Kuris animators with Sir Benjie Marasigan (second from the left), ACPI Secretary and a prominent animation instructor in Manila at UP Iloilo last February.
Some of these original Kuris characters take part in an epic animated project—LAPIS: Quest for the Lost Key
“The BEQUEST: Barter of Panay” poster designed by Marx Ydroy Silva
The BEQUEST final poster with the final line up of presenters and major sponsors, digital graphics --Bryan Jandonero, Brynh De Los Reyes and Marx Ydroy Silva
The Kuris peeps are working hard to prove more… and dream better for the future of Ilonggo animationWork
We got to work, work things out. Though the special project is tough and has been giving us inspiring self-esteem boost, still the call of destiny as Kuris Animators pulls us back to where we used to be.
Yes, we do believe that life is up made of choices. For us, we choose to become what we are now. Whatever regrets and stumble we face along the way, we let it go in the past. We have to move forward and don’t let hesitation pull us back.
I hate lectures. We hate overblown blabbings in this blog. So if we are moving forward, we are doing it without regret.
BEQUEST BEAT
Animahenasyon, Animation Council of the Philippine’s Animation Festival is set to happen on November. Sir Benjie Marasigan, an experienced animation instructor in one of the prestigious animation schools in Manila informed us. In his brief glimpse of The BEQUEST last February when he was invited as a speaker for content development on comics and animation at UP Iloilo, he expressed positive feedback and (I guess, this is true and solid) hailed it big time. He never thought that Ilonggos particularly the Kurisans could make such refine animation even with a tight budget, manpower and time (take note: less than 15-12 amateur animators, not more than 60 days or two months in-the-making animated short film).
We can’t forget his sharp words uttered right in the front of hot-tongue UP students/critics: “Baka kailangan n’yo ng trabaho sabihin nyo lang?” and “kailangan pa bang i-critic to? Eh, ang layo-layo ng improvements sa ipinakita ninyo kanina (referring to the Adventures of TASI, our first project)”. We brought down the house even in the last minute of the conference.
Now, we couldn’t ask more for The BEQUEST even if it didn’t literally made us filthy rich. The enrichment of kind words and inspiration we got from other people or fellow Ilonggos who saw the short film at SM City Cinema 7 last January 25 was enough to keep our dreams moving on. Not all things can be bought by money or job stability. We know we made a good start and a difference to other people who saw Dinagyang in the form of animation, an all-Ilonggo work. Okay, we can’t brag everything coz’ the music we used in the film are taken from foreign artists. But hey, it was a good start and yes, historical in some way (count on GMA Ratsada, The Daily Guardian, RMN AM station for the coverage).
So, we are determined to make The BEQUEST even more appealing and competitive by adding several animated scenes, re-edit the musical scoring into more original sounds created by an Ilonggo music artist (guess who?), and a lot more. I think everybody in the group is okay with the plan… The new and improved version of The BEQUEST would be our entry for Animahenasyon! Nope, we don’t expect to win. We only want to break our limitations and prove that Ilonggos rocks with animation.
LAPIS LOOP
Since our first attempt to create cultural statement with The BEQUEST, our other original story, “LAPIS: Epic of the Lost Key” is next in line. Don’t you know that our first attempt to try our hands with 3D animation was with Lapis? Well, it is really true and thanks to Bryan who convinced me to open up my mind about 3D. After three days of practicing 3D animation with simple software we download in the internet, the promising tandem of Bryan and Jay Lord with my crazy concept of the story spawned the “teaser trailer” of LAPIS (it is still shown at youtube.com). It was unveiled after five days of work last November at Museo Iloilo for the “Kinarton” animation exhibit. Everybody was wondering how does 2D animation trainees learned 3D? Well, we call it persistence and perseverance. Anyway, Lapis is a reflection of our appreciation for Ilonggo culture, history, landmarks and expression of our imaginations that would be given a twist. I mean, real big twist.
Time skip—Present: the title was changed to “LAPIS: Quest for the Lost Key”. We need to change it to fit the project proposal that we made. And we are eventually happy since there is a generous soul and an artist by heart who voluntarily transformed our Lapis storyline into movie screenplay. Though we exchange ideas through email (she’s in Manila and we’re here in Iloilo), she understood how important it is to bring the project to the next level. We believe in her talent to turn our “rough thoughts” and “crazy imaginations” into gold. She’s ten times better writer than me, I guess.
WAFFLE WRAP
Whenever friends and generous sponsors take our dreams up, we realize how lucky we are. They believe we have the guts and the talent while they have the resources to empower us with hope. Yes, we will be working for another project that would make a mark for Ilonggo animators. This time, we will be trying our luck with commercial appeal and boosting a product with our talent in animation. Though the TF isn’t going to be huge, the consolation and inspiration we would get is “trust” from them and a chance to prove ourselves again.
