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T.H.E.S.I.S

T.ototong H.irap E.xperience S.a I.sang S.em :)

image0131with frog (my thesis partner, my partner in crime)

Whew! it’s already 3:16 a.m and I’m still awake editing and finalizing our thesis.

While waiting for fairy in proofreading our chapter five I decided to write here on my blogsite, made this post as my diary and to share my sentiments at this moment..

You know what?! I really want to go to sleep :( geez..

but as what the CA students saying:

“Sa panahon ngayon, bawal ang matulog. Ito ay isang malaking kasalan dahil ang matulog ay pagiging tamad”

Waaaaah.. anyway we’re almost done.. good thing that our thesis adviser congratulated us for being able to do our thesis well. Good Job Frog!

We are still hoping that at least our thesis will be nominated in excellance! haha it was our goal *SIGH*

Looking forward to have a non-busy day which is impossible to happen ;p

Maaga pa ko mamaya.. ang tanong ko, may itutulog pa ba ako ?!?

Hindi na bago ngayon ang walang tulog.. magtaka ka kung may tulog ako..

(*listening to gabe bondoc’s music to keep me away from falling asleep*)

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Broken by Lifehouse

BROKEN

The broken clock is a comfort
It helps me sleep tonight
Maybe it can start tomorrow
From stealing all my time

And I am here still waiting
Though I still have my doubts
I am damaged at best
Like you’ve already figured out

I’m falling apart
I’m barley breathing
With a broken heart
That’s still beating

In the pain
There is healing
In your name
I find meaning

So I’m holding on
I’m holding on
I’m holding on
I’m barely holding on to you

The broken locks were a warning
You got inside my head
I tried my best to be guarded
I’m an open book instead

And I still see your reflection
Inside of my eyes
That are looking for purpose
They’re still looking for life

I’m falling apart
I’m barely breathing
With a broken heart
That’s still beating

In the pain
(In the pain)
Is there healing?
In your name
(In your name)
I find meaning

So I’m holding on
(I’m still holding)
I’m holding on
(I’m still holding)
I’m holding on
(I’m still holding)
I’m barely holding on to you

I’m hanging on another day
Just to see what you will throw my way
And I’m hanging on to the words you say
You said that I will be okay

Broken lights on the freeway
Left me here alone
I may have lost my way now
I haven’t forgotten my way home

I’m falling apart
I’m barely breathing
With a broken heart
That’s still beating

In the pain
(In the pain)
There is healing
In your name
(In your name)
I find meaning

So I’m holding on
(I’m still holding)
I’m holding on
(I’m still holding)
I’m holding on
(I’m still holding)
I’m barely holding on to you

I’m holding on
(I’m still holding)
I’m holding on
(I’m still holding)
I’m holding on
(I’m still holding)
I’m barely holding on to you

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Time Traveler’s Wife ♥

It’s hard being left behind. It’s hard to be the one who stays. ♥

What is the first thing that comes to my mind when I talked about this film? “TEARS”.

I’ve been waiting for this film for over a month. If you’ll just look at my facebook account you’ll see how much I endorse this film to everybody. I was watching the trailer over and over again since July. When August 19 came, I can’t help myself but went to MOA and watch the film (after doing our devcomm plan, Tin and I can’t control ourselves haha).

We watched the last full show of the film.

We are actually reading the novel and it’s good to know that what was written in the book was followed in the movie. Chapter per chapter, scenes per scenes and lines by lines.

It was a very very sad movie. I cried. a lot.

Last week I was actually thinking maybe LOVE does not exist, but after I watched the movie I realized that LOVE exists but sometimes is not really for us and that is a sad reality.

You better watch the film it’s a two thumb up heartbreaking must see movie.

the_time_travelers_wife_posterClock time is our bank manager, tax collector, police inspector;
this inner time is our wife.

—J. B. Priestley, Man and Time

The Time Traveler’s Wife, is the story, of Clare, a beautiful art student, and Henry, an adventuresome librarian, who have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was thirty-six, and were married when Clare was twenty-three and Henry thirty-one. Impossible but true, because Henry is one of the first people diagnosed with Chrono-Displacement Disorder: periodically his genetic clock resets and he finds himself misplaced in time, pulled to moments of emotional gravity from his life, past and future. His disappearances are spontaneous, his experiences unpredictable, alternately harrowing and amusing.

The Time Traveler’s Wife depicts the effects of time travel on Henry and Clare’s marriage and their passionate love for each other, as the story unfolds from both points of view. Clare and Henry attempt to live normal lives, pursuing familiar goals— steady jobs, good friends, children of their own. All of this is threatened by something they can neither prevent nor control, making their story intensely moving and entirely unforgettable.

