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ITCA 101 Activity 6

2008-10-03T10:13:00.000-07:00

Activity 6: Running Animal

ITCA 101 Activity 5

2008-10-03T10:07:00.000-07:00

Activity 5: Walk Cycle

ITCA 101 Activity 4

2008-10-03T10:05:00.000-07:00

Activity 4: Head Turn

ITCA 101 Activity 3

2008-10-03T10:03:00.000-07:00

Activity 3: Facial Expression (Shocked)

ITCA 101 Activity 2

2008-10-03T09:30:00.000-07:00

Activity 2: Facial Expression (Sad to Happy)

Line Test Activity(Squeeze and Squash)

2008-09-12T01:59:00.000-07:00

Squeeze and Squash activity in ITCA 101.

Short Animated Film Review

2008-09-09T23:22:00.000-07:00

Saving Private Raymond

Nice animation, it reminds me of this game from Playstation a.k.a. PSx. It somehow resembles the Army Men game. The toy soldier sure is polished and the background is good.

Short Animated Film Review

2008-09-09T23:02:00.000-07:00

Vampz

A mischievous vampire girl. The boy vamp sure had a hard time. The action was good, all this garlic flying and the sunlight. It really is FRYtheaning to have such mischievous vamp sister.

Short Animated Film Review

2008-09-02T19:03:00.000-07:00

The Turnip Boy

Another mutated vegetable. The narration was good. Trying out new things is good but of course if it is a human I don't think eating your kin is a good idea. Also the animation was somewhat blurry.

Short Animated Film Review

2008-09-02T18:51:00.000-07:00

"En Garde"

The story was mainly about fencing. The film started out like a cut-out animation then the two characters gain form and fighting all over this card board buildings.

Short Animated Film Review

2008-08-31T18:14:00.000-07:00

The Ticket Machine

A funny film, that is the consequence for mistaking 6 to 9. The emotion that the robots makes gives life to the film.

Short Animated Film Review

2008-08-31T17:57:00.000-07:00

MUSICAL CATS

A nice short animated film. Just like the saying goes "Where there's a will, there's a way". The background sound is also good. It gives this soothing effect that makes the film romantic.

Short Animated Film Review

2008-08-28T01:20:00.000-07:00

The Boy and the Bomb

A very interesting cut-out stop motion animation. It gives a good message not to play with bombs. There is less audio, it could have been a great if there was a thrilling sound that could backup the film.

Short Animated Film Review

2008-08-28T01:04:00.000-07:00

"an animated short film"

Nice animation, the alien thing sure makes the scene. I just do not truly understand the story. It's like the "Allegory of the Cave" that Father Moga told us about.

Short Animated Film Review

2008-08-28T00:58:00.000-07:00

The Strawberry Patch

It's a nice clay animation with a Mission Impossible sound effect. I really thought the strawberry patch was hazardous. When the bee died and the bunny sort of mutated and everything.

Short Animated Film Review

2008-08-18T17:56:00.000-07:00

PUPPET

A creepy film by Patrick Smith. Seems like the puppeteer becomes the puppet, the sound was good it has this thrilling effect that you would know that something is going to happen. Poor fellow in the end the dream becomes a nightmare.

Short Animated Film Review

2008-08-17T17:40:00.000-07:00

Bruno's Big Chance

A nice stop motion animation using clay. Poor Bruno he missed his big chance and stuck up from his same old life.

Short Animated Film Review

2008-08-14T19:37:00.000-07:00

Learnalilgivinanlovin - Gotye Film Clip

Nice music video clip. The world of dreams, with the enchanted city and the bean stalk. The music is cool with the theme of "we should learn a little giving and loving. Well it should start from childhood to learn this thing. So the color combination and the background is right.

Short Animated Film Review

2008-08-14T19:25:00.000-07:00

Sycamore Eve

The film was kind a like of Star Wars with the robot and the cape thing. The background of the film express like some kind of environmental problem with the machines taking some kind of prism in the forest or a barren with the colorful area. Maybe the colorful area was the only place that was not defiled and the kid in the cape trying to save it.

Short Animated Film Review

2008-08-13T18:13:00.000-07:00

Intervallo - Lunch Break

Nice short animated film, it show how we spend our lunch break or free time. The audio was great, it was sooting and relaxing. Also during the lunch break the sound was amazing, I never thought cows like rock music too.

