Fourth Blog Entry

Civilized and Uncivilized Selfies

The picture above shows my civilized and uncivilized photos. The first picture at the upper left corner shows that I am wearing proper civilian in a public place while the second picture at the bottom left corner shows that I am topless in a public place. You what that when you show your body into the public without a good reason is a sign of disrespect to them. 

The third and fourth pictures in the middle are showing the proper and improper urination. As you can see many of Filipino men pee on the streets without thinking that they are impertinent. They don't care about other and also the cleanliness of our country.

In the fifth picture at the upper right corner shows that I am eating nutella using a spoon while the sixth picture at the bottom right corner show that I am using my fingers and that is improper. Many of the people  today eat their food using their hands without knowing that they can get many diseases because they don't have proper hygiene.

All I can say to my fellow Filipino men that they must be educated in their ways and be civilized, follow the rules because it is for our own good. Be educated enough, that's it.

Third Blog Entry (Indie Film)

Rigodon

By: Erik Matti

I don't usually watch Indie Film because for me it's kinda boring unlike MMFF. This film, Rigodon captured my attention because of my friends. They told me that there is a film entitled Rigodon that the main actress is sexy and beautiful, her name is Yam Concepcion. I've done watching the movie last 2012 together with my friends.

Erik Matti's Rigodon, unlike the many infidelity films that have plagued local theaters in the Philippines, eschews glamour for grit. Its sex scenes do not have the luscious lighting or the saccharine scoring of the various romantic sequences of its more audience-friendly kin. Instead, the sex is sweaty, raunchy, awkward, and set in either the most ordinary or uncomfortable of locations. 

Still reeling from a failed relationship, Sarah (Yam Concepcion) is desperate for a boyfriend who would both please her and her overbearing father. She meets Riki (John James Uy), a reality show contestant who can never seem to convert his erstwhile exposure to bankable fame, in a party. The two hit it off, developing a relationship that sates both Sarah's needs and Riki's desire for attention. However, Riki is already married, to severely domesticated Regine (Max Eigenmann), whose only diversion from mother duties is cupcake-baking. 

In WOTL Make your Own Indie Film Part 1:

Director

-The film is directed by Erik Matti. His most notable achievement in film is Magic Temple, which won top honors for Best Screenplay (shared with Peque Gallaga and Lore Reyes) during the 1996 Metro Manila Film Festival. He has also been nominated as Best Director in the Gawad Urian Awards and Film Academy of the Philippines Awards. 

Producer

-The budget of the film was lesser than a MMFF film. For me, the two leading actors are not well knowned. The setting of the film are in ordinary places.

Camera

-The camera is steady enough for me to watch it not like the other Indie Films that are to shaky and lack of focused on the actors.

Lighting

-The lighting of the film is enough but some scenes is too dark.

In the WOTL Make your Own Indie Film Part 2:

-In the film there were no prostitute and gay element but there are sex scenes but not totally like a full porn that you can watch in pornsites. 

In the WOTL Make your Own Indie Film Part 3:

-In the film, there was subtitle. The two main characters of the film are not totally knowned in my opinion because I've never heard their names until my friends told me about their movie.

sources: http://twitchfilm.com/2012/12/review-erik-mattis-rigodon.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Matti

Third Blog Entry (MMFF)

My Little Bossings

My Little Bossings (also known as Torky and My Little Bossings) is a 2013 Filipino comedy film directed by Marlon Rivera, starring Vic Sotto, Kris Aquino, Ryzza Mae Dizon, and James "Bimby" Aquino-Yap. The film is one of the 2013 Metro Manila Film Festival entries that has been recently released in theaters nationwide last December 25, 2013 by OctoArts Films, M-Zet Productions, APT Entertainment, and Kris Aquino Productions.

Plot

Torky (Vic Sotto) is a bookkeeper working for Baba (Kris Aquino) a millionaire cash management specialist. Because of some conflict in her business that puts her life in danger, Baba entrusts the safety of her son Justin (Bimby Aquino-Yap) to Torky who takes him home to meet his daughter Ice (Aiza Seguerra) and Ching (Ryzza Mae Dizon) the street urchin that the latter took under her wing. Given that Justin is not particularly fond of Torky, how all four of them would get along under one roof becomes the focus of the story.

