Basic Scriptwriting Workshop for non-media/arts practitioners

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I'm going to handle the first Basic Scriptwriting Workshop session this summer for UP Film Institute.

This is open to anyone who wants to learn this new skill or just plain curious about this field. No media background necessary.

If you're interested, just contact Mich at the number below. If there are still slots available after the registration deadline, you can still be accommodated.

Thanks.

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U.P. FILM INSTITUTE SUMMER WORKSHOPS 2011

BASIC SCRIPTWRITING WORKSHOP:

VISUALIZATION FROM SCRIPT TO SCREEN

By Libay Linsangan Cantor

Brief workshop outline:

The goal of this workshop is to introduce scriptwriting to a general audience.

The lectures are specifically designed for those who do not have any formal/informal background or experience whatsoever in filmmaking, media, the arts, (other forms of) writing and the humanities in general. It could also serve as a good review for those who have the aforementioned background and who plan to start working in the field of film and TV scriptwriting.

The workshop will cover an overview of the film/TV industry and a brief introduction to basic filmmaking language as applicable to scriptwriting, discussions on the anatomy of a screenplay, learning scriptwriting essentials, studying narrative structures, characterization and story plotting.

Facilitator profile:

Prof. Libay Linsangan Cantor is a two-time winner of the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature in 1997. She used to have a literary column entitled “The Scribe Vibe” at the Manila Times newspaper’s Sunday Times (2008-2010). She now contributes regularly to the Philippine Online Chronicles (POC) Pinoy LGBT channel online webzine by Vibal Foundation since June 2010.

A trained TV/film scriptwriter, she won honorable mention for her full-length screenplay at the 1998 Film Development of the Philippines Inc. (FDFPI, now known as the Film Development Council of the Philippines) annual screenwriting competition. She began scriptwriting for children’s TV shows in 2001 with the ABS-CBN Foundation-produced Epol/Apple educational program. In 2006, she began directing for TV, handling the Saturday morning TV show Lovely Day for GMA-7. She also scripted several seasons of other GMA-7 children’s shows Happy Land and Sunnyville in 2009-2010 and also directed selected episodes of both shows. She is currently part of the scriptwriter’s pool of an upcoming ABS-CBN 2 TV show.

Prof. Libay has a BA in Film and Audiovisual Communication degree from UP College of Mass Communication and an MA in Creative Writing from the UP College of Arts and Letters. She teaches basic scriptwriting, narrative cinema, basic filmmaking and directing courses at the UP Film Institute.

Schedule : April 4 to 8, 2011 (5 days)

Time : 1pm to 6pm (25 hours)

Course Fee : P 5,500

Venue: CMC Media Center

DISCOUNTS!

* 10% discount on your 2nd workshop.

* register in groups of 3 to get 5% discount each.

WORKSHOPS ARE OPEN TO PUBLIC.

To REGISTER:

1. Drop by our office. (Address: UPFI Film Center, 2/F Cine Adarna bldg. Magsaysay and Osmena Ave.,UP Diliman QC)

2. Fill up a Registration Form.

3. Pay P500 or in full.

(An initial fee of P500 is required to reserve a slot.this fee is non-refundable and will be deducted from the total course fee thereafter)

For Inquiries:

925-0286 / 9262722

upfi_workshops@yahoo.com.ph

http://upfilminstitute.upd.edu.ph/

Manila Times column for 10 May 2009: "Writing what you know of the world"

original post here.

