Photography Selfie

"Civilized Selfie"

Entry 4

As we can see in the 3 photos above, it shows a civilized selfies of mine. The first photo shows my selfie wearing my school uniform. The second photo shows my selfie wearing a formal suit. I took a selfie because I wanna see how'd I look when I dress up like this, feels like a superstar. The last photo shows my selfie, that was photo bombed by my lilttle sister, wearing my usual clothes when I'm at home.

"Uncivilized Selfie"

Entry 4.1

The 3 photos above shows an uncivilized selfies of mine. The first photo is a selfie of mine breaking an elevator pad in our condominium. The second photo is a selfie of mine with a dirty finger pose. The last selfie shows myself holding a kitchen knife, I looked like I'm threatening someone here. 

In my opinion...

Selfie photo means taking a picture of yourself and the things that you are doing, using, eating, and many more. It comes from the root word self which means (according to Wikipedia), a subject of one's own experience of phenomena: perception, thoughts, and emotions. In a selfie photo, we usually see a person smiling, doing a pose, and sometimes holding or showing a thing that we recently use or did. It's not bad to post a selfie photo just make sure that you think first before you post.

Indie film

"Ligo na U, Lapit na me"

(Star-crossed love)

by Eros S. Atalia 

(source: googleimages)

Entry 3.1

"Paano mo malalaman kung hindi ka magtatanong? Pero andami-dami nating nalalaman kahit hindi tayo nagtatanong. Paano ka pa magtatanong kung alam mo na ang sagot. Pero paano ka magtatanong kung hindi mo alam kung ano ang iyong itatanong? Paano mo sasagutin ang tanong sa iyo kung hindi mo alam ang isasagot? Paano ka sasagot kung hindi mo alam ang tanong. (Kunsabagay, sa buhay na ito, madalas, tama ang sagot, mali nga lang ang tanong.)

Si Intoy, sa kauna-unahang pagkakataon, parang natuto na yatang magmahal pero hindi tiyak kung minahal ba sya o kinailangan. Sa kauna-unahang pagkakataon, parang Math problems, tama ang sagot, hindi nga lang maipakita na tama ang solution...

Narito, ang isang nobelang may asim ng romansa, pait ng pagkabigo, tamis ng ligaya alat ng pamumuna at anghang ng kaastigan. Handa ka na ba?" - Eros S. Atalia

Ayon sa pinanood kong bahagi ng Word of the Lourd(WOTL): "Make your own Indie film" ni Lourd De Veyra, eto ang mga batayan ng pagiging indie film.

-May direktor na malalim mag isip

-May magulong camera angle

-Pangit na ilaw at tunog, ika nga niya raw

-Low budget

-May hindi kilalang artista pero magaling

-Nasa rural area o squatters area ang setting ng pelikula

-May prostitute o chicks(girls)

-May subtitle

-Wala o mababa ang talent fee sa mga artista na gumanap

atbp...

Sa pelikulang "Ligo na U, Lapit na me" ipinakita dito ang mga elementong nabanggit sa WOTL. katulad nang may subtitle na Ingles, may chicks, low budget na production, hindi gaanong kilalang artista at kung titignan natin ay malalim din magisip ang naging direktor at ang sumulat ng pelikula na ito. Makikita din natin sa pelikula na hindi naka-sala ang mga malalaswang eksena at salita, isa ito sa mga patunay na indie film ang pelikulang ito dahil sa malayang pagpapahayag ng damdamin na ipinapakita dito. 

Para sa'akin, isa itong magandang palabas dahil ipinapakita dito ang mga nangyayari sa lipunan, hindi man sa lahat ngunit meron mga ilan na ganito ang napagdadaraanan na lingid sa ating kaalaman. Sa una makikita natin na isa itong normal na malaswang pelikula ngunit kung titignan natin ng mas malalim ang pelikula dito natin makikita kung bakit ganoon ang naging kinalabasan ng storya.

MMFF Film

"My Little Bossings"

Directed by: Marlon N. Rivera

Metro Manila Film Festival 2013

(source: googleimages)

Entry 3

Elements of a film 

by cineosphere.blogspot.com

There are five formal elements of film according to cineosphere.blogspot.com, to critically evaluate a movie. That five elements are: narrative, cinematography, sound, mise-en-scene, and editing. I will only choose 3 of these and relate it to the movie I choose which is "My Little Bossing".

Narrative

According to the blog, narrative is simply the ancient art form of storytelling. What a movie is about – its story, characters, and world – forms its narrative. The narrative is present as soon as a script is finished and before the production of the movie even begins. For example, literature is pure, unfiltered narrative. 

Cinematography

According to the blog, cinematography is defined as “writing in movement” and depends largely on photography. The art of cinematography is concerned just as much with how something is being filmed as it is with what is being filmed. Cinematography is not a rudimentary and arbitrary process of filming the actors. The cinematographer, or director of photography, adds to and enhances the narrative through control of the camera.  

