Archive for January, 2009

Trimming the Tax

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

The Film industry in the Philippines gets a boon this 2009 as the government approves to reduce the 30% amusement tax to 10%!

Sinulog 2009 Night Scene

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

Shot at the 14th floor of the Innove Building at the Cebu Business Park.

The Open Doors

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

It is based on the classic short story ‘The Open Window’ by Saki (H. H. Munro). See below (Watch the whole shortfilm first before reading the story so that you can make a comparison).
The Open Window
by Saki (H.H. Munro)
“My aunt will be down presently, Mr. Nuttel,” said a very self-possessed young lady of fifteen; “in [...]

SineBuano this 2009

Monday, January 19th, 2009

Okay, after several “classes”, a couple of projects and 2008 done and over with–what has SineBuano has planned for 2009?
Two SineBuano projects “Libog” and “Maria” are in the limbo of post-production. Actually, the reels of these will be the clay that would test the mettle of our up-and-coming editors so we’re not setting our expectations [...]

SineBuano : On Film Critics

Sunday, January 18th, 2009

What’s good to watch? What’s bad? Everybody’s got an opinion but there are those who are just better at stating out their opinions objectively in a way to convince you and most often, help one in making decisions.
These are the critics.

“Maria”: Wrapping Things Up

Monday, January 5th, 2009

Last December 2009, SineBuano cast and crew prepped and produced “Maria”, a barrio drama staged in an unused audio-visual hall at a prominent school in Cebu City.
Here are some photos during the production and some screencaps (sorry, it’s a bit dark) of the raw footage.