Arts

• Photography


  The science, art and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film
• Photos

  (Greek) Meaning light
• Graphos

  (Greek) Meaning writing
• In its early stages during the late 19th century, photography was viewed as a purely technical process, that of recording visible images by light action on light sensitive materials
• Photography was not immediately considered art in comparison to the highly-regarded arts of painting and sculpture
• The artistry of 20th century photographers elevated photography to an aesthetic form in its own right
• Photography as process


  Focusing a camera at a subject and clicking the shutter
• Photography as art


  Discerning a significant moment or a unique expression, framing it in the camera viewfinder with an eye for composition, and then clicking the shutter
• Technology contributes to the development of an art like photography by enabling new devices, gadgets, and techniques for modern artists and designers to adapt and enhance their creative expression
• Photography is a "modern" art form because it was enabled by the development of new technologies in the late 19th century
• Photographer


  • Has special talents and skills that make him or her an artist
• Noteworthy Filipino photographers

  • George Tappan
  • John K. Chua
  • Lino Brocka
  • Mike de Leon
  • Laurice Guillen
  • Marilou Diaz-Abaya
  • Brillante Mendoza
  • Maryo J. de los Reyes
  • Kenneth Cobonque
  • Rajo Laurel
  • Josie Natori
  • Lulu Tan-Gan
  • Monique Lluiller
  • Dita Sandico-Ong
• George Tappan is an award-winning travel photographer who has won two Pacific Asia Tourism Association (PATA) Gold awards, an ASEAN Tourism Association award, and first place in the 2011 National Geographic Photo Contest. His highly-acclaimed work has been published in five travel photography books.
• John K. Chua is an advertising and commercial photographer extraordinaire, best known for his technical excellence and mastery of notoriously challenging photo shoots.
• Another art form which has risen to tremendous heights within the last century is film or cinema. As its early name "motion pictures" declared, film brought the dimension of moving images, creating a new art form that was to become a powerful social and economic force, and a legacy of the 20th century world.
• Cinema, just as all modern arts, has been greatly influenced by technology. In the case of cinema, it is an art form that came in the late 1800s with "series photography" and the invention of celluloid strip film.
• Kinetoscope


  An early motion picture exhibition device designed for films to be viewed by one individual at a time through a peephole viewer window
• The Kinetoscope was not a movie projector but introduced the basic approach that would become the standard for all cinematic projection before the advent of video, by creating the illusion of movement by conveying a strip of perforated film bearing sequential images over a light source with a high-speed shutter.
• Filmmaking, because of its technical complexity, involves entire teams of artists, writers, and production experts, supported by technicians taking charge of the cameras, lighting equipment, sets, props, costumes, and the like all under the supervision of a film director.
• Film directing


  The director, like the painter and sculptor in traditional art, envisions the final effect of the film on its viewers, visually, mentally, and emotionally. While the painter and sculptor work with physical materials, the film director works with ideas, images, sounds, and other effects to create this unique piece of art.
• Elements of filmmaking

  • Acting
  • Cinematography
  • Editing
  • Production/Set design
• With World War I over and the establishment of Hollywood as the center of American filmmaking in 1915, the movie industry was on its way to becoming one of the biggest and most influential of the century.
• Early film genres

  • Silent films
  • Slapstick comedy films
  • Gangster movies
  • Horror films
  • Fantasy films
• Worlds that exist as well as worlds that were long gone, designing each production component down to the very last detail
• Film Genres


  The public response to motion pictures was immediate and enthusiastic. From makeshift nickelodeons (movie theaters charging a nickel for entrance) in 1904 to luxurious "dream palaces" for middle class moviegoers by 1914, public showings of movies were a big hit. With World War I over and the establishment of Hollywood as the center of American filmmaking in 1915, the movie industry was on its way to becoming one of the biggest and most influential of the century. With financial success came the rush to release more and more films, in an ever-wider variety –leading to the many film genres we know today
• Film Genres

  • Silent films starring Charlie Chaplin
  • Slapstick comedy films of Buster Keaton and later Laurel and Hardy
  • Gangster movie genre
  • Horror films
  • Fantasy films
• Philippine Filmmakers


