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Wednesday, April 6, 2022

FEU filmmakers win in national, interschool filmfests


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Student filmmakers from Far Eastern University took home various awards from recent intercollegiate film competitions organized by University of San Agustin’s Augustinian Communicators’ Guild, University of the Philippines Cinema, and Adamson University’s Silip@Lente.

Francis Tavas’ “Waltz of Qualm” won the Juror’s Choice Award at USA-ACG’s 2022 FilAr Peace Film Festival while Sophie Casasola bagged Best Cinematography for the same film at the recently concluded Piling Obrang Vidyo XVIII. UP Cinema’s POV has been home to many student filmmakers since 2004.

In the film, a teenage girl (Joyce Macalia) finds a broken mirror as she wanders around the forest. Driven by curiosity, she touches it and discovers the one thing she has been trying to escape from all her life.

“The exploration of one’s identity is filled with challenge and mystery. Despite the uncertainties filled in such a phase, what I would like to emphasize is the beauty of not just the aftermath but also the in-betweens before arriving at the end of the road,” Tavas shared in his director’s statement.

“This particularly reflects what I have been through especially when it comes to my sexuality. Considering the prejudices and judgments that my 12-year-old self has faced, I was not able to treasure the moments before such discovery,” the FEU Communication student revealed.

“Thus, in order to make up for it, I have opened myself up to any circumstances and have now lived my life the way it is now – filled with kindness and liberated from the perception of others,” he added.

Meanwhile, three other FEU films, Kyle Cabarrubias “Hiraya,” Luke Del Castillo’s “Saksi ang Paslit,” and Roberto Capio, Jr.’s “Muling Pagsisimula sa Katapusan” also brought home awards from Silip@Lente-AdU’s Realifilm 2022.

“Hiraya” won for Cabarrubias and Sine Sibol the Realifilm Bronze Award, Best Original Song, and Best Actress, also for Macalia. “Saksi ang Paslit” earned the Realifilm Award for Excellence for Del Castillo and Talahib Films while “Muling Pagsisimula sa Katapusan” took the Realifilm Award of Virtue for Capio and Random Strangers Production.

“Hiraya” and Patrick Pangan's “We Were Never Really Strangers” also made it to the SineDisipulo X Film Festival organized by CINEMATA of University of San Carlos in Cebu.

Like Tavas, Casasola, Cabarrubias, Del Castillo, Capio, and Pangan are FEU Communication students under the Digital Cinema track and members of the FEU Film Society, the university’s film organization.

Both Tavas and Pangan also have other films officially selected to be part of the 14th Cinema Rehiyon film festival, a flagship project of the National Committee on Cinema under the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.

Aside from “Waltz of Qualm,” Tavas’ other films “Sila-Sila” and “Diva, Divine” were also shown in the hybrid film festival which was held online and in Davao City in celebration of the National Arts Month.

“Sila-Sila” is Tavas’ first experimental film project while “Diva, Divine?” is a documentary which focuses on the life of Angelica Mapanganib, an entertainer and gay beauty pageant contestant or “beauconera.”

Pangan’s other film “Shapeshifters” was also screened at the event, which wrapped up last March 31. “Shapeshifters” tackles extrajudicial killings through Philippine folklore.


Tuesday, April 5, 2022

PLDT wins 3 major awards from Comstor Philippines


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PLDT Inc., through its B2B arm PLDT Enterprise, has bagged three major awards from Comstor Philippines, further solidifying its position as the reliable partner of companies in adopting cutting-edge solutions to power their businesses.


During the Comstor Philippines’ Cisco Partner Appreciation Night 2021, PLDT has been recognized as Comstor’s Partner of the Year, Top Enterprise Network Partner, and Top Security Partner for its efforts and support to drive growth to the company. During the virtual awards ceremony, Enterprise Strategic Partnerships and Alliances representatives Fay Ocampo and Abigail Atizardo received the award on behalf of PLDT.


Jojo Gendrano, FVP & Head for PLDT and Smart Enterprise, noted that since PLDT and Comstor embarked on their partnership, they were able to achieve a lot of impressive milestones of upholding a business of trust in accelerating relevant Cisco enterprise solutions to the Philippines.
He said that it is the company’s aspiration at PLDT Enterprise to become a trusted technology partner who can deliver real business value and make a positive impact on their customers.


