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#1
10-15-2004, 02:11 PM
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Despite its demise in the mid 1950s, albeit with sporadic outbursts until mid 1970s, the Cebuano/Visayan films remain one of the most articulate regional film in the Philippines. Not only it brought home prestigious awards from international film competitions like the Asian Film Festival; it also offered Manila, the Philippines’ film capital, star-studded performers, such as Gloria Sevilla and Mat Ranillo, at a time when Manila was sorely lacking of that big screen attraction. The death of the Cebuano/Visayan films was not because it failed to carve a following of its own because the fact remains that the entire Visayas and Visayan-speaking Mindanao are still awaiting for the next Cebuano/Visayan movie to come. What needs to be rebuilt, if Cebuano/Visayan films must continue to be sustainable the next time it hit the screens in southern Philippines, is the re-orientation of the business of filmmaking with which it was producing films in the past. In the past, Cebuano and Visayan film producers were looking at film production as a way of re-asserting their presence in the overcrowded social spaces available. When the cost of production ballooned --- when cinema became the standard fare of entertainment in populous nations like India --- the local producers at that time thought it was no longer affordable to maintain their social status via film production. And, thus, the Cebuano/Visayan films started to fade away from the temporary limelight. Add to this the fact that Cebuano/Visayan films became a victim of its own star system; when the stars at that time relocated to the film capital of the Philippines, the regional Cebuano/Visayan film industry was left in a vaccum, too unable to sustain the star status with which it adorned itself at the beginning. SineBuano believes it can help in the resuscitation of the Cebuano/Visayan film industry by way of re-crafting both the methods of production and the business plan that must go with it. If it chooses to embrace independent filmmaking in introducing this revival effort, it is only because it also believes that it must first fertilize its membership and the larger public with what its members can realistically do at this point in time. With the current accessibility of digital tools in filmmaking and matched with the interest of some in the art of filmmaking, SineBuano opts for now to entice the interest of the larger public to support Cebuano/Visayan filmmaking efforts. Then and only then can it proceed to venture into the business of Cebuano/Visayan film industry. Independent filmmaking is a fertile ground to start this revival process. Not only it is not beholden to the entertainment standards of mainstream cinema; it is also more venturesome in its selection of stories to tell and in the manner with which it will tell those stories. It is, therefore, taken as a matter of choice that independent fimmaking offers a lot more space in exploring the artiness with which Cebuano/Visayans want to tell stories close to their hearts and in a manner unique to their region. For inquiries you may get in touch with us here or better yet, please send us an email through: sinebuano@yahoo.com Must read for everyone: iSTORYA.NET Forum Rules iSTORYA.NET Frequently Asked Questions Why newbies can't post @ Buy/Sell; Paid Membership options. ... a glimpse into the eternal nothingness of my mind.
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#2
10-16-2004, 08:09 PM
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While Master Blongkoy said that SineBuano makes movies NOT out of the desire to win awards, but rather because the group has stories to tell... I can foresee that someday the group will win an OSCAR FOR BEST FOREIGN FILM
 More power. Just keep up the good work, SineBuano! |
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#3
10-17-2004, 08:41 AM
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MrBiddle,
If you are patient enough to take your time writing and imagining, this first OSCAR for a Filipino film may yet be the Cebuano/Visayan "Kulto." But I will still go for the New York Film Critics Awards or Sundance. |
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#5
10-17-2004, 07:46 PM
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On a more serious thought, SineBuano has all the potential to excel anywhere. One reason for this is that it chose to be different. More than not, the one that is different has all the possibilities to get noticed, even just for curiousity's sake.
But, frankly, OSCAR has never appealed to me; it is just too complicated as a business. I would rather sit in the dark beside another moviegoer who I would like to hear commenting on the film I did and which he was watching. |
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#7
10-18-2004, 12:00 PM
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just a quick plug, jomark was featured on Sunstar Weekend last Saturday.
