The first part of the lecture or seminar, Direk Joel Lamangan, the director of Mano Po, Lihis and The Flor Contemplacion Story, discussed the way of making the story that you'll be using in your film. He said that a good movie contains a slice of life of a person. He cited an example, a story about the life of a man who is 35 years old with her life until his death at the age of 36. He told us that, you don't really have to put so many events in the movie if it's not really needed. He also shared to us that he's not really a film major graduate, but he's a drama graduate at University of the Philippines Diliman.
The second part of the lecture was an open forum. He told us to just ask/share to him anything that we want to ask because he believes that he can also learn from the students as well. It was a fun talk with his as he answers questions about mainstream and independent movies. He said that independent movies and mainstream movies must not be competing with each other because there are really no point of comparison between them. He also encouraged us to watch Filipino films because he's afraid that the film industry may die before we know it. Lamangan also said that government doesn't really gives importance to Philippine movies, in fact there is only minimal support to the Filipino film makers. The government doesn't considered the film industry as an industry.
Direk Joel taught us that the cinematic language of Filipino films (melodrama, a rich girl meets a poor boy) came from moro-moro, zarzuela and other Filipino theatrical shows before. He also told us that as a film maker, your films must reflect your society and you have to show what is unseen in your movies. You also must be analytical and do movies for the masses.
It was a very educational and fun learning experience for me and it made me love Filipino movies more.
"Before you become an artist, you are first a citizen and you have responsibility." - Lino Brocka
- KC :D
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