Short Animated Film Review

2008-08-13T17:44:00.000-07:00

My First Crush

The short animated film talks about love, about their first crush and how they feel for their crush. Also how they get broken hearted. Maybe the different animals in the story shows different personality and maybe races. Its a simple 2D animation but with good mix of effects and audio.

Short Animated Film Review

2008-08-10T18:02:00.000-07:00

The Fly - Oscar Short Animated Film - 1980

The film was awesome, the perspective was really like the fly. The way the angle changes and the pace of the movement. Well it gives a thrill on the part where the fly was getting whacked. Well it makes me dizzy sometimes because the movement was fast. Its a classic film so the color is just fine.

Short Animated Film Review

2008-08-07T18:05:00.000-07:00

Fridges

The short animated film was cool. The story was amazing, the film encourages viewer to recycle. Talking about the elements in the film, shadows can help improve the short film. Also I don't know whats the big circle in the beginning of the film, is it a MOON??? If it's night time maybe some stars would help add some mood.

Short Animated Film Review

2008-08-06T18:36:00.000-07:00

Olympics 2008 Monkey Movie - BBC Sport

A simple animated film based from the famous Chinese folklore "Journey to the West". The animation is simple but it shows the sports usually present in the Olympic Games. Like Diving, Javelin Throw, Contact sports like TaeKwondo. Even the lighting of fire ceremony was included.

Short Animated Film Review

2008-08-06T18:24:00.000-07:00

Tell Tale Heart Animation

A short animated film inspired by Edgar Allan Poe. Its a story based on the perspective of a madman. The dark scenes creates an effect of madness and a suspense like environment. Just like a madman's perspective the surrounding is composed of many weird things.

The one who creates this animated film really shows the right element needed in the story. The character even looks like a madman.

Short Animated Film Review

2008-08-04T18:38:00.000-07:00

Heavenly Sword Animated Short: Legend of the Sword

A battle scene animation short film. The motion of the surrounding was great and the hair movement brings life to the animation. The effects makes the animation real especially the ashes floating around makes the environment like a real battlefield.

The intro of the warriors was good. Feels like a war was going on followed by a dark background makes it like a war zone. There was an instance that the bright color effect hides the fight scene of the hero and the villain.

Short Animated Film Review

2008-08-04T18:13:00.000-07:00

Tobias + Things Animated Short Film (AKA The Tobias)

The short film animation was good even though it was hanging and never been completed. The sound effect was good and the timing was just right. It's a simple animation with a good story about everyday life experience.

There are some scenes that needs to improve like the birds flying and the boy watching the aquarium. Maybe a little movement of the birds because it was just standing still. Also an eye movement from the boy following the fish would be helpful.

Jack and Jill Video Production

2008-02-11T23:11:00.000-08:00

The main story of this video is about two Jacks. It started on one sunny day. Jack was waiting for his friend which I call other Jack. It was so hot that day and they were perspiring. Other Jack ask for water but unfortunately the mineral water was empty. So they find a drum of mineral water at the small hill nearby. They walk and walk to the small hill, it was starting to get dark when they arrived. Upon reaching the hill, other Jack fetch some mineral water and to his surprise a mysterious girl grab her arm. So afraid he starting to punch it and then Jack notice that his friend is in danger so he help out. And finally the other Jack was set free and the mysterious girl went out of the drum of mineral water. So afraid on what they seen the two of them ran and tumbling down the small hill.

Well for me, I realized that it was hard to take the scenes because of some factors that affects the shooting. Some of these factors are like children walking and people roaming around, also it was hard to capture the right lighting. But it was a challenge for me to edit this video because of the fact that I'm still not familiar with adobe premiere.

Director: Cedrick Zabala
Assistant Director: Ian Patrick Galarosa
Storyboard:
Jervin Matthew Yap
Cedrick Zabala
Scriptwriter: John Christian Reyes
Actor(s)/Actress(s):
Richard Louie Montero
John Ric Gañac
Jevelyn Caroline Domingo
Utility:
Jervin Jay Reyes
Ervyn Bernadas
Jan Michael Abesamis

Blog Entry #1: Digital Video Evolution and Background

2008-02-05T00:23:00.002-08:00

Digital video was first introduced commercially in 1986 with the Sony D-1 format, which recorded an uncompressed standard definition component video signal in digital form instead of the high-band analog forms that had been commonplace until then. Due to the expense, D-1 was used primarily by large television networks. It would eventually be replaced by cheaper systems using compressed data, most notably Sony’s Digital Betacam, still heavily used as a field recording format by professional television producers. (Wikepedia)

