EDITORS’ WORKSHOP GETS NCCA FUNDING

Another Film Academy of the Philippines guild-- the editors’ guild-- will be holding its two-day workshop in Pagsanjan, Laguna on December 16 and 17 after receiving support funds from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. The workshop was approved by the cinema committee of the NCCA.

This brings to three the number of workshop-seminars to be undertaken in December despite the current budgetary constraints being faced by the Academy.

Two other workshops—for musical directors and actors—are scheduled during the first two weeks of December.

The musical directors’ workshop on digital production of music will be held on December 2-3 and 9-10 at the FAP board room at the OctoArts building on Panay avenue Q.C. (directly behind the National Book Store branch). The project is also sponsored by the NCCA, this time by its Cinema Values Reorientation Program (CVRP).

The FAP’s Actors Workshop Foundation, meanwhile, as slated for December 1 & 2 a course on acting for film and television, aptly titled Craft: The Eric Morris System of Work for Actors at the MOWELFUND office at 66 Rosario Drive, Cubao, Q.C.

The out-of-town editors’ workshop has lined up at least five directors, four editors and
a cinematographer during it’s two-day workshop in Pagsanjan.

According to Jess Navarro, president of the United Films Editors’ Guild of the Philippines (UFEG), the resource persons will include Directors Jose Carreon, Mel Chionglo, Jeffrey Jeturian, Augusto Salvador and Edgardo ‘Boy’ Vinarao. The editors will include Alex Castañeda, Dave Hukom, Marya Ignacio and Marcelino Navarro while the lone cinematographer is Richard Padernal.

Navarro said the workshop coordinators include his UFEG co-officers and members, namely, Cielito Santillan, Danilo Gloria, Cornelio Crisostomo, Xever Ramos, Rodolfo Cabrales, Arcadio Vinarao, Reggie Gulle and Renato de Leon.

The musical directors’ workshop, according to Prof. Josefino Cenizal, president of the United Film Music Directors’ Association of the Philippines (UFIMDAP), intends to advance the knowledge and technical capability of Filipino film musicians, particularly in the area of computer technology.

The workshop specifically aims to provide the participants the skills to handle digital production of music through computer and keyboard interactions that are designed for musical scoring, arrangement, orchestration and composition.

The workshop will have Mr. Eric Narvaez as the main resource person. He will provide the introduction and explanations on the importance of MIDI (Musical Instrument on Digital Interface) and its ability to produce and combine the required sounds of different instruments into a beautiful symphony of musical elements.

The actors workshop, meanwhile, will be held from 1 to 7 p.m. on December 1 and 2 with a workshop fee of P1,500 per person.

The course is intended to teach actors a system of work which can help them in dealing with any script. According to workshop organizers, the process will discover the actor’s personal emotional and physical resources, and use these resources in making his character real and truthful. The process stresses the HOW—kung paano maging totoo, hindi umaarte.

For details, please contact the Actors Workshop Foundation, FAP office, OctoArts building, 108 Panay avenue, Q.C. or thru tel. no. 412-2576. The AWF e-mail address is actorsworkshop@pacific.net.ph.