“IndepenDeaf”

“IndepenDeaf” is my working title for a docu that is currently occupying my time, as New Year kicked off  – with the hope that I finish it soonest – latest next month. It is about Discovering Deaf Worlds’ program to empower Deaf leaders of the Philippine Federation of the Deaf to make them independent, and lead without the dictates of the hearing authorities because they are as capable as hearing individuals, maybe better.

Want to wrap up all my remaining works – “When the Angels Walk for Autism” is done, as well as “PULE: Utak ng Rebolusyon,” an educational documentary about one of our heroes, Apolinario Mabini. But I need to write a terminal report for submission to NCCA;

Will then hibernate probably for a while; perhaps force myself to go back into oil painting activities; climb up the mountain with my niece…report to doctors for medical check ups — these are not New Year resolutions though. Some are just dream thoughts, but then listed in my bucket list despite. If not realized,

Will pursue with “Bahay ng Kasarinlan,” an audio material from Aguinaldo Shrine. For long, I am haunted by that house somewhat. I want to document it for reason I do not what, except that I simply like the house. Ganun kababaw! Will rework on it to update the data, and make an audio-visual presentation instead of just being an audio stuff. All must learn from it, Deaf included. “Education for All!” I adhere to that for their inclusion. I have actually started encoding the content. But had to stop for the moment. First things first.

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“When the Angels Walk for Autism” Nearly Over

“When the Angels Walk for Autism” is the working title of the abridged edition of ASP’s Autism Walk 2015 coverage. Its original length is two-and-a-half hours, and presented in linear form. As of this time, I have cut it down to 15 minutes, my target length. But with the additional materials that I still need to add, I hope it will not reach 16 minutes. This should be over in a few days…

I have reshuffled the shots and sequences, and warped the time so to say. I got only what I find important and essential, for my purpose of course. For example, in the long, edited version, Dang Koe’s interview on the historical background of Autism Walk could only be heard one-and-a-half hours after watching the coverage. I positioned it immediately after the introductory shots for people to know the Walk’s evolution minutes after they sit down to watch it. And the end part in the actual program jumped up in the mid portion of my version to give importance and showcase the talents in singing performance of the Persons with Autism in montage form. Ahh! I am wondering until now why they had to be programmed at the end when half of the people in the filled arena were gone, including the energy of the remaining audience. Oh, well!!! Probably because Hans Sy was there, and the SM Care girls should wow their patron.

Recalling that day, I feel sad for not being able to take a single shot as my practice because I had to lend my camera to a member of the Coverage team. I felt so frustrated seeing a lot of scenes to take, but felt so helpless without a camera. [Photos here were shot in 2014].