Consumer digital video first appeared in the form of QuickTime, Apple Computer’s architecture for time-based and streaming data formats, which appeared in crude form around 1990. Initial consumer-level content creation tools were crude, requiring an analog video source to be digitized to a computer-readable format. While low-quality at first, consumer digital video increased rapidly in quality, first with the introduction of playback standards such as MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 (adopted for use in television transmission and DVD media), and then the introduction of the DV tape format allowing recording direct to digital data and simplifying the editing process, allowing non-linear editing systems to be deployed wholly on desktop computers. (Wikipedia)

Digital video is constantly changing due to the fact that the technology today is improving everyday. To meet the expectations of the people the service provider that creates this digital video are also improving. The technology greatly affects the improvement of Digital video, the more the technology is high the better the quality. Also there are competition between service providers so the higher the capacity and faster bandwidth the more better the service. So necessary upgrade is need to meet this requirements that is why it is constantly changing.

The History of television technology can be divided along two lines: those developments that depended upon both mechanical and electronic principles, and those which are purely electronic. From the latter descended all modern televisions, but these would not have been possible without discoveries and insights from the mechanical systems. Practically every country in the world now has developed at least one television channel. The first live transcontinental television broadcast took place in San Francisco, California from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference on September 4, 1951. In 1958, the CBC completed the longest television network in the world, from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Victoria, British Columbia. Reportedly, the first continuous live broadcast of a breaking news story in the world was conducted by the CBC during the Springhill Mining Disaster which began on October 23 of that year. Programming is broadcast on television stations (sometimes called channels). At first, terrestrial broadcasting was the only way television could be distributed. Because bandwidth was limited, government regulation was normal. In the U.S., the Federal Communications Commission in 1941 allowed stations to broadcast advertisements, but insisted on public service programming commitments as a requirement for a license. By contrast, the United Kingdom chose a different route, imposing a television licence fee on owners of television reception equipment, to fund the BBC, which had public service as part of its Royal Charter. The development of cable and satellite means of distribution in the 1970s pushed businessmen to target channels towards a certain audience, and enabled the rise of subscription-based television channels, such as HBO and Sky. Television has grown up all over the world, enabling every country to share aspects of their culture and society with others. (Wikepedia)

Blog Entry #2: Cast and Crew

2008-02-05T00:23:00.001-08:00

he cast and crew of a video production team are composed of a Producer, Director, Associate Director, Stage Managers, Camera Operators, Teleprompter Operators, Lighting Directors, Audio Operators , Technical Directors, Graphics Operators, Video Operators, Editors, and the Television Performers.

The Producer is the one who makes sure that all the things needed in the production is present. In general, the producer is in charge of the overall organization of the production, the one who budgets the production and the one who make sure that it will be finished on time.

The Director is the one who takes control of the flow of the taping. He directs all the task needed in the production and decides whether the scenes is already ok or needed some extension. He is also the one who analyzes the script and decide what scenes are suitable for that particular taping.

The Associate Director or also known as Assistant Director serves as a helping hand for the director. He reminds the director if something is missing or not taken into account. Also the Associate Director serves as bridge to the other crew, because the director is busy in the taping, he is the one who will relay the message of the director to the other crew.

The Stage Manager is the one in charge of the what is happening in the studio. He is the one who communicate with the talent and give signals or flip cards to let them know what to do. Basically, the Stage Manager is the one who takes care of the talent and the one who attends to their needs.

The Camera Operators are the one who manage the camera. They need to know how the camera operate to make sure that the angle is right and the pictures taken have good quality.

The Teleprompter Operators are the one who controls the teleprompter. They make sure that the scripts projected in the teleprompter is in the right pace so that the talent will not be confuse when reading the script.

The Lighting Directors is the one in charge of the lighting in the studio. They make sure that the place is well lighted. They also make sure that all lights are functioning well. Also they are the one who adjust the light to create the proper mood or emotion to the place.

The Audio Operators are the one responsible for the sound. They make sure that the sound generated in the microphone is good. If any sound effects is needed they are the one who controls it. Also they make sure that all microphones in the set is functioning well.

The Technical Directors are the one who operates the switcher. They are the one who controls which video signal will be shown. Also they assist the crew and if ever there will be a problem with the equipments the technical directors are the one who will fix it.

The Graphics Operators are the one who is in charge of the computer system used in the production. They are the one who creates the words, drawings and other visual effects in the production.

