Cinemalaya 2013

Establishing shots, exterior,day- it was Friday and it was a rainy day. We arrived at the Cultural Center of the Philippines(CCP) at 4 in the afternoon. I was very excited to attend the 9th Cinemalaya festival. We rode the orange jeep to the CCP complex and went down at Harbor Square. I loved that crossroad because it led to a wonderful experience and a beginning of a new addiction. We took lots of pictures outside the building to get a nice shot with the “CINEMALAYA” as our background. Just as we were about to pose for a shot, the fountain was turned on—it was pretty cool. I have never been inside the CCP before and I didn’t know what to expect of the interior but I imagined it to be bigger than it really was. My imagination was always a little exaggerated. As we entered the building, I scanned around the place: classy. We went up and checked out the work of arts all over the walls. We went in all the galleries and took lots of pictures for remembrance. It almost felt like we were there to have a photo shoot. Four floors and 50 pictures later, the program finally started. Our whole group went back to the second floor of the building to watch the presentation. There was this multimedia art being done: patterns of white and grey were drawn on a black background while brilliant music played. It went on and on for more than 5 minutes until an actor/ ballet dancer showed up. I really thought it was weird the minute I saw him hold his crotch before he started his line. There were three ballet dancers who went out to perform and do a skit, it was unique. Now the circle multimedia art completely made sense because of the little skit the ballet dancers presented. Then there we were, all confused where to go after they turned on the lights of the Cinemalaya letters because we were told that we are going to watch a movie called “Jazz In Love” then some girl shouted at us that we