  In the Philippines film scene, the American influence was evident in the pre-World War II and Liberation years with song-and-dance musicals, romantic dramas, and comedy films. Beginning with the turbulent 1970s, however, progressive Filipino directors emerged to make movies dealing with current social issues and examining the Filipino character
• Philippine Filmmakers

  • Lino Brocka
  • Laurice Guillen
  • Marilou Diaz Abaya
  • Maryo J. delos Reyes
  • Brillante Mendoza
• Lino Brocka


  Catalino Ortiz Brocka (April 3, 1939 – May 21, 1991) is a Filipino film director. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential and significant Filipino filmmakers in Philippine cinema history. In 1983, he founded the organization Concerned Artists of the Philippines (CAP), dedicated to helping artists address issues confronting the country. Brocka was openly gay and he often incorporated LGBT themes into his films. He has directed landmark films such as Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang (1974), Maynila Sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag (1975), Insiang (1976), Bayan Ko: Kapit sa Patalim (1984), and Orapronobis (1989). In 1997, he was posthumously given the National Artist of the Philippines for Film award for "having made significant contributions to the development of Philippine arts"
• Mike de Leon


  Miguel "Mike" Pamintuan de Leon is a Filipino film director, cinematographer, scriptwriter and film producer. He produced Lino Brocka's 'Maynila: Sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag', while also acting as the said film's cinematographer in 1975. For 'Maynila: Sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag', De Leon won best cinematography awarded by the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences
• Ishmael Bernal


  Critics have hailed him as "the genius of Philippine cinema." He is recognized as a director of films that serve as social commentaries and bold reflections on the existing realities of the struggle of the Filipino
• Laurice Guillen


  Laurice Guillen studied at St. Theresa's College, Cebu City, earned an AB English degree before finishing an MA in Communication at Ateneo de Manila University, followed by a television production course under Nestor Torre, in 1967. She then began work as an actress, starring in productions of Mrs. Warren's Profession, before crossing over to film and television work, playing a seductress in Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang, and Corazon Aquino in the drama A Dangerous Life. In 2009 she accepted a role in the indie film Karera, her first role in an independent production. Other credits include in the film Sister Stella L and Moral. However, it was on television that she became a household name when she joined the cast of "Flor de Luna" in 1978 as Jo Alicante, Flor de Luna's temperamental step mother. She went on to portray the role until the mid-80s when the show folded
• Laurice Guillen


  • Tanging Yaman, 2001
  • Salome, 1981
• Marilou Díaz-Abaya


  Marilou Díaz-Abaya (March 30, 1955 – October 8, 2012) was a multi-awarded film director from the Philippines. She was the founder and president of the Marilou Díaz-Abaya Film Institute and Arts Center, a film school based in Antipolo City, Philippines. She was the director of the 1998 film José Rizal, a biographical film on the Philippines' national hero
• Marilou Díaz-Abaya


  • José Rizal, 1998
  • Muro-ami, 1999
• Maryo J. de los Reyes


  Maryo J. de los Reyes is a film and television director from the Philippines. He began his career in the 1970s
• Maryo J. de los Reyes


  • Magnifico, 2003
• Brillante Mendoza


  Brillante Mendoza is a Filipino film director. He was born and raised in San Fernando, Pampanga. He took Advertising Arts of the then College of Architecture and Fine Arts at the University of Santo Tomas. He has directed sixteen films since 2005
• Brillante Mendoza


  • Kinatay (the Execution of P), 2009
• Activity 2: Film Group Project: "Moving Selfies"


  Your teacher will divide the class into groups of eight to 10 students each. Together with your group mates, arrange for access to at least one of any of the following devices with video capabilities: a mobile with video camera, a tablet with video camera, a digital video camera. As a group, choose a catchy tune or song of about two minutes in length. On your own time outside of class hours, create with your group a series of "video selfies" of yourselves with that tune as the background music. Using a video editing program (as discussed in Quarter II), work together to synchronize the video segments with the beat and lyrics of your chosen song. Save the finished video and turn it over to your Arts teacher for safekeeping until it will be presented as part of the culminating exhibit