Mise-en-scene

According to the blog, mise-en-scene is everything that appears in a frame. Sets, locations, actors, props, costumes, light, and shadow are all part of mise-en-scene. Mise-en-scene can be realistic or abstract, purely background or an interpretive active element. Mise-en-scene is contributed to by a variety of talents on the film crew – production designers, make up artists, set builders, cinematographers, actors – everything on screen in a film has been deliberately included at an artist’s direction and for a purpose. 

In the movie "My little bossing", the story is about an accountant whose working for a wealthy lady which happens to be threatened by her envious sister. The wealthy lady asked her accountant to protect her son from her sister and in return she will gave 20 million as a reward. The film is good and serve its purpose especially to the eyes of the children. This movie is no different to the other "masa" films, but honestly speaking, some parts of the movie aren't that good enough, its like the script of the movie that hasn't been reviewed yet. But some parts are heart touching, especially when the family thing is shown.

Source: http://cineosphere.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-five-formal-elements-of-film-how-to.html

Me, myself, and I

"Myself Portrait"

Entry 2

Here is my self portrait, literary SELF-PORTRAIT. The logos at the back of my photo are the ones whom mold me as myself, they are my background. (St. Anthony School, San Beda College, Bedan Computer Information Society, and The department of Information and Communications Technology)

"Group Activity"

Entry 2.1

Here is a collage of pictures showing our self portraits to some students in San Beda College-Manila. They were happy and amazed by our work, and its so heart-warming. CHEERS!

Kargador ng buhay

"Kargador"

Painted by: Ernie Patricio

2013

Oil on Canvas

(source: Pamanang Bedista, San Beda College-Mendiola)

Entry 1.1

Ako ay namangha sa ipininta ni Patricio dahil pinapakita nito ang tunay na kaganapan sa buhay ng isang tao. Lahat tayo ay nakaranas nang maging kargador sa buhay, kargador na kung saan hindi materyal bagay ang pasan natin bagkus ang mga problema na nakakaharap natin sa pang araw-araw. Gaya ng karamihan, ako rin ay naging kargador ng mga problema sa buhay, mapa lipunan man o personal. Dumating din sa puntong nararamdaman ko ang kasabihang "pasan mo ang mundo". 

May magandang dulot din ang pagpasan ng mga bagay bagay, dahil dito unti unti tayong lumalakas at nagiging matatag sa buhay. Ngunit darating din sa puntong mapapagod tayo at manghihina tayo kakapasan lalo na kung ito ay paulit-ulit nalang nating dinadala. Maari din humantong ito sa pagkadapa natin dahil sa mga mabibigat na pasan, pero kahit ganito ang sitwasyon natin wag nating hayaan na madala tayo sa bigat. Tumayo tayo, tatagan at lakasan ang loob, mag tiwala sa sarili, dahil walang taong hindi kayang buhatin ang kanyang nabuhat na. Dadating din ang panahon na maglalaho din ang mga pasan natin sa buhay at dito natin matatamo ang tunay na pakay natin sa buhay.

Masasabi kong tunay na sining ang gawa ni Patricio, kung tutuusin natin makikita natin dito ang larawan ng isang taong pasan ang bagay na ang laman ay hindi materyal kundi ang mga problema sa buhay. Dito palang makikita na natin ang lalim ng kanyang ibig sabihin at intention. 

Revelation

THE FALL OF THE REBEL ANGELS

Painted By: Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Source: http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/asset-viewer/the-fall-of-the-rebel-angels/ewEs_8lOXkz7tQ?projectId=art-project"

Entry 1

I was amazed by this work of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, A Flemish Renaissance painter. According to josephineboult, a writer from arslongavitabreve.com, this painting was an illustration of a specific passage in the book of Revelation. The passage came from Rev 12:7-9 "Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels waged war upon the dragon." 

The painting is made using an oil-on-panel. At the present time, the painting is located inside the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels. There are different significant aspects that we can see on the painting. I will show pictures of every significant character on the painting to help us dig the meaning of it.

The Good Angel

The Great Battle

The Half Human Half Monsters

The Archangel Michael

The Fighting Rebels

The Monstrous Demons

The Fallen Angels

All of these are included in the painting, and each of them has a meaning. In my opinion, the painting focuses on the battle between good and evil, angels and demons. The fallen angel are the traitors and the rebels of the heaven. St. Michael, the archangel, is the leader of the good angels in the battle in Heaven. 

I can consider this as an art because of its meaning and form. We can determine the figure representation of this as a war. The content of the painting are the soldiers of the good and evil, also it shows that those are good will always win in every war. At present time, we could see that this is happening in some areas. Not literally we could see angels and demons but we could see that there is a war. War between countries, war between religions, war between politics, and even war against ourselves. 

Sources: 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fall_of_the_Rebel_Angels_(Bruegel)

http://arslongavitabreve.com/2013/09/11/pieter-bruegel-the-elder-fall-of-the-rebel-angels-1562-oil-on-panel-118-5-x-162-5-cm-brussels-royal-museum-of-fine-arts-of-belgium/