THE SCRIBE VIBE By Libay Linsangan Cantor Writing what you know of the world

In writing workshops, beginning writers are often encouraged to start writing about what they know first, before venturing out into writing about more complex and unfamiliar material. I agree, and I also don’t. I think all writers—newbies or not—should heed this encouragement. In literary workshops, I have often heard the advice that a writer should focus on the world that s/he knows, first and foremost, before writing about things outside their worlds. We writers are often trained to look for that precious insight, that one thing (or two) that would differentiate our story from others’ stories, the thought that would hopefully inspire or rouse readers to think about things around us, about a particular aspect of human existence. I agree with this. Far too often, writers tend to turn their back on their own backyards, so to speak, and write about things that are “more exciting” or “more challenging” that they see in “other worlds.” I just wish they could look around them sometime, so they could discover that something or someone within their vicinity could actually serve as an inspiration for a story waiting to be told. For instance, I remember meeting this woman whose maiden name sounded like the name of a very old school in Manila. When I inquired about this, it turned out that the school was indeed owned by their family and it was about to be sold. That alone puts their family in a certain historical position that only she has the privilege to tell and unfold in a story. Since we were in a documentary workshop when we met, I suggested that she write and make a documentary about that aspect of their family, and she mentioned that it was indeed one of her future plans. I hope she went through with it. This is not to say that we writers should just stick to writing what we know. If we want to write about things outside of our own spheres of existence, that’s also great, but only if the proper homework is done. What I mean is that writers should do their research when they’re writing about something unfamiliar to them. It also happens that sometimes, writers tend to take short cuts and write what they know of a certain thing without the benefit of research. Thus, material such as these appears shallow, impressionistic and often unrealistic. Authenticity is still the key; if your plot seems unbelievable because of faulty information or details, then the story won’t fly. Just imagine the tons of stories we’ll hear from different walks of life, if only one out of a hundred Filipinos shared them with the world. That’s a lifetime’s worth of anthologies, not to mention a good contribution to our recorded culture and history. Comments? Suggestions? E-mail libay.scribevibe@gmail.com. She is also at libaycantor.multiply.com.

back from the un-dead + publication news

isa lang ang masasabi ko: mahirap magkasakit.

kakagaling ko lang sa isang linggong pahinga ng utak at katawan. pareho silang nadale. i guess yan ang pa-hapinuyir sa akin ng kalawakan. kelangang mag-detox to pave way for new stuff na malalanghap whether voluntarily or involuntarily...

dami ko tuloy na-miss. anj, hope that videoke went well. bubbles kapatid, hope you had a nice painum sa pinyahan! highschool peeps, hope you had fun at hereford!

anyway, meron pa naman sa 26th. atak tayo mga byanakerz ha. dyke dialogues 3. hope to see you there. same spot G spot hehe. chos.


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madaming exciting publication news pero saka na lang yun.

hm, on second thought, sige na nga!

BUY THE BOOK! BUY THE BOOK! BUY THE BOOK!

did you know that that was the name of the bookstore owned by ellen degeneres' character sa original ELLEN sitcom? yes, the one where she came out. natutuwa ako kasi yun ang name ng store: buy the book. funny.


anyway, yeah, buy this:

it's called SAWI: FUNNY ESSAYS, STORIES AND POEMS ON ALL KINDS OF HEARTBREAK.

it's edited by 3 ateneo-connected people. sobrang ten thousand years ago na ito pero last 2007 lang lumabas. well, such is the life sa literary publishing dito sa pinas.

i contributed one short story here in english, isang produkto pa ng CW classes ko sa MA dati kay mam jing hidalgo.

oh yeah, milflores publishing nga pala ang naglabas nito. di ko akalain na sila ang maglalabas . hapi naman. i have yet to get my free copies, though, but i've seen the insides already.






okay ito pa:


now this one i like. it's flash fiction kasi e, or sudden fiction as we sometimes call it. in filipino, it's called dagli. actually, sa dami ng contributors, the editor, vince groyon, decided to come out with two volumes, one in english and filipino yung isa. english ang sinumite ko kaya dito ako na-belong, sa VERY SHORT STORIES FOR HARRIED READERS.

the story i have here is the product naman of the online writers' workshop namin dati nina cecilia manguerra brainard and a host of other fil-something writers na nakakalat sa buong mundo, like nadine sarreal in singapore, veronica montes in the US and others.

again, milflores ang naglabas nito. hapi!


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at the end of the year malamang, isa na namang antho ang lalabas, on relationships naman, from anvil this time. yep, naimbita na naman ang lola niyo. abangan niyo yun. creative nonfiction naman ang drama nun. itong dalawa sa taas e fiction yan.

pasakalye ng lalamanin ng anvil antho na yun e lalabas sa phil. daily inquirer near balentayms dey. basta announce ko na lang ulit pag malapit na :) feb10 daw e, special section siya on relationships chever. abangan!


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inaabangan ko rin yung isa pang chever publication, this time from india naman, sa ating mga kapatid sa tarshi at crea. excited ako dun kasi first time kong ma-publish sa india. yehey! sa asia kasi, sa malaysia at singapore pa lang ata ako na-publish kasi. hm. la lang. :) with photos nga pala ito kaya i'm doubly excited, parang yung publication dati sa australia.

ayuz.

buy the books! buy the books!


