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QUEZON: From Page to Screen (6/6)
FINAL THOUGHTS The Viral Event No need to reheat the issue and offer a blow-by-blow account. I don't mind discussing it in person, but on the internet, things become weaponized. Once they do, we engage in the kind of discourse that devolves into commodified noise. In the end, we change nothing while giving social media companies everything. Let's not play that game for once. Suffice it to say, thirty minutes before the event, sensing what was about to take place, we made
Jerrold Tarog
Jun 25 min read


QUEZON: From Page to Screen (5/6)
QUEZON v AGUINALDO You Can't Lose With Quezon! The Bataan Miting de Avance. A fictional meeting of the three camps, but with speeches and events derived from the books. The entire scene, from start to finish, took two days to shoot, with around 50 shots to cover all necessary angles, reactions, and spatial relationships. To be honest, I could've used a few more shots to really sell the drama but we couldn't afford to add more. Also, we could've used maybe a hundred more ex
Jerrold Tarog
Jun 211 min read


QUEZON: From Page to Screen (4/6)
QUEZON v AGUINALDO You Can't Lose With Quezon! Despite his mestizo lineage, Quezon didn't come from a rich family. That is why the support his lavandera gave him during the gubernatorial campaign—she provided meals for his supporters using her own life savings—meant so much to him. It's a great underdog tale, but of course, by this point in his life, Quezon already had the necessary support of the Americans. His opponents proved no match for Quezon's tactical alliance
Jerrold Tarog
Jun 210 min read


QUEZON: From Page to Screen (3/6)
QUEZON v WOOD A Country Run Like Hell One of the fun things in recreating old silent films was introducing the right amount of flaws in the filming technique. I don't mean adding jitter, scratches and dirt in post-production but actually adding bumps in the dolly and uneven tripod swings in panning and tilting. You'll find plenty of awkward moves throughout Nadia's silent films. The gear back then wasn't as smooth and the frame rate makes the flaws more noticeable. This do
Jerrold Tarog
May 2210 min read
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