Quiz

• Popular Culture

  The aspects of a society or of a person's life that are not regarded as serious or professional, but are more for entertainment and enjoyment
• Philippine Popular Music

  Songs popularized since the 1960s, especially those in the ballad form, by major commercial artists like Pilita Corrales and Nora Aunor, and in the 1970s by Basil Valdez, Freddie Aguilar and Rey Valera
• Beginnings (1960s–1970s)

  • Filipino pop songs mainly referred to songs popularized since the 1960s, especially those in the ballad form, by major commercial artists like Pilita Corrales and Nora Aunor, and in the 1970s by Basil Valdez, Freddie Aguilar and Rey Valera
  • Singer-songwriters Ryan Cayabyab and José Mari Chan rose to fame in the 1970s by composing original English love songs alongside modern Tagalog songs
  • Pioneer pop groups in the same decade include Manila sound groups APO Hiking Society and Hotdog

  
• Golden age of Filipino music

  • In the 1980s, disco group VST & Co. and pop icon Gary V. gave rise to dance-pop in the mainstream
  • Prominence of rock-acoustic bands, belters, and balladeers (mid-1990s to present)
  • The early to mid-1990s saw the emergence of the pop-rock group, Eraserheads, considered as a turning-point in the OPM music scene. In the wake of their success was the emergence of a string of influential bands such as Yano, Siakol, Parokya ni Edgar, Grin Department, Rivermaya, Moonstar 88 and Hungry Young Poets, each of which mixes the influence of a variety of pop and rock subgenres into their style
• Re-emergence of R&B and novelty songs (2000s to present)


  • From the early 2000s onwards, Kyla, Nina and Jay R began to be pioneers of the contemporary R&B music with Gloc-9 and Abra of hip-hop genre
  • Local song and dance groups SexBomb Girls and Viva Hot Babes began to popularize novelty songs among the masses
• Metro Manila Popular Music Festival (or Metro Pop)

  A song writing competition for amateurs and professionals that became the buffer for the creation of new pop songs and the introduction of emerging artists and performers
• Organisasyon ng mga Pilipinong Mang-aawit (OPM)

  An organization created to address the needs of Filipino popular artists, and also stood for Original Pilipino Music, a handle for music composed and/or performed by Filipinos, even with its eventual use of English lyrics
• Philippine Association of the Record Industry (PARI)

  The organization that oversees the music industry in the Philippines and works with lawmakers on copyright laws protecting intellectual property owners
• Influence of Mass media to Philippine Pop Music

  • Political influence
  • Societal influence
  • Attitude influence
• The music industry in the Phillipines is overseen by the Phillipine Association of the Record Industry (PARI)
• Evolution of Philippine Cinema

  1. The 1970s marked the debuts of three important directors

  2. 1980s films explored guilt and violence, labor issues and incest

  3. Radical filmmakers during Marcos' reign criticized the Bagong Lipunan (New Society Movement) and First Lady Imelda Marcos' plan

  4. Modern Philippine Cinema marked decline in the Philippine film industry

  5. The rise of the digital medium enabled independent filmmakers to enter the field

  6. Early 2000s were notable for the release of several inspirational films
• Popular foreign films concentrated on sex and violence
• Action films formed the most successful movie genre in the '70s, led by directors Fernando Poe, Jr., Ramon Revilla (b. 1927) and Joseph Estrada (b. 1937)
• Local movies during this time tended to display poor artistic values, along with plenty of guns and cleavage
• From the late 1980s and into the 1990s, Filipino films were mass-produced and had unimaginative, predictable story lines. The acting tended to be uninspired over overplayed. Output centered on teen fare, massacres and soft pornography
• DIGITAL FILMMAKING

  • Lower production costs
  • Heneral Luna extended to nine weeks due to social media activity
• VIEWING SCHEDULE

  • Booking schedules
  • Sliding programming (where two movies share one theater in a day)
  • Fair and balanced programming between local and foreign
• CHALLENGE TO PHILIPPINE CINEMA

  • Film Producers to make insightful, progressive, relevant and fresh stories
  • Film workers to devote their knowledge and expertise to not just making a living but to mainly making something memorable
  • Actors to take acting jobs for their souls, not just their bank accounts
• MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA

  • Plays an active role in seeing this industry grow for the better
  • Not just mere observers but become movers in shaping a healthier, mature, and progressive film industry
• INDEPENDENT FILM MOVEMENT

  • To look beyond itself and start thinking about the local audience
• DIRECTORS

  • To make films is a privilege and not a right
  • With that privilege comes the challenge to make it the best that it can ever be because it may be your last chance
• Philippine pop culture


  The culture and popular trends in the Philippines
• This study material is about the impact of media on Philippine pop culture and the visual arts
• Visual arts


  Forms of art that focus on the creation of works which are primarily visual in nature, such as painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, and other visual media
• Painting


  • Characteristics of Philippine culture
• Painting


  • The Manunggul Jar
  • Visayan pintados
• Architecture


  • San Agustin Church, Paoay, Ilocos
  • Bahay Kubo
• Future direction of visual arts

  The predicted future trends and developments in the visual arts
• The study material includes a reference to an article by Thomas Frey on the future of the visual arts