Today, Sir J approved our proposal and we would be signing contracts this week to make the project officially legal. I might text the Kurisans to inform them of the good news and we hope we could wrap up everything before we could start.
Friendship is our investment. It is our key to unlock the door of passion.
Blogging end…Kuris out!
Yes, we do believe that life is up made of choices. For us, we choose to become what we are now. Whatever regrets and stumble we face along the way, we let it go in the past. We have to move forward and don’t let hesitation pull us back.
I hate lectures. We hate overblown blabbings in this blog. So if we are moving forward, we are doing it without regret.
BEQUEST BEAT
Animahenasyon, Animation Council of the Philippine’s Animation Festival is set to happen on November. Sir Benjie Marasigan, an experienced animation instructor in one of the prestigious animation schools in Manila informed us. In his brief glimpse of The BEQUEST last February when he was invited as a speaker for content development on comics and animation at UP Iloilo, he expressed positive feedback and (I guess, this is true and solid) hailed it big time. He never thought that Ilonggos particularly the Kurisans could make such refine animation even with a tight budget, manpower and time (take note: less than 15-12 amateur animators, not more than 60 days or two months in-the-making animated short film).
We can’t forget his sharp words uttered right in the front of hot-tongue UP students/critics: “Baka kailangan n’yo ng trabaho sabihin nyo lang?” and “kailangan pa bang i-critic to? Eh, ang layo-layo ng improvements sa ipinakita ninyo kanina (referring to the Adventures of TASI, our first project)”. We brought down the house even in the last minute of the conference.
Now, we couldn’t ask more for The BEQUEST even if it didn’t literally made us filthy rich. The enrichment of kind words and inspiration we got from other people or fellow Ilonggos who saw the short film at SM City Cinema 7 last January 25 was enough to keep our dreams moving on. Not all things can be bought by money or job stability. We know we made a good start and a difference to other people who saw Dinagyang in the form of animation, an all-Ilonggo work. Okay, we can’t brag everything coz’ the music we used in the film are taken from foreign artists. But hey, it was a good start and yes, historical in some way (count on GMA Ratsada, The Daily Guardian, RMN AM station for the coverage).
So, we are determined to make The BEQUEST even more appealing and competitive by adding several animated scenes, re-edit the musical scoring into more original sounds created by an Ilonggo music artist (guess who?), and a lot more. I think everybody in the group is okay with the plan… The new and improved version of The BEQUEST would be our entry for Animahenasyon! Nope, we don’t expect to win. We only want to break our limitations and prove that Ilonggos rocks with animation.
LAPIS LOOP
Since our first attempt to create cultural statement with The BEQUEST, our other original story, “LAPIS: Epic of the Lost Key” is next in line. Don’t you know that our first attempt to try our hands with 3D animation was with Lapis? Well, it is really true and thanks to Bryan who convinced me to open up my mind about 3D. After three days of practicing 3D animation with simple software we download in the internet, the promising tandem of Bryan and Jay Lord with my crazy concept of the story spawned the “teaser trailer” of LAPIS (it is still shown at youtube.com). It was unveiled after five days of work last November at Museo Iloilo for the “Kinarton” animation exhibit. Everybody was wondering how does 2D animation trainees learned 3D? Well, we call it persistence and perseverance. Anyway, Lapis is a reflection of our appreciation for Ilonggo culture, history, landmarks and expression of our imaginations that would be given a twist. I mean, real big twist.
Time skip—Present: the title was changed to “LAPIS: Quest for the Lost Key”. We need to change it to fit the project proposal that we made. And we are eventually happy since there is a generous soul and an artist by heart who voluntarily transformed our Lapis storyline into movie screenplay. Though we exchange ideas through email (she’s in Manila and we’re here in Iloilo), she understood how important it is to bring the project to the next level. We believe in her talent to turn our “rough thoughts” and “crazy imaginations” into gold. She’s ten times better writer than me, I guess.
WAFFLE WRAP
Whenever friends and generous sponsors take our dreams up, we realize how lucky we are. They believe we have the guts and the talent while they have the resources to empower us with hope. Yes, we will be working for another project that would make a mark for Ilonggo animators. This time, we will be trying our luck with commercial appeal and boosting a product with our talent in animation. Though the TF isn’t going to be huge, the consolation and inspiration we would get is “trust” from them and a chance to prove ourselves again.
Today, Sir J approved our proposal and we would be signing contracts this week to make the project officially legal. I might text the Kurisans to inform them of the good news and we hope we could wrap up everything before we could start.
Friendship is our investment. It is our key to unlock the door of passion.
Blogging end…Kuris out!
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