“This recognition shows our capabilities in delivering, along with our best network, the best solutions in the market in partnership with Comstor. Through this partnership, we have enabled a multitude of enterprise customers in the country to help them transform in light of a global pandemic,” said the PLDT executive as he accepted the Top Enterprise Network Partner award.


“On behalf of PLDT Enterprise, I would like to thank you, our partners from Comstor, as you recognize PLDT as the top Partner of the Year for 2021 along with top enterprise network partner, and top security partner,” Gendrano shared.


Comstor is the largest Cisco-exclusive distributor, which assists companies in integrating, building, and deploying Cisco solutions. It strives to deliver customers the most outstanding levels of value and service available in the channel today with Cisco.


Ato Garcia, Country Manager of Comstor Philippines, has congratulated PLDT for its recognitions, highlighting the group’s dedication to living up to its commitment to extending innovative end-to-end solutions to its customers.


“Comstor Philippines is delighted to award PLDT Inc. as our Partner of the Year, Top Enterprise Network Partner, and Top Security Partner for the fiscal year 2021. We admire their relentless resolve to contribute their expertise to enable their customers,” said Garcia. “With that, we are proud to give these awards as a symbol of our appreciation. We look forward to continuing this fruitful partnership with PLDT.”

A Quick Trip Into The World of Manga!





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Mangago has recently become the talk of the town. So why is that? What makes Mangago so remarkable?



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Manga is amongst the most remarkable phenomena in Japan and the entire planet. With a long and rich history that is strongly ingrained in rich Japanese art. These manga novels, which are the core of the Otaku culture, have also been a significant component in Japan's publishing businesses. It produces a stimulating effect, attracting billions of people of all age groups. It also inspired broad-spectrum pieces of graphic novel artistry in other countries.

Manga has become a fundamental and nearly inextricable part of Japan's culture. They managed to spread information and awareness across the globe, covering everything from historical to youthful romances to futuristic sci-fi and even true-to-life issues.

They typically transcend towards anime and even cosplay, staying consistently popular among their alleviating audience and enthusiasts, aiming to produce a distinctive style and captivating Manga stories.



What exactly is manga, and the history behind it?

Despite mainstream manga originating from an explosion of artistic talent during the United States' occupancy of Japan from 1945 to 1952, however, its roots are linked back to millennia ago. Many consider Choju-giga (Scrolls of Frolicking Animals) to be the first manga in Japan, which emerged from a collection of illustrations featuring frogs and rabbits in the 12th century. In reality, many manga-ka (manga creators and comic book artists) still use their approach of painting a cast's legs to imitate running.

While another book of illustrations, Toba Ehon, was published during the Edo Period (1603–1867), it was not until 1798 that the name "manga" was coined to denote the graphic novel Shiji no Yukikai (Four Seasons) by Santō Kyōden. It reappeared in 1814 with a cover name of Aikawa Mina's Manga hyakujo and the renowned Hokusai Manga volumes of illustrations by the renowned ukiyo-e artist Hokusai.



What is the reason behind Manga is so widely known?

Manga, which can be published in graphic novels, quarterly magazines, or children's books, has it all, as shown by the variety of genres. Year after year, people of any age spend too much money on manga books in order to experience complicated narratives with emotional complexity. The multi-volume series, which might range from three to twenty chapters, are built to maintain readers' interest and entice them to return for even more, where they have done effectively for ages. Manga's particular aesthetic, the blatant exhibition of feelings that are frequently excessively overdone, and the clear lines done in ink have appeared the reason behind why people in Japan and several other places are captivated by it.

Manga is distributed to kids early for both fun and learning experience, and as a result, they begin reading manga from specific genres as they get older and older. In some ways, manga assists in molding them as people and influences their personalities through brilliant and very well narratives about economics, government, culture, romances, and everyday life, stories that frequently contain religious or philosophical themes.



How to properly read Manga? And what are the components used for it?