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ay oo nga pala tanga! how could i forget this one!


well, this is not exactly the book cover but i'm guessing the cover will look somewhat a bit like this. it's lunduyan ng sining's lesbian literary folio entitled WHAT THESE HANDS CAN DO. er, ladies, hindi ba dapat fingers? mwehehehehe chos.

i have one short story here na produkto rin ng online writers' workshop namin nina cecilia.happy ito kasi ito, may actual booklaunch chenes. head over to the lunduyan multiply site to know the details. basta kitakits tayo dito ha, feb8 ito. go go go mga byaning! happiness!


buy the book! attend the launch! buy the book! attend the launch!


hmm, the year of the rat is looking good for this bookworm, so far... ayuz. more to come sana. yebah.

buy the book!

plug before the plunge

in less than ten hours, the 6th barlaya writing for young adult workshop will be commencing, and that's where you'll find me (the next two days). but here i am, still up and running here. i kinda need some help sleeping lately so that's what i'm doing now.

but i'm actually looking forward to tomorrow. it's just a bummer that it takes place in makati, and going there during rush hour is not the greatest of manila experiences, believe me, even in this time of the mrt, lrt and fx colorums. hay. gudlak sa paggising ng break of dawn, no? hay...sometimes this insomnia gets in the way of life. oh well.

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some feedback. you're right kee, sanctum earned a lot because of both the ogling and the blitzkrieg ways hehehe. although if i only had the courage then that i do now, man i woulda asked her talaga to just...one night lang devah hehe. pero takot akong jombagin ni blitzkrieg heheehehehehe. although saw her two years ago at mukha na siyang tuyot, without the blitzkrieg in tow. hm i wonder...

hay talagang those were the days...

hey rench, what you doing there in davao na? kwento ka naman.

thanks for the comment ES. yes matagal na kong blogger. nag-u-upcat pa lang kayo, blogger na kami hehehe. good luck with your work. see you around if ever.

o tabel ang tumblebugs ay break lang sa writing ha. ayuz.

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some note to self thingy delivered by the stars today:

Taurus (Apr 20 - May 20)

Although you are usually sure of yourself once you make up your mind, today it may feel as if you continue to give yourself opposing commands. Unfortunately, it's difficult to reduce the current issues to black and white. Fortunately, there's no need to do this. Listen carefully to all voices without trying to silence any of them.

tama. ang galing ano. kainizzz. i'm listening! i'm listening! and yeah, i really need to remember the gray areas. but sometimes one really needs to be on either side, without being blurred in the middle by both.

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o sha, see you later folks.

on giving up, giving in and giving out

i think i'm reacting to an upsurge of conservatism and traditionalism these days. maybe that's why i'm haywiring. i don't really understand when, in this day and age of pomo thinking (or postmodern, as what my friend roselle said), dapat nga post-pomo and meta-whatever na dapat ang approach natin sa ating mga buhay at sining kaya lang di ko mawari kung bakit tila pabaligtad yata ang orbit ng earth around the sun.

but no. until the old geezers and their younger minions die, there is no hope for the uplifting and challenging of norms in this country. i honestly wonder where all the progressives have gone. i can't seem to detect them with any available radar on board.

it gets me thinking again. thinking of leaving. i really wonder why there is such a backlash/backslide in conservative mode of approaching art and artists when in fact, the very essence of art and artists is not nailed on conservatism. that is such a strange thing to realize. but what's worse is to see how the supposed messengers of post-pomo thinking are harking back to the old ways when even the dark ages seemed peachy. now that is one scary motherfucking realization all right. hay...

man. only a voyage dans le lune or a journey down the 2000 leagues under the sea would cure/solve/remedy all this. hay... but are we ready to plunge? we will channel georges melies and jules verne for this one. plus maybe with a little help from icarus might be nice.

dig in. take off.

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shut down and shut off. these are the two modes i have been ruminating on doing lately. i wonder why is that so?

