Descend into Horror, Rise as a Filmmaker
by Diem ~ August 26th, 2008Diem, a screenwriter/director of SineBuano, discusses on how writing and filming horror films can open doors for independent filmmakers.
Kapunungan sa mga tigmugna og mga pasundayag nga sinebuano…
Diem, a screenwriter/director of SineBuano, discusses on how writing and filming horror films can open doors for independent filmmakers.
In mainstream Filipino cinema, (as well as mainstream Filipino television), things have not changed much in the last couple of decades.
One might even propose that nothing has changed much in the last forty years.
Martin Scorsese once said that, “Cinema is a matter of what’s in the frame and what’s out.”
That could be taken in the context that Cinema is made of two parts: Sight and Sound. Both are important and Cinema cannot be true Cinema if either parts or both are lacking.
“Astig” - Spin off from the independent film “Confessional”
I bumped into this short film in You tube; because the success and critical acclaim of filmmaker Jerrold Tarog for his work in The Confessional, (which I haven’t seen yet).
ASTIG is a spin-off, so they say, of one of the characters of the Confessional movie.
It’s amazing to see how Cebuano actor Jai Rabin metamorphoses into the story’s swaggering tourist and taxi passenger.
It’s very predictable but that’s the point; the story is a mere look into ethnocentrism… and I’m assuming that’s also one of the themes in “Confessional.”
SineBuano, Cebu’s Independent Filmmaking Scene, presents the Marquee– an online signboard giving you information and an inside look on the independent filmmakers group’s current film projects!
On the spotlight is SineBuano’s fantasy comedy of error and fixes: “Rewind” (working title)
Find out more on SineBuano’s “Rewind” and other ongoing projects here.
If you, a college student or an amateur, would like to join in the SILVERSHORTS Short Film Competition of the .MOV International Digital Film Festival but still haven’t put the finishing touches on your masterpiece or haven’t even started yet, then no worries.
The deadline has been pushed back to August 15, 2008, which means you have more time to go about your business of creating that award-winning short.
Read more here.