Manga novels are typically read from right to left and top to bottom, similar to Japanese text. The story is encapsulated within a frame known as Koma. When reading a manga chapter, begin with the Koma in the upper right-hand corner and end with the Koma in the lower left-hand corner. Manpu, Fukidashi, and Gitaigo are some of the components needed to compose a manga novel.



Manpu

Manga characters are referred to as manpu. They are widely employed to indicate motion or feelings, with common symbols conveying sensations such as grief, rage, humiliation, or exhaustion. When these typical characters are seen by avid manga readers, the lengthy text becomes unnecessary.



Fukidashi

Fukidashi is the dialogue cloud, which considers giving manga characters their thought. The structure of the fukidashi represents the tone of the message being communicated. Fukidashi that are firm and spherical symbolize regular speech, but cloudlike fukidashi indicate joy, and jagged fukidashi show astonishment or anger.



Gitaigo

Gitaigo, Giongo, and Giseigo are three methods manga depict audio effects and emotions in a novel. In comparison to the English language, the Japanese language has more than four times the quantity of onomatopoeic words, giving manga storylines plenty of room for emotive audio. In fact, there have been so many gitaigo that it would make everyone (woozy)!




A reading encounter with multimodel facets

Manga is also known as multimodel. On the other hand, there are a lot of things going on. Reading manga necessitates the capacity to discern characters, analyze overlapped words and visuals, comprehend cultural allusions, and embrace regional nuances in the narrative.



Why should you go and visit Mangago?


Here are the pros of visiting Mangago.


It does not need you to subscribe.

Many websites encourage people to subscribe and provide names, ages, email addresses, including their bank account numbers. And yet these websites also claimed to provide readers with free manga.


It features very few commercial interruptions.

Since there's no website that could function without commercials, many websites are ready to limit the number of pop-up ads or redirections in terms of giving their users a much more pleasurable browsing experience away from interruptions from other things on the page.


It has a big archive of manga collections.

A pretty good site should be designed to offer the most iconic, new, and classic mangas there are. And all of the significant factors can be found in Mangago. Users can get something new to read every visit because it changes its content regularly and is also on popular demand.


It offers an easy-to-navigate interface.

The sleek homepage of a Mangago makes it easy to browse and browse. You would have no problems navigating the website people will spend the entire time reading mangas uninterrupted.


Here are the cons of visiting Mangago.

The possibility that the translated version will be inadequate or poorly written.

You don't have a hold of the pop-up ads that might come out anytime.



What do other people think of Mangago?

Mangago is gaining popularity as a result of the advantages it brings to consumers. It is regarded as a suitable site for reading manga online. Some people like it since it ensures that their devices will not be infected or targeted by malware.

And as they came across many websites because of their love for manga, they assure that only Mangago offers their service literally everything for free. Without the hassle of subscribing and pilling bills.

What are the negative effects of Manga on people?

As previously discussed in this issue, certain mangaowl contains profane words, sexual content, and gruesome graphic violence images. Some people seem to find this to be a drawback if they are terrified about killing or are opposed to naked images. Others would see it as a disadvantage because they're too young and naive to be accustomed to such things. And you will, therefore, certainly see manga as a problem. We can't deny that not every manga is suitable for kids. Manga could also deter you from reading all day, and it may cause eye damage. Especially, when you're reading manga in the dark. But most manga readers are too busy to take on such a challenge.

Is manga dangerous for your health?

For some adults, yes it is. For kids, it depends on what kind of manga they're exposed to. The normal mental condition of a kid is immaturity. While the journey to adulthood involves a maturing and development stage, Lack of maturity is the incapacity to apply one's learning without being directed by others. Manga, along with other things, such as the Japanese school system, is among the most significant impediments to reaching this level of mental maturity. Unless someone rushes up with an anti-Japanese rant, a huge portion of the country and its citizens will never achieve this mature mental condition.

In conclusion, everything you consume excessively is bad for your health. That's why control is such a crucial component of every choice you make in life. Since certain manga can educate you on things you are oblivious to, Moreover, the manga could also broaden your imagination and give you a fresh way of looking at things. Manga introduced a lot of readers to a creative and fun aspect of something they had not seen or experienced before. Others say they have gotten a lot better at drawing since they started reading manga. It's why I conclude that manga only does good things to everyone.


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