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i am genuinely saddened by the fact that there are still no legal rights to claim your loved one's rightful earnings as yours, in the event of sickness or death. everything reverts back to the family, who may or may not have cared for the lovers in the fist place. and people around them are somewhat reinforcing that. i am just so saddened.

my default is to identify and sympathize with the one who was left. but again, even if they didn't mean to, people have their homophobias surface when in fact it is so easy for them to just join the fight and fight for their friends' rights. but they do not do that.

sad...

however, in the end, sometimes economics rule far better than romance, or even love. and economics do not have emotions, just denominations. pera o bayong?

pera syempre, sabi nila.

yun na.

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hermit crab mode

october 1997. i was in beautiful bantayan island about 2 hours away from cebu's city center, holed in a resort with literary luminaries and hopeful young and not so young writers. kinda beatnik poet ed geronia picked up a hermit crab and made a name plate for him, and put him on the table with all our things and nameplates. yes, hermit crab became part of the UP writers workshop.

i am flashbacking to this moment now because it was the first time i saw a hermit crab. and when i saw what it could do, i was amazed. whenever and wherever it wanted, it could retract inside its own little world and hide from its strong shell if it doesn't want anybody to bother it. and not even the roar of the seas could make its head appear and such. at that time, i admired the hermit crab.

and now, i want to be a hermit crab. for real.

where do i find a fairy godmother with a wand, now?

pish tosh.

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earlier, i kissed (more like beso besoed) a worker who pretends to be an artist who pretends to care for real. my friend, who was with me and who was also kissed, shared a few laughs with me when we assessed the whole scenario.some people never learn, and some people never learn to tell the difference.

indeed.

the bottomline is still the same: opportunists suck. reek. stench to near-death levels it makes kamineros wanna puke.

blah.

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there is still one bottomline here. we are faced with a hamlet mode. to be or not to be. but then, there is no outrageous fortune to partake of. no slings, not even arrows... but maybe ghosts that haunt the castle at certain times of sanity when aloneness seems to creep within the edifice of the building and of the body, when the creeping produces burning within the mind and numbing of the heart, but mostly, stilling of the heart that could either bleed or beat.

hala na-possess na ko ni shakespeare. magiging bakla na rin ako? chos.

petrarchan sonnet ka jan.

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2 down, 4 more to go, plus an older sibling and a friend, and the mother.

life will not stink anymore when this happens. i hope this happens soon. soon enough!

bayli at barlaya

YEHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!

saw this last month:


6th Barlaya Writing for Young Adults Workshop

Adarna House, in partnership with the Filipinas Heritage Library, is now
accepting entries for the 6th Barlaya Writing for Young Adults Workshop.
All submissions must target readers within the age range of 12-18 years old.

Entries may be sent to Adarna House, 2nd floor, FSS Building, 20 Scout Tuason
corner Scout Castor Sts., Quezon City no later than 5pm on July 2, 2007.
The workshop shall be help on September 6 and 7, 2007. Only ten fellows
shall be chosen on the basis of their literary work. ...


saw this email kanina:

Hello, Libay!

Congratulations for having been chosen as one of the participants of the 6th Barlaya Writing for Young Adults Workshop.

The activity will be held on September 6 & 7, Thursday and Friday, from 8 am to 5 pm, at the Filipinas Heritage Library, Makati Avenue, Ayala Triangle, Makati City.

In line with the preparations for the workshop, may we inquire if you have preferences regarding food? Do you happen to be a vegetarian?

Please do confirm your attendance. You may reply to this e-mail or you may call me at 3723548 local 122.

Thank you very much.

ERGOE TINIO
Jr Marketing Associate
Adarna House, Inc.

Masayang magbasa!

talagang masaya!!!

achieve!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! (in pong pagong tone)

walang magawa mode

was with faculty friends last night checking out housing situations in UP. and we came to the conclusion that indeed, UP has no housing plan for us. old faculty members who retire are kicked out of their UP homes. so many vacant spaces but the applications are not yet processed. gagawa nga ng dorm for junior faculty pero 3 in 1 ang room. those who availed of housing do not actually live in the houses and they rent it out because they have their own houses outside. sucks.

majorly depressing.

buti pa ateneo may pa-rent to own na pala daw. no wonder some colleagues are migrating there. hm.

hay, depressing thought...

makes me rethink of the whole system... hm.

ewan.

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so kung depressed, mag-blogthang!