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#9
10-24-2004, 07:40 AM
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Beverly Morales --- Bembem to her friends --- is now tasked by SineBuano to direct a documentary on the following possible storylines:
1. A study on the business of "call boys;" 2. A study on a woman seeking the company of male commercial *** workers; and 3. A study on male tranvestites doing business as female commercial *** workers. In pursuit of any one of these studies, Ms. Morales will be given full support by SineBuano by way of extending to her full equipment requirement and professional crewing plus postproduction staffing. For sure, Cristina --- or mcolee --- will also have the same opportunity, if she now submits story ideas for her to possibly work on. |
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#10
10-24-2004, 08:10 AM
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SineBuano now has 2 units of Sony VX2100 DCR, 1 unit of Canon GL2 Digital, 1 unit Sony VX1000 DCR and 1 unit Panasonic VX100A 24P plus color-corrected Lowell and Tota lighting plus post-production bays in four locations.
If you come to think of this set-up, this is a lot better filmmaking environment than the giant Bigfoot. And this is not to talk about experience and track record which SineBuano can present yet unmatched anywhere outside Manila. Soon this small pigtail in independent filmmaking, SineBuano, will rise to match the resources and appearance of Bigfoot. Bern Villamor, Benj Ordonez and Leon C. Villoria are spearheading this move. |
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#12
10-24-2004, 10:01 PM
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MrBiddle,
The Panasonic VX100A 24P has a switchable ratio of 16:9 at 24 frames in progressive scan. With the Century Optics attached it has a range of 21mm to 105mm in full opening. This camera performs better if on manual operations. Lens, under normal conditions, is still 20x. This is now the camera in vogue if you intend to scan your video to 35mm film at certain kilobytes, 6 being the highest to date at $4.50 per frame. This VX100A 24P is still mini DV; the one with the memory is Php1,250.00 at AVID SM; the one without at Fuji at SM ground level is Php280.00. The grungy response to questions on film look is to shoot film. But, right now, there are many softwares on color-correction --- from the traditional Boris series to Magic Bullet to industry -standard ICE --- which can render your video according to particular film emulsions you want them simulated for film look. These are besides the availability of film look effect plug-ins --- such as hair, dust, gunge, burns, rip-offs, etc. However, I belong (personally now) to the school of thought of full digital i.e. if you shoot digital, project digital; if you want a good film look, shoot film. But I must admit video (whether digital or analog) is harder to light than film. But then, in shooting digital, what takes 2 hours to set-up in analog only takes 10 minutes in video. This is only all for the reason of portability and ease of movement. Given all the artifacts of video, once you have a good story and good execution in the shoot, no one would ask about what camera did you use. Watch Virtenberg's "The Celebration" and you will understand what I mean here. |
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#13
11-20-2004, 06:47 PM
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Friends@SineBuano,
For now you may read the following as a fantasy piece and you may forget all about it as soon as you are done. I will be pitching for another film grant in a week or two. The structure of the storyline will be along the following idea: Two people in love --- they can be hopeless romantic, young or old --- make a pact to enhance their relationship by going to Verona, near Venice, the place of the fictional Romeo and Juliet. Shoot, if the money will be made available, will have to be in Verona and tipteoing around Venice, working on the romances of the place as a backdrop to the story. There will be nothing of social commentary. This will all simply be arty attempt to rev up the Cebuano/Visayan film industry. A few tearjerking moments. Some funny stuff. And a coup d'grace at the end. All in Cebuano/Visayan --- spoken even in gondola rides, if appropriate to have gondola rides. But most important of all, Cebuano/Visayan talents are captured against the background of Venice and Verona, in a story of romantic love and devotion. The pitch will center around the revival of a film industry --- "Ms MM" is so dark, I seem to realize only now, to be able to actually rev this pitch up. |
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#14
11-21-2004, 12:31 PM
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am proud to announce that direk Jomark and SineBuano crew has completed majority or almost all of the principals of a short story that is written by our fellow KA-ISTORYA Carlo Borromeo.
it was said that post production for this movie will be completed in 1 month. look forward to dvd featurettes as well that go with the movie... watch the great performances of Bernadeth Monisit and Beverly Morales. worthy of an Oscar... and of course pnoize2k4 exec. director of SineBuano IS Oscar. hehehe. |
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#15
11-24-2004, 04:17 PM
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You can never go wrong if you follow the course of nature.... |
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