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WRITING ABOUT FILMS

We watch films whenever we can, for whatever possible reason – for relaxing after exams, as itinerary for barkada gimmicks or romantic dates, for academic requirements, for experiencing aesthetic pleasures, or merely for killing time. But how much of a given film do we really see when we watch? And how do we really know which specific parts of the film moved us to tears, or to anger, or to fall in love? In any given film experience, is there more than meets the eye? Are there other things at work in our experiences apart from the obvious?

Writing About Film is a workshop that seeks to introduce participants to the aesthetics of film and to prepare them to analytically interact with any given film. Its aim is to survey the fundamental formal aspects of film, which constitute it as an art form. Furthermore, it seeks to introduce participants to the basic narrative, technical, and stylistic qualities and conventions of cinema, all considered within specific historical, cultural, and sociopolitical contexts.

The workshop facilitator, Patrick F. Campos, is a film/literary scholar, and a faculty member of the UP Film Institute, teaching courses such as Philippine Cinema, Language and Grammar of Film, Film Genres, and Film Theory and Criticism. He is currently the director of UPFI’s multimedia workshops. He is also an award-winning independent filmmaker, a freelance writer, and a musical scorer.

Writing About Film is part of the UPFI Extension program's thrust of developing film literacy among Filipino audiences and of invigorating Philippine film cultures. The workshop is open to all participants, who are pursuing careers in film and its allied media, who desire to eventually go into film studies, or who simply want to enrich their movie-watching experiences.

The UP Film Institute is the country's first and only degree-granting film school, and it is the home of the first and longest-running production workshop series in the Philippines. The UPFI is a member of the International Association Schools of Film & Television (CILECT).



For inquiries, email upfi_workshops@yahoo.com.ph or send SMS to 09175685939. You may also call 926-2722, look for Avie Felix or Patrick Campos.

UPFI 2007 Sembreak Multimedia Workshops

Learn from the most prolific and respectable scholars, artists and film-makers.

Discover what it takes to be one of the best in the field of film-making.

Have an edge.

The UP Film Institute invites everyone to its 2007 Sembreak Multimedia Workshops.

1. WRITING ABOUT FILMS
Facilitator: Patrick Campos
Dates: October 8-12
Time: 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: UPFI Videotheque (at the back of Cine Adarna)
Fee: P 5,000 inclusive of light snacks, handouts, and certificates.

2. BASIC SCRIPTWRITING
Facilitator: Libay Linsangan Cantor
Dates: October 8, 10, 12, 15, 17, & 19 (MWF)
Time: 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: UPFI Cine Adarna Conference Room
Fee: P 6,000 inclusive of light snacks, handouts, and certificates.

3. INTERMEDIATE SCRIPTWRITING
Facilitator: Libay Linsangan Cantor
Dates: TBA (Saturdays)
Time: 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: UPFI Cine Adarna Conference Room
Fee: P 6,000 inclusive of light snacks, handouts, and certificates.

4. SOUND AND MUSIC DESIGN: Indigenous Filipino Music and World Chants
Facilitator: Carol Bello
Dates: October 15-19 (Monday to Friday)
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Venue: UPFI Post-Facility (at the back of Cine Adarna)
Fee: P 8,000 inclusive of use of equipment, light snacks, handouts, and certificates.

5. CINEMATOGRAPHY (Celluloid with Digital, leading to a 16mm Output) /in cooperation with KODAK

Facilitator: Nap Jamir
Dates: October 22-26 (Monday to Friday)
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Venue: UPFI Videotheque (at the back of Cine Adarna)
Fee: P 15,000 inclusive of 16mm film stock & processing, use of equipment, light snacks, and certificates.

6. BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY
Facilitator: Vivian Limpin
Dates: October 22-26 (Monday to Friday)
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Venue: UP CMC A-107A
Fee: P 7,500, inclusive of B&W stocks, materials for developing & printing, light snacks, and certificates.

Requirement: 35mm still camera

7. NON-LINEAR EDITING
Facilitator: Ramon Bautista (with UPFI Trainers)
Dates: November 5-7 (Monday to Wednesday)
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Venue: UPFI Post-Facility (at the back of Cine Adarna)
Fee: P 6,000 inclusive of use of equipment, light snacks, handouts, and certificates.

8. DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION

Facilitator: Milo Paz
Dates: November 5-9 (Monday to Friday)
Time: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Venue: UPFI Videotheque (at the back of Cine Adarna)
Fee: P 8,000 inclusive of use of equipment, light snacks, handouts, and certificates.

9. CURATING FILM AND VIDEO EVENTS

Facilitator: Nonoy Lauzon
Dates: December to January (Dates & Time TBA)
Venue: UPFI Videotheque (at the back of Cine Adarna)
Fee: P 5,000 inclusive of light snacks, handouts, and certificates.

(Discounts granted to early enrollees and multiple workshop enrollees.)

