Panahon na ng prod. Kakatapos lang ng tatlong report (puro majors, at marami akong cinut na klase para magawa sila), may isa pa ako sa Huwebes, at kailangan ko na simulan yung prod(uction) ko para sa 112.

Ehh. Wala pa akong concept. Dapat magpapaconsult na ako kay maam ngayon para sa concept ko. E wala pa nga.

Wel, meron, pero di pa nafifialize at napag-isipan masyado. Heto:

1. Two neighbors, Boy ang Girl. (Biglang english.) They do not know each other, but Girl sees Boy through her window every day and has had a crush on him ever since her family moved to their house several months ago. Though they may see each other outside, she does not have the courage to talk to him, yet somehow gets her cellphone number. She texts him eagerly, though he answers apathetically, sometimes not replying at all. Her desparation blinds her to the fact that only she feels  love between them.

Meh. That should sound familiar. Hindi ko pa alam kung ano yung ending. Tapos maghahanap pa ako ng dalawang bahay o apartment na may ganoong klaseng viewing access.

2. From Paolo Manalo's Jolography: What of the Xerox girl who was gang-raped then killed by fratmen in the most violent way possible because she copied something she wasn't supposed to--the fraternity's black book that outlines a strange conspiracy dating back to Yamashita's gold. What of the deaths of several fraternity members through gruesome circumstances, each death scene had a scattering of photocopies. The papers say coincidence, our mole says otherwise: "They all bled to death, multiple paper cuts throughout their bodies, as if the poor boys were attacked by reams and reams of bond paper."

Haha. Medyo pagka-comedy siya, pero pwede gawing off-the-wall horror. Kung anuman iyun. Nangimbento na naman ako. Anyway, mukhang di naman ganoon kahirap i-film (siguro). Tapos hihingin ko pa yung permiso kay Paolo Manalo. Masaya kung magawa ko siya. Pangit lang kasi di sa akin yung ideya.

3. Loving wife, standing over her sleeping husband. She has found out that he has been having sex with one of her friends (one of many mistresses, she also finds out). She holds a frying pan over her head and is considering murder. She recalls their whole relationship, and their marriage, how they came to love each other and how they came to lose that love (through flashbacks). With tears in her eyes, she holds the pan tightly, and she--

Iyun. Sinubukan ko iyang sulatin dati, tapos di ko siya tinapos, Wala siyang gitna. Yung ending medyo ambiguous. Kaya iyun din iyung ginawa ko rito. Medyo madali rin i-film, dalawa lang ang main characters, iilang extra, di naman kailangang maraming location. Ewan.  

4. A girl wakes up to a world where having acne/STDs is cool.

5. A guy starts seeing black holes everywhere.

Walang kwenta yung mga nahuli. Ideya pa lang. Ewan ko kung anong gagawin. Okay sana kung magcomment kayo. Ayun, kailangan ko nang umalis. Baka haharapin ko na prof namin. Good luck sa akin. 

So. I just watched Pulse, by Kiyoshi Kurosawa (seryosong just, nasa Bahay ng Alumni ako ngayon.) And I was alone, surprisingly fitting given the theme of the movie.

I liked it, but then, that might be just the reviews talking. I have this thing for thinking movies are good just because other people said so. I felt a lot for what the film was trying to say (hellooooo.) but I could see why a lot of other people didn't like it. It had slow pace, tagpi-tagpi (walang English talaga e) yung shots/sequences, and to tell the truth, there wasn't much going for it on the "horror movie" side of things. May nagsulat nga niyon e, "Was that a horror movie?" doon sa survey na pinasagot pagkatapos.

Well, I can't say that the Philippine film industry has a dumb audience. (hey, wait a minute...) It's just that the film had much more going for it on the deeper level, the horror wasn't so much in the visuals themselves (although they were great too) but in what thought the film was trying to capture. No one wants to die alone. No wants to be dead alone.

Now, having read my prof's comment on my prod ideas, I'm (again) reconsidering the course I've taken. It's the only work I can see myself doing, just about the only thing I could do well, and yet there doesn't seem to be much going for me (and my other co-students in film) given the state of our country and its viewers. Taga-UP na nga siguro yung mga iyun e. Shiyet, paano pa kaya yung hindi?

But what the hell do I know, right? I still have two and a half years to do this. Two and a half years could mean a lot of change. Or not. We'll see. 

Sa maikling salita, stress.

Leche talaga. Kung pwede lang sana majors lang ang prinoproblema ko. Talaga pang eepal ang mga GE sa buhay ko. Oo, acads na naman ang pinag-uusapan ko, ano pa ba?

FILM 112 - Production. Inisip ko okay na ako e, napili ko na yung mag-asawa concept, umoo (anong klaseng salita iyan) naman yung kuya ko, ewan ko lang kung okay lang din sa girlfriend niya. A basta, eto yan o, PROS and CONS:

MAG-ASAWA:

   PROS: Kayang ishoot sa may bahay ko lang; halos dalawa lang actors ko; di naman mahaba ang dialogue; navisualize ko na siya nang maayos (medyo)

   CONS: Parang compromise lang siya sa maikling oras na meron ako; di siya ganoon ka-exciting na plot; ang dalawang actors ko ay may malabong sked

XEROX GIRL:

   PROS: Nakakaaliw yung plot; yung privelege na magawa ko yung kwento ni Paolo Manalo; mas engaging yung visuals niya (kung magawa ko)

   CONS: Wala pa akong permiso kay Sir Paolo; baka matagalan ako sa pagshoot (o takot ko lang iyon); maraming characters; medyo malakas sa dialogue; baka lumagpas ng 15 minutes; maraming location, sigurado

Dapat halata na e, di ba? Naiilang kasi ako kung gumawa ako ng boring na prod. Ewan. Ack. Letse. Wala pa nga akong mga title e.

Tapos, may paper pa ako sa Film102, papers at report sa Geog, report sa Anthro, exam at project sa Artstud, exam at report sa Comm100.

Nyeta. Ayoko na. Parang gusto kong humiga sa kama't... iyun na nga. Hihiga lang ako doon. Hanggang matapos yung sem. Hanggang pasko.