Never Date a Gemini

Uncommitted, unfocused, and more selfish than they let on - a gemini is a full time project you don't want to take on. You may be attracted to a Gemini's wit and energy, but you'll be exhausted after an hour! Instead try dating: Taurus, Cancer, Scorpio, or Capricorn

What Sign Shouldn't You Date?

haha ayuz. funny ito. nakita ko sa blog ni jovan. so i should date mga ka-sign ko pala, bilang taurus? hmmm. lethal yun, lalo na't year of the ox din sila. multiplier effect ang mga toro hehe. pati torohan? nyahahahaha. chos.

cancer yata di pa ko nakaka-date...o di ko maalala. yeah, scorpio and capricorn na-try na pero no luck. mahirap for a beast of burden like my sign...trust me. pero dapat ang award dito ay pisces. dated a piscean before and it was the worst of all time. swear. masyado silang...matubig. sa hindi magandang paraan.

figure that one out.

hm bigla ko tuloy tinext yung dine-date ko lately at tinanong ang sign niya hahaha. natawa ko. sinagot naman niya. so i explained why when she asked why i wanted to know. and i like what she said "so we're okay."

hahaha yeah, we are. we truly are.

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naaaliw ako sa feedback sa NAPOLEON DYNAMITE review ko. daming nag-defend. yeah, kia i think it's more of a cultural thing. at that point in time, i wasn't really looking for a film like that. pero what made me stick was i wanted to see what kinds of characters they will become. yeah geeky mode na simple na patawa nga siya, pero i guess wala ako sa mode na yun when i watched it. okay naman.

as for KALELDO or summer heat, maganda siya. yung slowness there worked well. parang na-capture niya ang mood sa semi-rural pampanga during summer at nag-a-unfold ang mga pangyayari sa isang patriyarkal na pamilya. interesting, not to mention good cinematography. i think so far, this is the filmmaker's best film yet. although i have a beef about the staging of the lesbian sex scene, pero i forgive the gay guy. pero magaling si cherry pie dito, at saka revelation lang si criselda volks. i knew this gal way back sa premiere productions pa before in '96, artista namin siya, mga starlet on the side baga. pero okay siya dito sa film na to, pero ayoko ng naging character development niya.

try catching ROME AND JULIET there mare. and let's exchange notes hehehe.

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haha funny ito o, bagsak ako. mula sa blog ni ene.

52%The Movie Quiz

FilmCritic.com - Movie Reviews

sobrang trivia naman na kasi, as in OC trivia type.

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hm, since nasimulan na, mini-review na rin.

REKADOS

written and directed by paolo herras, this is a film about women's containment in philippine society as represented by their usually designated societal role of being cooks in the household kitchen. spans three generations of cooks, from lola boots anson roa to daughter eula valdez to apo meryll soriano.

three great actresses from three generations of philippine cinema and media. i'm impressed. i just love eula's kikay mode here. pero i always love eula anyway kahit ano'ng gawin niya. hello sa BAGETS pa lang inlab na ko sa kanya no as the palengkera gf ni uber-cleancut-siguro-gay-sha raymond lauchengco. sayang lang at na-trap siya sa mga roles na kapatid ng bida, tita ng bida o kaya kontrabida. love to hate her sa BUKAS LULUHOD ANG MGA TALA nung winawarla-warla niya si megastar. achieve! kaya labs ko mga nakaisip na gawins iyang amor powers sa PANGAKO SA YO soap which relaunched her career in a way. achieve! at pretty pa rin siya! tanga tanga tanga tanga ko lang dahil hindi ko pa rin napapanood siya sa stage musical adapatation ng ZSA ZSA ZATURNNAH.

meryll naman is good here. her character is good. hindi siya jaded (sa overall way that life is treating her), hindi siya cynical (dahil sa poor siya at hindi bombshell), hindi siya apologetic (sa mga decisions niya sa pang-araw-araw na pamumuhay), hindi siya damsel in distress at lalong hindi siya nahihiyang kamutin ang libog. i love the characterization. she carries it well. at maganda ang acting-sparring nila ni mario magallona dito ha. for the first time, i like this dude on cinema. chaks kasi ng iba niyang nilalabasan e. pero bet ko siya ever sa mga teatro stagings.

at syempre walang ibang maasabi kay miss BAR kundi galing. okay din yung character niya, simpleng lola na naghirap etc. maganda ang treatment niya, subtle at hindi siya hysterical whatsoever. okay din yung development ng character niya mula pa nung younger days na si ana capri ba yun ang nag-portray. ayuz din. although kadiri lang yung magluto ng dinuguan na hahaluan ng patak ng unang regla niya ha. kakaibah! only in da pilipins... peo okay ang uniqueness na yun. kaya siguro nagustuhan sa india. may sasalihan kasi si pao na fest doon.