Pulse and Emotion, a film critic of 1940’s All the King’s Men

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As an influential accusation of modern politics, “All the King’s Men” embody a sign in the maturation of United States cinema.

Robert Rossen being the producer, screenplay writer, cinematographer and director of All King’s Men did a great job. An excellent, smart, fascinating and horrifying, All the King’s Men is an example of late 1940s filmmaking at its best.

Rossen’s savage screenplay and solid direction provide the film a powerful knock. The imminence of the drama is due in part to a documentary-like style, especially in the scenes on the campaign trail where Stark sways crowds with his simple expression and good charm.

It was based on the Pulitzer-prize winning novel; Robert Rossen’s film is an unkindly reasonable study of the corruptive nature of personal and political power by means of the chaotic career of Senator Hughey Stark.

It is conquered by the dynamic performance of Broderick Crawford as Willie Stark, a lightly hidden side of real-life supporter of ordinary people-dictator. In a time that was still mixing out feel-good political dramas.

Talking about technicalities, first, the cinematography, it was shot at various locations, out in California, using local residents, something that was somewhat unfamiliar for Hollywood at the time. Burnett Guffey used different angles; he did well in doing blockings. I also noticed that most of the shot was in worm’s eye view type of shot to show authority and power to the one talking. Guffey did show a lot of interesting places, despite being black and white that can serve as a reason to enjoy watching the film.

Louis Gruenberg, being the musical scorer used sounds that capture one’s attention. You can notice that all through out the film there is sound. Even though it is in black and white, it maintained my interest in watching the film because of the scoring. He also used a lot of natural sounds to make it more realistic. He amplified the music in some of the scenes to give emphasize and to increase the tension that is happening.

A Two-thumb up for the Sturges Carne - Art Director and Jean Louis - Costume Designer for giving life to the film. They were able to show the reality that the film wants to convey. While watching the film you will be moved by the setting of each scenes especially the time where Stark is having his campaigns and speeches in front of a large crowd. As if you are there, as if it was really happening. The costumes of the casts express the hierarchy of ordinary people towards the one who have the authority.

The post production, I like the way it was edited by Al Clark. I was not expecting that the film will be edited in a smooth manner since it was in 1940’s. He most likes to use jump cuts and fading transitions. There are scenes were he minimizes the last part of the dialogues then shift it to another scene. It was very creative and appealing.

All King’s men is a film that shows challenging practicality of a film that said not only that the American political system was corrupt but also that, lacking the involvement of cruelty, it would remain corrupt.

The film won Oscars in the following categories:

* Best Picture

* Best Actor

* Best Supporting Actress

It was also nominated for

* Best Supporting Actor

* Best Director

* Best Film Editing

* Best Writing, Screenplay

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“Relasyon” by Ishmael Bernal

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Taong 1982. Lumikha ng ingay at nakatanggap ng maraming pagkilala at pagpupuri ang isa sa mga obrang nilikha ni direktor Ishmael Bernal. Kalagitnaan ng taon nang ipalabas ang pelikulang Relasyon na pinangungunahan nina Vilma Santos at Christopher de Leon.

Lubos akong sumasang-ayon na isa si Ishmael Bernal sa mga magaling at malikhaing director sa kasaysayan ng pelikula sa Pilipinas. Sa relasyon, ginamit niya ang kanyang galing at talino sa pelikula upang makalikha ng ingay- isang babaeng kailangan gumawa ng pinakamahirap na desisyon sa kanyang buhay- na kung saan ay magbubuo ng tensyon na sasabog sa pagtatapos ng pelikula. Nabigyang diin ni Bernal ang mga suliraning kabit at diborsyo na alam nating hindi naman legal sa ating bansa.

Ito’y mula sa istorya at dulang pampelikula nina Ricky Lee, Ishamel Bernal at Raquel Villavicencio. Pang araw-araw ang drama ng “Relasyon”. Maganda ang pagkakasulat ng nito. Kadalasa’y kontrabida ang mga kerida sa pelikula. Taliwas sa imaheng ito ang ipinamalas sa Relasyon. Hindi maiiwasang magkaroon ng simpatiya ang mga manonood sa mga pangyayari sa buhay ni Marilou. Sa aking palagay ay mas makabuluhan ang pamagat na Relasyon dahil higit na malalim ang sinasakop nitong kahulugan. Simple lang ang istorya nito. Ang paguusap ng mga karakter sa storya ay nanghihikyat sa mga tagapanuod na sumang-ayon base sa kani-kanilang paniniwala. Karamihan sa eksena ay nagpapakita na sila ay masaya sa pagpamamahal ng isa’t isa ngunit ang batuhan ng mga linya ay nagpapahayag magkaibang ideya. (video “Ikaw lang ang iniintindi mo” linya ni Christopher, “Ako rin, may ego”, sagot ni vilma)

