we have a picture lock. on Apr 3, 2012 in film qiyamah post production After toiling for weeks in the editing room with my editor Arnel Barbarona, we have a picture lock. It is ten minutes shorter than we have projected. Editing on site during the shoot made our work easier. At the end of each day, we assembled the shot...
may nag text! on Mar 20, 2012 in film qiyamah sms Several weeks ago, I was a guest in a radio show in Cotabato to call for casting of my film Qiyamah. I gave the number of my production manager Jim Ofonda so that those interested to be part of the film could contact us. Not a minute later, Jim recei...
it's a wrap on Mar 4, 2012 in film qiyamah We just finished the principal photography of Qiyamah in Cotabato City. I'm proud and happy with the outcome. Despite the daily bombings during the shoot, not to mention a coconut falling on the shoulder of one of our lead actors, everybody went home...
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on location on Feb 4, 2012 in location hunting maguindanao film qiyamah I've been location hunting for the past two weeks. Three towns in Maguindanao - Buluan, Datu Paglas and Pagalungan - were shortlisted because of their diversity in landscape and availability of logistical support. But I couldn't stand the heat of Bul...
fresh start on Jan 14, 2012 in film qiyamah After all the ranting, heaven has answered my prayers. 2012 ushers in a new film project Qiyamah. In the film, residents of a rural village in Maguindanao are horrified when the sun rises in the West. According to Islamic belief, this phenomenon...
affliction on Dec 16, 2011 in life myself I have been busy lately, lying in bed for hours on end, afflicted with some strange catatonia, contemplating on “What could have been…” What started out as a very positive year is winding out into what I would swear as the worst year of my lif...
ten, again on Nov 22, 2011 in cartas de la soledad film Every experience teaches you a lot of lessons. Doing Cartas de la Soledad surely was an excruciating journey but one with tons of valuable lessons. So in the tradition of Limbunan where I listed ten lessons learned, I'm listing not-so-new things that...
cartas desde el infierno on Nov 7, 2011 in cartas de la soledad film The past few weeks have been hell. As the Cinema One Originals 2011 Digital Film Festival draws closer, I feel my entry Cartas de la Soledad is falling apart, slowly, bit by bit. There have been a lot of last-minute decisions. Not that I regret any o...
