A girl ponders on her platonic appreciation and fondness for a friend.

Produced & Directed by: Meggie Manago

Videography & Editing by: Meggie Manago

Executive Producer: Raz de la Torre

Type of Production: Video Production – Poetry

TRT: 3m 17s

Videography (BC 144)

2nd Semester, AY 2014-2015

University of the Philippines-Diliman

Department of Broadcast Communication, College of Mass Communication

A young man realizes his deepest fear may be his greatest strength. Featuring Jesse “Reflex” Gotangco.

Produced & Directed by: Gabby Dario
Videography & Editing by: Gabby Dario
Executive Producer: Raz de la Torre
Type of Production: Video Production – Poetry
TRT: 3m 52s

Videography (BC 144)
2nd Semester, AY 2014-2015
University of the Philippines-Diliman
Department of Broadcast Communication,
College of Mass Communication

(Synopsis) A day in the life of a person coping with grief and loss

Producer: Sandra S. Samaniego

Director, Writer: Sandra S. Samaniego

Cinematographer, Editor: Sandra S. Samaniego

Executive Producer: Raz de la Torre

Type of Production: Video Production- Poetry

TRT: 3m 40s

Videography (BC 144)

2nd Semester, AY 2014-2015

University of the Philippines – Diliman

Department of Broadcast Communication, College of Mass Communication

My Maalala Mo Kaya experience was with Class Card, which aired on March 21. It’s such a common thing, I think, to just be amazed at how television shows are being shot. There are literally a hundred things one learns from just getting a feel of “real world television.”

When we got to the venue, I immediately felt the need to check the set up out. The usual stuff were there: Craft service, “Artista tents”, Production vans with the network’s logo written across them, enormous lights, scaffolds, generator, and about 3 kilometers of cable (or maybe more).  This was as legit as you could get.

I met the EP, AD and PAs over breakfast and the LD during set up. Everybody was clearly in kayod mode. We met up at around 7am and after breakfast, we were moving from sequence to sequence without incident.

Going in, I had these preconceived notions that PAs served as utusans who fetched actors’ water bottles and ran around with masking tapes for bracelets. It wasn’t the case on the MMK set. If anything, PAs commanded as much respect as the artistas, with taga-payongs and taga-dala ng monoblocs to boot.

Granted PA work isn’t at all a breeze and one aspect of the job, having to herd a somewhat large group of talents from location to location did prove to be a challenge so being able to command attention is important. I learned this from the veteran PAs working for MMK. Crowd control is another thing to think about, especially when shooting in public spaces.

La Concordia College in Paco, Manila

One location for Class Card was the La Concordia campus in Paco, Manila. Because the actors were what you could call tween stars, their target audience consisted of elementary to high school students. Because of this, fans would swarm the actors between takes and even try to sneak a peek inside the production vans. An easy crowd to deal with for sure, but something that any production has to keep in mind.

Lights being set up for one of the sequences

In any production, it is important to be able to draw emotion from the actors. This is crucial especially on a program like MMK, which is very heavy on drama. I think the most important thing I learned from the set was how important it was to understand the actors’ processes. From what I’ve observed on MMK and other productions, it seems that every actor draws from different places.

I can never really grasp how much talent or hardwork goes into being able to really get into who a character is. What I can understand, though, is the need for others to just step back and let an artist go through what he/she needs to go through in order to portray a character well.

For some, it comes easily. I’ve heard stories of actors being able to cry on command and being able to command which eye sheds a tear. For some, it comes with feeding off the energy of others and for others, it takes much more than that.

Through these observations, I’ve come to appreciate the process of creating even more. Whether it is performing, directing or simply assisting in whatever is needed, the process of coming together to create seems to me like such a great accomplishment. No matter how long the hours, no matter how exhausted, this experience has helped me see how incredible it is when people work hard towards a common goal.