Cinemascian 2014: TALA

I fell in love with Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli the first time I read it back when I was a teeny bopper. The narration and the plot drew me in, held me close and never let me go. We had a film festival last year and the thought of making a movie adaptation out of it came to my mind but alas those thoughts were pushed back to make way for an equally riveting screenplay by Juan Ekis entitled 20 Questions. But since then, I vowed to myself that when the occasion rises for another film to be made, I shall try my hardest to bring Stargirl to life from her pages. 

Thus, what follows are vignettes of the entire production of our short film entry to this year's Cinemascian, TALA.

Pat Odrada as Tala

Cinnamon and Cinnabon

Click this link and like TALA's poster..if you want.....I mean no one's really forcing you....but it'd be nice if you did...cos it would really mean a lot.....so thank you....mwah..

I know some of you might be wondering or maybe have already come to the conclusion as to why I'm writing again after all this time. This may be a publicity stint to some or it may not be. But I just want to express everything in this post since my last post in the Roentgen Group was too scattered and too emotional hehehehe. 

Thank you, Roentgen. I meant it back then and I still mean it when I say that I feel like we've won already with the support you guys are giving TALA. The entire experience of making a movie with you guys was a whirlwind of emotions and stress. I honestly thought I wouldn't be able to finish it or I'd somehow lose my mind trying but I did try and we did finish it and I think the fact that we did is something to be proud of already. TALA is our baby hehehe just like our Speech Choir performance and not to mention our unforgettable Carol Fest number hahahahahehehehe. There may have been times when we questioned why we were put in this section but I believe that things happen for a reason. WE happened for a reason and I can't be thankful enough hehe. Mwah mwah guys!!!

Watergirls

Watergirls with the Mother of Charaughtsity. Happy happy happy birthday Madame Abby!!! :)

The place where it all started.......

I have started a few entries already with the same sentiment...but let me say it again hehe I have been such an absent blogger lately and I feel a bit bad huhu. I half-heartedly stopped blogging during the middle of summer since my teenager-ness kicked in full blast and it left me wanting to be a private person HAHA. But lately, I've been feeling the itch to blog again what with all the happenings all around and what better way to start blogging again (I think) than to make a post about Watergirls!!

Hihi hihi hihi

Oops nasobrahan sa brightness ahehe

Today marks our anniversary as...girls....who share.....common interests hehe. I just wanna go gay and express my love for these girls in this post. We survived the deadliest year of our high school life together, the year that I anticipated that would be the dullest and very academic became so fun and pubertial and so girly all thanks to you guys hihi. All our ranting and venting and squealing will forever be stored in a special place in my heart huhuhu.

Watergirls ft. Angeline 

Because a little birdy got me started on Sex and the City which is actually quite nice huhu, I hope we can be like them (in some ways). I hope us girls can go and be ourselves out there in the big city or something. I hope we can be very successful in our own fields. I hope we can meet up for lunch in a swanky place someday and we'd all be wearing pencil skirts and we'd exude so much power and sophistication hihihi.

I love you guys oh so mucho! May Alexi Wasser forever be our mentor in life. FMEN!

Brigada Eskwela 2013

We had this year's Brigada Eskwela last May 20-24 and since I've been so busy (which really is not an excuse), I haven't been able to blog about anything including the super tiring yet super fun and fulfilling 5 days of preparing our school for the next school year. I must admit, during my first 3 years in MaSci, I never really got down and dirty during the past Brigadas.

Anyhhway, here are some of my favorite photos from Brigada Eskwela 2013 in MaSci :D I just wanna say thank you thank you thank you to all of the people who were there physically and spiritually hehe. 

Come October MaSci will be celebrating its 50th year and I hope that the Brigada is just a sign of how awesome this school year will be hihi :D School starts tomorrow, lettuce do this!!! 

20 Questions

The CineFilipino was quite successful! We spent the half day we were required to be in school cooped up in the little theatre just watching the films made by the participants. Our entry, 20 Questions, won the following awards: 

-Best Movie Poster

-Best Screenplay

-Best Actress

Jigs and Yumi keepin it real

Lawrence as Jigs, Twinkle as our Golden director and me as Yumi hehe it rhymed 

Working on this movie was such a weird experience. We all thought that the submissions for the film was on the 14th but it turned out to be a week earlier and with only one scene shot (Prom scene) and dozen other scenes still left to shoot, we 1) praised the gods that March 5 was declared a half-day for us 2) went to my house the afternoon of March 5 and shot scenes til the evening 3) Jazz, Twinkle, Nona, Maqui and I had a slumber party and shot the abortion scenes annnnnnnnd 4) finished everything the next day, March 6!