Elements:

Cinematography:

-The cinematography of the film was good enough to captured my attention. The camera angles are good, the camera was steady and focused on the characters. I was amazed in the scene when Ryzza and Bimby taking a bath together then Ryzza used only one dipper to finished her bath while Bimby having a problem how to open fit a one dipper of water to finished his bath. And also the scene when Vic Sotto introduced the story where he put or edit his head into differemt bodies and countries. It was good editing.

Acting:

-The movie is comedy and drama. The acting of Mr. Vic Sotto is good enough to captured my attention and also Ryzza is good enough in acting at her young age. While Bimby's acting doesn't enough because there scenes of Bimby that are overacting. 

Sound:

-The sound effects of the movie is quiet simple because it is a comedy and drama film, not a war or something action movie like American films that have Robots and Monsters.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Little_Bossings

Second Blog Entry

Group Activity (Diversity)

Group Members:

Manahan, Claude

Bermejo, Weiland

Rono, Aaron

De Guzman, Louie

Gendrano, Reggie

Calungsod, Kim

Soriano, Brandon

Self Portrait (Simplicity)

Second Essay

Continuing Revolution

By: Leonilo Doloricon

1998

Rubbercut print on paper

This portrait represents the Katipunan, a Philippine revolutionary society founded by Filipino anti-Spanish people in Manila in 1892, which was aimed primarily to gain independence from Spain through revolution. Also, the portrait shows about our beloved Heroes, in the bottom left it was shown how Jose Rizal died at the Luneta Manila. For me, the portrait want us to remember how our beloved Filipino Heroes fight for our country. The portrait was great because of the details. As you can see, tiny details shown perfectly and defines clearly how our fellow Filipinos united as one to fight for our country's freedom.

So for us now fellow young Filipinos, let us put our country together to come up to a higher economy and standards to avoid discrimination to other countries. Let's work hard and be proud that we are a Filipino citizen that will do anything to become a successful person. I can say that the portrait as an art because it has meaning, form and reached the elements of an art. Example of an element that the portrait reached is the space, as you can see there are 7 parts of the portrait then the artist compiled it into one beautiful and meaningful portrait. He don't used too much space for his portrait to show the people that our heroes united with each other to have our freedom.

Return of the Prodigal Son

Return of the Prodigal Son

Painted by: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn

Source: http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/asset-viewer/return-of-the-prodigal-son/5QFIEhic3owZ-A?projectId=art-project

In this painting of Mr. Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, I was amazed because I can relate myself in to the Prodigal Son because we have many similarities. First of all The Return of the Prodigal Son is an oil painting by Rembrandt. It is among the Dutch master's final works, likely completed within two years of his death in 1669. Depicting the moment of the prodigal son's return to his father in the Biblical parable, it is a renowned work described by art historian Kenneth Clark as "a picture which those who have seen the original in Leningrad may be forgiven for claiming as the greatest picture ever painted". 

In the painting, the son has returned home in a wretched state from travels in which he has wasted his inheritance and fallen into poverty and despair. He kneels before his father in repentance, wishing for forgiveness and a renewed place in the family, having realized that even his father's servants had a better station in life than he. His father receives him with a tender gesture. His hands seem to suggest mothering and fathering at once; the left appears larger and more masculine, set on the son's shoulder, while the right is softer and more receptive in gesture. Standing at the right is the prodigal son's older brother, who crosses his hands in judgment; in the parable he objects to the father's compassion for the sinful son.

I considered the painting as an art because it has meaning and form. According to the site: http://www.artbible.info/art/large/370.html; After having wasted all the money he has inherited, the youngest son returns to his father. The latter receives him full of grace. The surrounding figures watch respectfully as the father forgives his prodigal son. Now I can say that I was like the Prodigal Son who was trying to become an independent person that will do anything he want without any problem but after he became wasted he came back to his parents and told them that he was wrong, he can't stand alone and asked for the forgiveness of his parents.

In my opinion, many teenagers trying to become rebellious because they want so much freedom that they can do anything they want without asking a permission to their parents. But in the end they failed because the number one reason is money. They don't have enough money to live all by themselves because they don't have their own job and still rely to their parents.

Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Return_of_the_Prodigal_Son_(Rembrandt) 

http://www.artbible.info/art/large/370.html