The Video Operators are the one who is responsible for the recordings. They playback the video and make sure that the output is good and well cued. They make sure that the machine is well functioning and the tapes needed is well inserted to the machine for the recording.

The Editors are the one who is responsible for the editing. They put together the pieces taken from the recording to create a good outcome. Mainly the editors work is to edit the scenes taken to make the video more beautiful and unified.

The Television Performers are the actors and reporters in the production. There main purpose is to capture attention of the audience. They are the front line in the production because they are the one communicating with the viewers.

Book Review and Summary: Trip to Quiapo by Ricky Lee

2008-02-05T00:20:00.000-08:00

Ang librong Trip to Quiapo ay tungkol sa tatlong manunulat na gustong pumunta sa Quiapo. Ang unang manunulat, pinag-aralan niya ang daan na ginamit ng mga naunang manunulat at ito ang ginamit niyang daan para makarating ng Quiapo. Subalit ang ikalawang manunulat, may pagkakalog ata. ay umikot muna sa mga ilog at sa bundok at gubat, nakipagtsismisan pa sa kalye at iniwasan ang kombensyonal na daan. Pinagtawanan natin siya sa pagkat natatawa tayo sa mga nalilihis. Hanggang sa makarating siya ng Quiapo. Mas mahusay ang ikalawang manunulat kaysa sa naunang manunulat dahil nakadiskubre siya ng bagong daan papuntang Quiapo. Hindi magtatagal marami pang susunod sa kanya. Papatag ang landas na ginawa niya at magiging kasimbilis na rin ng naunang daan. Ang ikatlong manunulat naman gaya rin ng ikalawang manunulat, hindi rin sumunod sa daan ng ikalawang, may pagkakalog at baliw pa ata. Umikot-ikot din siya sa mga bundok, ilog, palengke at simbahan. Nawala pa sa daan at muntik maholdap. Pinagtawanan din natin siya at diniscourage. Hanggang sa makarating siya sa isang lugar. Hindi ito ang Quiapo kanina. Pero mapapaniwala niya tayo na ito at Quiapo rin. Sa tatlo siya ang pinakamahusay na manunulat. Dahil may magic sa ginawa niya. Dahil ang mundo ng literatura, sining at pelikula, pati na ang buhay natin, ay nagiging napakayaman at makahulugan.

Ipinapakita sa librong ito kung paano ang isang experience ay mas matimbang parin kesa sa pagaralan ang mga nagawa na ng iba. Dahil sa paggawa ng isang maghusay na script ikaw mismo ang maghahanap ng sarili mong Quiapo para magkaroon ng bagong daan para sa mga susunod na manunulat. Ang konsepto ng pagpunta ng Quiapo ay isang paraan para ipakita na tayo bilang isang manunulat ay kailangan humanap ng ating sariling daan para makagawa ng isang matagumpay na script. Madali pagaralan ang daan ng iba ngunit kung ito lagi ang ating susundan parang wala tayong pinagkaiba sa naunang manunulat, nawawala ang originality ng script. Sa mundo ng sining walang iisang tama sa pagsusulat. Walang iisang standard kung ano ba ang magandang pelikula. Ang lahat ay nagbabago sa bawat kultura at sa pagdaan ng panahon. Nagawa na nila ang lahat sa pagsusulat kaya dapat kaw rin humanap ng bagong daan sa pagsusulat. Kaw dapat ang humanap ng sarili mong Quiapo hindi ung mga nauna na sayo. Madami ang Quiapo hindi iisa lamang, sa paghahanap mo ng Quiapo madami kang makikilala, mararanasan at malalaman. Sa mga experience na ito makakagawa ka ng panibagong daan sa pagsusulat.

ay maliit na tao sa atin. Tumingin ka sa labas makikita mo ay punongkahoy. Tumingin ka uli ang makikita mo ay mga bunga, mga sanga at mga dahon. Tuminging ka uli, ang makikita mo, maski wala sila doon, ay mga batang nakalambitin sa swing. O kaya matandang nagbabasa ng libro. O aswang na nakasilip, o tikbalang. Tumingin ka uli. Natutunaw ang punongkahoy. O kaya ay naging silya, o mesa, o lumilipad, o baka naman wala pang punongkahoy doon.