It was such a tiring yet fulfilling escapade!! Lawrence was a very good sport and his chinky eyes were really made to be called bedroom eyes cos they always looked sleepy HEHE joke. If it weren't for Lawrence, I'm sure we would've dozed off already and some of the comedic scenes in the film would not be here today if it weren't for him and his offbeat humor hehe. And most importantly, this would've been a crappy film if it wasn't for Twinkle's skills and talent and overall taray-ness!! Our director/camerawoman/editor/acting coach is seriously a gold mine and I'm sure she'll make a name for herself in the future :D :D

We wouldn't have had the amazing opportunity to work on the film if it weren't for the Filipino department and their idea of a film festival. Our deepest gratitude to the people of III-Calvin, Diego, Ms. Fuentes, Mang Eli and his supply of Cobra and last but not the least, Mr. Juan Ekis for his wonderful wonderful wonderful one-act play, 20 Questions!

For those of you who were not able to catch it (I understand since it WAS the first film to be played huhu), here's 20 Questions ni Juan Ekis.

20 Questions ni Juan Ekis

For our last hurrah in Filipino we were asked to participate in the Filipino Film Festival in school. We were to choose a piece of literature be it a poem or a story or a novel in Tagalog or English and make a film adaptation of it. We chose 20 Questions by Juan Ekis, a Palanca award-winning screenplay that I fell in like with after Chloe made me read it some time last year.

The films will be shown in school next week and I hope ours gets the green light from the department regardless of the themes in it hehe. Since I suck at summarizing without giving away too much, I have the 2 teaser trailers that we have to entice you and excite you guys and encourage you to watch our film on the 14th of March! 

Please watch '20 Questions' and the other films that us students slaved over for hehehe.

Here's a video we made while making the movie hehe. Maqui and the girls slept over and it was so fun and so noisy and Maqui is so nice huhu. We stayed up late learning how to dance, looking up Filipino surnames, watching the gory parts of Saw, watching chick flicks and laughing huhu. I'm glad projects can make us bond and make memories huhuuhuhuhu.

Mascian Videos

Manila Science High School bagged the 2nd place in the Trailer Making Contest held last February 5, 2013!! I love you forever, A-Team! Read more about it here HEHEHEHE. 

We find ways.

CATS

Last Friday, we had our activity in Art wherein we had to perform our rendition of Cats the musical. We were only given 15 minutes for our presentation and boy was it hard trying to squeeze in the good scenes of a 2 hour long play in a quarter of an hour. Since we were bombarded with an outrageous amount of deadlines and requirements, the fact that we weren't allowed to practice on weekends and outside school made it quite a challenge.

My favorite part would have to be looking for the costumes. At first, it really made my head hurt just thinking of the expenses if we were to buy  leotards and fake fur and paint for the main cast but alas my thrifty side reared its head and whispered one word that answered all of our problems.....'ukay'. We spent time looking for perfect fur coats and vests that would really suit each and one of the 15 cats hihi.

The day of our performance came and before everything else, we had to face out final exams in Trigonometry, Technical Writing, Physics and Advanced Bio. It was a pain in the heiny but at least it's our last for this school year hehe.

Jazz and Selvin so cute huhu

After the tests, Matthew and I attended a meeting and since time flew by so quickly, we had to hurry and catch Calvin's last rehearsal in the venue. Once we got there, the last scene was playing out and after that, we went and changed into our costumes and prepped for the performance.

Old Deutoronomy Russ

Jemima and Grizabella hehehehehe keepin it reaaaaal

Rum Tum Tugger Gerald doing push ups so he could be macho for his role hahahaah

Victoria Nona 

Mr. Mistoffelees Callado

Our costumes not only had us feeling like Korean superstars and socialites but they also had us sweating like pigs in a slaughter house!!!!!!! We were sweating so much it felt like we were drowning..or taking a shower wooo.

Darwin's Grizabella, Chloe weee!

At exactly 1pm, we were ushered inside and we had time to enjoy the aircon woo.

Grumpy Mr. Grumpypants

Best director ever Twinkle twinkle little star weeeeee

First one up was Ptolemy. They boggled all of us with the number of actors and actresses they had since the Little theatre was not named that way for its huge space hehe but nonetheless it was pretty evident that they work well together and are very cooperative since it IS difficult to work with such a huge number hehe.

We were second and we had so much fun huhu. It was so funny too since while we were onstage and stuff, I couldn't help but pretend to be crying while (hopefully) discreetly wiping my perspiration. My favorite part would have to be Jazz's solo because she's never failed to make me feel kilig whenever she'd sing Memory and she was so worried the night before because her voice was getting wonky and she did so well just made it such a nice moment hihi.

Maqui and his tight costume hehhehe

And last to perform was Darwin. I really liked their background. It was so simple yet it served its purpose well. Their Rum Tum Tugger was very hilarious and very adorable, Munkastrap was mataray, Old Deuteronomy was funny hehe and their Macavity was so good it gave me the creeps. Chloe did a really swell job too and must I say she has GOT to be the sexiest Grizabella ever kainis HAHAHA. 

Jane and her bongga pose

We won first place!!! But really, we're all winners and I don't mean that in a cheesy way since none of us got disqualified and all hehe. All in all it was such a pleasant experience. It made me love performing even more hihi. I really do wish we get to have more events like this in the future since we really enjoyed it and everybody loves a good sing-along hihi.