ang beef ko lang dito ay yung overall story treatment. okay yung may magic realism touches siya minsan a la COMO AGUA PARA CHOCOLATE saka yung ie-enumerate yung ingredients ng dishes sa screen. pero i'm not sure if the voice overs work. i don't think it does. i think he has to rewrite it in such a way na it won't appear like the characters are overly-intellectualizing or "over-philosophizing" (kung may word mang ganto) yung state nila sa life at the moment. insights ito oo pero awkward yung pagkakalagay e. feeling ko if it remained as a quiet movie, baka mag-work pa better than have the characters narrate to us their inner thoughts chenes. look at what happened to BLADERUNNER when ridley scott scrapped the VO totally. nag-iba yung mood and mode! baka it'll work din with this film. awkward kasi minsan e. pilit baga. but well, knowing pash, ganyan siya minsan kasi.

pash is pao's pseudonym sa '98 o '99 ba yun na UP writers workshop. met him there the first time i worked as a "workshop slave" doing photo and video doc. he's but, what, 17 ba o 16 at that time? the kid's totally gifted. and i'm glad he's writing still, and continues his art now in this medium. happy for him.

more digifilms next week at the cinemalaya. kitakits.

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more of these thangs

Your Social Anxiety Level: 12%

You have low social anxiety. You don't have any social anxiety. In fact, you love being social. You're well adjusted and likely quite outgoing. Your social skills put others at ease.

Are You Socially Anxious?

hahaha sabi nga ng friend ko, minsa kelangan ko nga ng preno. socially. hahhaha.

again, the golden rule lang ang aandar diyan: kung diva ka, mas diva akoooo!

at eto pa

You Should Be a Painter

You have the vision, patience, and skill to bring your unique visions to canvas. And you're even tempered enough not to cut your ear off in the process!

What Sort of Artist Should You Be?

hahah ayuz. matagal ko nang tinago ang mga paintbrushes ko at watercolors kaya masaya na ako sa occasionaly doodlings ko with my pen and ink. lights and shadows are my new tools kaya i do photography na lang as a visual art release.

umiikot na chenelyn sa chuva na itich huwaynat

sa dami ng nadaanan ko, nakausap, nakapalitan ng kuro-kuro at nanais na makapalitan pa ng karagdagang kuro-kuro ngayong araw, di ko na alam kung ano ang uunahin kong banggitin sa inyo dito.

i guess that's the curse of people who think too much, comme moi. haynakuh. again, gusto ko regaluhan niyo ko sa pasko ng "turn off brain momentarily" device para naman makapagpahinga ako at ma-enjoy lang ang buhay as it flows. di ba? hay...

i am eating piattos as i type this, any lo and behold, my cat likes to eat piattos din. hm. sabagay, kahit anong kainin ko, type niya kainin...

whoa waitaminit. siguro naman hindi. panu kung ang gusto kong kainin ay....*tutut!* hehehe.

bastuuus.

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i hate it. the freaking heat is back. ilang araw na tayong presko sa wakas after that april heat tapos aaarrrgggh babalik lang pala ngayon. hay nakuh. climate change na nga ba ini!!! super. ang henet sa bahay na toh, it's even hot to have sex mwahahahahaha. yah ganon kainit. kainizzzz.

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speaking of sex, ang tagal ko na ring tagtuyot kaya siguro sumisipa na naman ang libog mode ko. hello tignan nga sa baba ang pukimonologue ko. kung di ba produkto yan ng libog, ewan ko nah.

hmm pero reremedyuhan natin yang tagtuyot na yan hehehehhe. soon! abangan.