Trabaho ng manunulat ang makakita at ipakita sa iba ang nakikita niya. Napakaliit ng mundo natin dahil sa mga pwersang napakalibot satin na mas malakas at mapwersa. At wala tayong magagawa kasi sila ang nasusunod. Dahil dito lumiliit ang mundo natin, kahit makalabas man tayo at makakita ng mga bagay bagay sa palibot maliit paring ang nakikita natin. Dahil ang tunay nating nakikita ay base lamang sa nakikita ng maliit na tao sa loob natin. Kaya minsan nasasabi natin hindi pa tayong handa dahil kulang pa ang karanasan natin. Hindi pa natin nalilibot ang mundo o di kaya naexperience ang mga bagay bagay na kailangan natin maexperience. Pero sa loob natin madaming estorya na gustong lumabas. Pero dahil nangunguna ang takot sa loob natin di pa nga tayo nakakapagsulat ay di na natutuloy dahil lagi natin sinasabi na di pa ako handa. Dapat palakihin natin ang maliit na tao sa loob natin. Dapat unti unti natin tanggalin ang mga blinders na nakatakip sa nga mata natin. Gamitin natin ang ating imahinasyon sa pagsulat, di dapat maging stereotype para di magiging one sided ang storya na sinusulat. Sa pagsulat dapat napakalibot ang storya sa mga characters hindi lamang sa bida. Ang mga napag-aaralan natin sa libro ay hanggan utak lamang ngunit pagnaranasan natin na ay pumapasok na sa ating puso at mananatili na ito habang buhay. Wag takot ang maghari sa loob mo, maging open ka at unti unti mong namnamin ang buhay. Natural lang ang mabigo at madapa, pero dapat marunong kang tumayong muli pagnangyari yon. Sa patuloy mong pagharap sa buhay ay marami kang matutunan, ang maliit na tao sa loob mo ay marami ring matututunan. Ang mga bagay na naexperience mo ay magiging gamay mo para makagawa ng isang matagumpay na script. Dapat di ka matakot mabigo, dahil sa mga ganitong karanasan ka makakahugot ng lakas at impormasyon na kailangan mo para maging makatotohanan ang sinulat mo.

Sa pagsusulat, imahinasyon ang pangunahing kasangkapan. Ayon nga kay Vladimir Nabokov. “Literature was not born the day when a boy crying ‘wolf, wolf’ came running out of the Neanderthal valley with a big gray wolf at his heels. Literature was born on the day when a boy came crying ‘wolf, wolf’ and there was no wolf behind him.” Dito pumapasok ang konsepto ng meron at wala. Napaka-boring naman ng isang pelikula na ibinigay na sayo lahat. Nagiging passive ang dating mo pagganito, sa dami ng mga elemento sa pelikula hindi na nahahasa ang imahinasyon mo lagi ka na lang tanggap ng tanggap hanggang sa namalayan mo hindi na ikaw ang gumawa ng pelikula kundi ang mga elementong tinatanggap mo. Ang imahinasyon ang nagbibigay ng saya ang panibagong buhay sa mga pelikula. Dahil sa imahinasyon nagkakaroon ng bagong daan at pananaw ang tao. Sa pagsusulat ng isang script ang manunulat ay dapat tumutok, kailangan tumingin siya nang tumingin para makakuha ng materyal. At sa patuloy mong pagtingin nakakakuha ka ng mga impormasyon at pangyayarin sa palibot mo. Hanggan sa puntong mawawala na ng katawan mo ang nagiging isa ka na sa sinusulat mo. May koneksyon ka na sa sinusulat mo at maglalakbay ang iyong imahinasyon hanggang sa makagawa ka na ng isang magandang script. Di mo man lang namalayan na natapos na pala ito.

Basic Directing Workshop

2008-01-29T22:37:00.000-08:00

The seminar last saturday and sunday was held at AVR. The speaker was a director based from Davao, Director Gutierez Mangansakan. He talk about film, its elements and the different shots in making film. I have learned a lot at the seminar, I have realized that in doing a film every one in a team has important roles. Not all element must be present in doing a film as long as the film can give the message to the viewer. A directors role is important because it is the directors job to direct his crew and the flow of the film. i was impress on how the speaker talk about the film, it only shows that how professional he is for showing us the important things needed on making films.

Blogging 101

2008-01-29T21:55:00.000-08:00

The Blogging 101 seminar held was about how to be familiar with using blogs. Using blog is a useful tool especially in sharing of thoughts or it could be an online journal of works. Blogging can also be a profession, and though blogging you can earn some money by just posting ideas. The seminar was useful especially for those who are just new in blogging like me. I'm still new in blogging so it was an additional knowledge to know how to create blogs and update it once in a while and how to manage and maintain the blogs.