For inquiries, call 926-6340/920-6863, look for Avie Felix or Mr. Patrick Campos.
You may also send SMS to 09175685939 (AF) or email upfi_workshops@yahoo.com.ph

Women and Poverty

"...women’s responsibility of child bearing and rearing, household management, and productive activities which give mounting pressures on their time and energy, have significant consequences for human resource development, agricultural productivity, and environmental sustainability. The risk of poverty is therefore greater for women than men. Thus, the sex of household head may be considered as a proxy variable for poverty. If a family is headed by a male, there is a prospect of higher income due to more time devoted to economic activities compared to a female-headed household whose responsibilities cover both economic and domestic functions. And if the risk is greater for women then the vicious cycle of poverty continuous as well as on the reliance and pressure on natural resources. Therefore, the higher the percentage of the community headed by a female, the higher is their pressure index to biodiversity."

I have angsts, too many angsts about domesticity and economic responsibilities. But, of course in performing both male and female duties (no matter how much i want to debunk these dualities, I'm just domestic superhero and nothing more), i don't have time to dwell on the angsts even if at times i almost drown on them.

If you're utterly domesticated and obliged to earn, then you read these kinds of scholarly stuff, what are you to feel?

Catch Pinikpikan this Friday at 2nd Friday Film Bar!

Pinikpikan, the country’s highly acclaimed world-fusion band, will grace the Friday Film Bar (FFB) this coming Friday, August 17, 2007 at 6:30 in the evening. Pinikpikan’s music is an explorative mixture of rhythms, instruments and melodies from north to south of the Philippine archipelago fused with Latin American, African and Arab influences. The band’s performance will be witnessed alongside a screening of the 2006 film “In Da Red Korner”, by Dado Lumibao and Bong Ramos. The film’s musical score showcases Pinikpikan’s music.

Pinikpikan supports the FFB project of the University of the Philippines Film Institute (UPFI) as it sees the innovative vision of the event series to be an avenue for better and substantial experience in film viewing through incorporating musical performances and other art forms.

FFB, supported by the New Zealand Embassy and Cordillera Coffee, is held every Friday at the Ishmael Bernal Gallery of UPFI (formerly UP Film Center). The FBB theme in August 17 is Against the Flow which is intended to highlight alternative perspectives in art practice and film creations. Tey Clamor’s award-winning experimental short film “Sakdal Laya” will also be featured.

For ticket inquiries, reservations and information on FFB schedule, feel free to contact fridayfilmbar@gmail.com or mobile nos. 09175685939 / 09164081550, or log on to www.upd.edu.ph/~film_institute. Tickets are available at Php 80 only with free bottomless coffee or tea.

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Pinikpikan, the country’s highly acclaimed world-fusion band, will grace the Friday Film Bar (FFB) this coming Friday, August 17, 2007 at 6:30 in the evening. Pinikpikan’s music is an explorative mixture of rhythms, instruments and melodies from north to south of the Philippine archipelago fused with Latin American, African and Arab influences. The band’s performance will be witnessed alongside a screening of the 2006 film “In Da Red Korner”, by Dado Lumibao and Bong Ramos. The film’s musical score showcases Pinikpikan’s music.

Pinikpikan supports the FFB project of the University of the Philippines Film Institute (UPFI) as it sees the innovative vision of the event series to be an avenue for better and substantial experience in film viewing through incorporating musical performances and other art forms.

FFB, supported by the New Zealand Embassy and Cordillera Coffee, is held every Friday at the Ishmael Bernal Gallery of UPFI (formerly UP Film Center). The FBB theme in August 17 is Against the Flow which is intended to highlight alternative perspectives in art practice and film creations. Tey Clamor’s award-winning experimental short film “Sakdal Laya” will also be featured.

For ticket inquiries, reservations and information on FFB schedule, feel free to contact fridayfilmbar@gmail.com or mobile nos. 09175685939 / 09164081550, or log on to www.upd.edu.ph/~film_institute. Tickets are available at Php 80 only with free bottomless coffee or tea.

Catch Pinikpikan this Friday at 2nd Friday Film Bar!

Catch Pinikpikan this Friday at 2nd Friday Film Bar!

Pinikpikan, the country’s highly acclaimed world-fusion band, will grace the Friday Film Bar (FFB) this coming Friday, August 17, 2007 at 6:30 in the evening. Pinikpikan’s music is an explorative mixture of rhythms, instruments and melodies from north to south of the Philippine archipelago fused with Latin American, African and Arab influences. The band’s performance will be witnessed alongside a screening of the 2006 film “In Da Red Korner”, by Dado Lumibao and Bong Ramos. The film’s musical score showcases Pinikpikan’s music.

Pinikpikan supports the FFB project of the University of the Philippines Film Institute (UPFI) as it sees the innovative vision of the event series to be an avenue for better and substantial experience in film viewing through incorporating musical performances and other art forms.

FFB, supported by the New Zealand Embassy and Cordillera Coffee, is held every Friday at the Ishmael Bernal Gallery of UPFI (formerly UP Film Center). The FBB theme in August 17 is Against the Flow which is intended to highlight alternative perspectives in art practice and film creations. Tey Clamor’s award-winning experimental short film “Sakdal Laya” will also be featured.

For ticket inquiries, reservations and information on FFB schedule, feel free to contact avie33@yahoo.com or mobile nos. 09175685939 / 09194906569, or log on to www.upd.edu.ph/~film_institute. Tickets are available at Php 80 only with free bottomless coffee or tea.