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i opted to go back to the dating circle again,just to feel that i'm alive and still kicking, and i am amazed at what is available out there. it's just surprising to find openly out people like me out there, hanging out with openly out people like them, too. see, for the longest time, i've been tied to women who are closeted in one form or another, be it their family, workplace, or whatnot. but as a good friend once told me, kasi i am attracted to women that are hard to have. hence closeted nga. hmmmm, revelation!

pero ngayon, parang gusto ko na ng babaeng hindi takot ilantad ang kanyang sekswalidad sa labas ng lipunan. isang babae na hindi natatakot sa sasabihin ng iba, at walang ganong mawawala sa kanya sa pagpapakita ng sarili niya sa madla. not to get me wrong ha. this is not dissing closeted people. i respect them with utmost pride, kasi i know how hard it is to keep this facet of their life hidden. sana nga, kung puwede lang, i-open na lang ang lahat. pero iba nga kasi ang kalakaran ng society, kaya hindi puwede. ganun talaga ang buhay e...

may kaibigan akong ilan nang date ang ganun, di takot maglantad. naninibago nga siya, kasi halos lagpas sampung taon siyang tali sa tagong relasyon. ang hirap ano. samantalang ako, limang taong tali at tago dati. ayoko na yatang maging tali at tago...

hay.

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kung may natutunan man akong aral sa kaganapan ng buhay ng aking bespren n si carol, ito ay ang palasak nang aral na LIFE'S TOO SHORT! as in, life's too short to have regrets, life's too short to wonder on what you want to do, life's too short to just watch it pass you by without being in it. yun. ganun kaikli ang buhay. di mo alam what will happen next, kaya dapat live life to the fullest. sabi nga ng aking bading fictional idol na si brian kinney, no regrets, no apologies dapat. tangina fuck your brains out mwahahahah.

pero that's the gay guy speaking. iba pa rin ang babaeng nagmamahal ng kapwa babae e. lalo na sa bansang ito. hay nakuh...

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commercial. congrats sa friend kong si omeng at natanggap siya sa iligan workshop! yehey! kasama niya si det. ayus. maghasik kayo diyan ng chorva, mga byaning at bading! go ever!'

puta bat ba kasi nalimutan kong ihulog ang entry ko e. e di sana tatlo tayo diyang manghahada esteeeeee magwo-workshop teeheheheehe. e kasi i focused on my energies sa iyas e, laos naman. i guess saint la salle is not too keen on lesbian stories, hane? hm, e ang habol ko lang naman sa bacolod e makakain ulit sa pla-pla, sa manukan country, at mag-horde ng katakut-takot na quan's butterscotch brownies. i guess they were on to me! heheheehhe. chos.

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man i so wish i am in new york right now, where i could just walk a couple of blocks and be inside a bona fide lesbian bar, have a drink, flirt around, and maybe just exercise my goddess-given right to be a lesbian. waaah kia ampunin mo na koh! tanginah when my sister gets her citizenship, lalarga ko sa castro hehehhehehehehhehe. chos.

scriptwriting for dummies workshop, kinda like that

The University of the Philippines Film Institute (UPFI) invites you to join any or all of its 2007 Multimedia Workshop offerings – a series of short-term, specialized courses on the power of images and the various aspects of film and audiovisual production.

One of the workshops to be offered this summer is:

Basic Scriptwriting: Visualizing from Scratch

(5 days / 25 hours)

Facilitator: Libay Linsangan Cantor

Dates : April 11, 13, 16, 18, & 20 (WFMWF)

Time : 1 - 6pm

Fee: P6,000, inclusive of light snacks, handouts, printing / photocopying services for writing exercises, and certificate.

Basic Scriptwriting: Visualizing from Scratch is a workshop intended for the absolute beginner, who has no background whatsoever in film, writing, media or the arts, but who wants to discover the possibilities of scriptwriting. It introduces participants to the "real basics" of writing for film, from the "translation" of written abstract concepts into visual-moving images (and vice versa – translation of perceived cinematic images into the written word), to a hands-on discovery of the essential concepts and components of a script that works.

The workshop facilitator, Libay Linsangan Cantor, is a faculty member of the UP Film Institute, teaching courses like Scriptwriting, Directing, and Language and Grammar of Film. She is currently the head of UPFI's Academic Programs and Research. An experienced TV scriptwriter of children's educational shows, she has garnered local & international awards for her full-length screenplay, photography, and video productions, and has received Palanca Awards for her literary works. She also directs for TV.

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University of the Philippines Film Institute

Cine Adarna, Magsaysay and Osmeña Avenues, UP Diliman, QC

For workshop queries:

Email: < upfi_workshops@yahoo.com.ph >

Call: 9262722 (Telefax)

Visit: http://www.upd.edu.ph/~film_institute/home.htm