Maganda ang twist ng storya. Sa umpisa’y para silang mga bagong kasal pero nang tumagal na, doon nagkaproblema si Marilou. Sa paningin ni Emil ay naging mapaghanap ang babae at tinatangkang baguhin siya. Hindi nakatagal si Marilou sa isang relasyong “taken for granted” na siya. Naghiwalay ang dalawa. Bumalik ang asawa ni Emil. Pero dahil tunay na minamahal ni Marilou si Emil ay ipinasya na niyang maging kerida kaysa ganap na mawala ito sa kanyang buhay. Pero hindi lumigayang habang buhay si Marilou. Namatay si Emil at ang kanyang bangkay ay inangkin ng tunay niyang misis. Ipinasiya ni Marilou na humanap ng bagong buhay sa Amerika.

Makatotohanan ang akting sa pelikulang ito. Hindi lamang isang larawan. Sila’y mga karakter na marahil ay mga kapitbahay natin. Ipinamalas ni Bernal ang kanyang kakayahan sa pagpapagalaw ng mga artista. Hindi lang akting ang mapapanood mo. Ang nakikita mo ay ang tunay na takbo ng buhay.

Napakahusay ni Vilma Santos sa papel ng pangunahing tauhan, isang dalagang umibig sa isang may asawa. Kaisa-isa siyang anak. Edukada at masasabing liberated o mayroong malayang kaisipan. Sa pamamagitan ng konserbatibong ama ni Vilma ay masusuri natin ang kanyang pamilya at kung paano niya haharapin ang mga situwasyon sa buhay.

Nananatili si Christopher bilang isa sa iilan nating mahuhusay na kabataang actor. Makakalimutan mo na siya ay isang artista at ikaw ay ganap na mabibihag ng karakter na kanyang binubuhay sa aninong gumagalaw.

Ipinakita ng “Relasyon” ang lahat ng mga anggulong maaaring suutan ng isang babaing nagiging kerida. Maraming madamdaming tagpo sa pelikula, lalo na ang death scene ni Christopher de Leon na matindi ang pagkakakuha. Bagay na bagay kay Jimi Melendez ang papel niya bilang torpeng manliligaw ni Vilma.

Technically, kung cinematography ng pelikula ang pag-uusapan nangingibabaw ang kulay pula sa relasyon. Ito ay nagpapahayag ng init o tensyon na nangyayari sa pelikula. Ang galaw ng camera ay nagbibigay anino sa mga actor. Ang ibang kuha ay out of focus na nagpapakita na mayroong mali o problema sa na unti-unting mamumuo sa eksena. Para sa akin, ito ay isang malikhain at kakaibang paraaan upang bigyang ng ibang approach ang pelikula. Isang napakagandang kuha ng eksena ang pagkamatay ni Emil na kung saan mahigit isang minutong walang cut ang kuha ng camera.

Hindi masyado gumamit ng scoring ang pelikula. Sa katunayan maraming eksena ang may dead air hindi para mabore ang taga-panuod pero para gumawa ng tensyon sa paguusap ng mga actor.

Masasabi kong nasa middle class ang target ng production designer. Maganda ang pagkakaayos nito lalo na sa bahay ni Emil at Marilou. Pinaka gusto kong setting ay ang magulong kusina na kung saan ang eksena ay nagbabasag ng plato si Marilou.

Ang pagkakaedit ng pelikulang relasyon ay medyo hindi consistent. Maraming jump cuts na nagpapagulo minsan sa takbo ng storya. Meron din mga eksena na sa tingin ko ay hindi naman importante at kumakain lamang ito ng oras sa pelikula. Sa kabila nito ang galing ng pagbibigay-diin sa mga eksena kung saan nagmamake-up si Marilou. Ilang beses ito inulit sa pelikula. Ito ay nagpapakita na gaano man make-up ang ilagay mo sa iyong mukha kung ikaw ay isang kabit, mananatili ka pa ring kabit sa mata ng ating lipunan.

Higit sa lahat, sa pamamagitan ng huling eksena, ang pagsasara ni Marilou sa pinto ng kanilang bahay, ang pugad ng kanilang “relasyon”, ipinapakita na ang ganitong relasyon ay may hindi maiiwasang magwakas tulad ng sa tunay na buhay. Maaaring kamatayan o isang panibagong relasyon. Kung ang isang lalaki ay may-asawa, at mayroon na siyang relasyon o nagbabalak pa lang magkaroon ng relasyon sa ibang babae, dapat niya itong panoorin ng dalawang beses. Una, kasama ang kanyang misis at ikalawa, kasama angkanyang no. 2 o magiging ka-relasyon.

A Tribute to the Icon of Democracy

n100000136441886_5129Kable made a special tribute for our dear former President Corazon Cojuanco Aquino.

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