph N. Cervantes

4CIT

Reference: 

http://www.alessiomamo.com/dreamingfood.html