From the “Insanity in the City” Files
Wednesday, April 14, 2004
Recorded by Trainee #06, JC at around 11:29 PM
RE: DAY 1
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Although we have been expecting an immediate grind on our first day, we were disappointed to learn that the head was absent and therefore, orders for the trainees would not be available until Monday. But we were able to stay for two hours inside the office and were briefed by one of the staffs. Since I am now confident of my internship/training over at this company, I am now disclosing to readers the name of the company I shall work for, however I shall not include names of people inside the workforce apart from the main man, and also details about activities and clients will and shall be held due to the existence of company privacy.

If I recall it well, it all started with one man. Khavn De La Cruz has been a huge believer of guerilla/independent movements, and being a huge film fanatic, he has been moved to take guerilla film one step further–he created films independently and for his creative talents he won a lot of awards, both here and abroad. But as much as films are backed up with producers, independent filmmakers are backed up with only passion; rarely anyone commits to producing underground films that Khavn and his contemporaries create. However, they would stop at nothing–and with that came the alternative to the celluloid: digital film making.

Khavn believes that if you really wish to do something, you will be able to find a way to make it push through: and for them, the realization of their dreams was digital film making. Anyone can see the difference: both can produce high quality films, yet digital becomes flexible for those with the tight budget. So for them, passion pushed through. If there’s a will, there’s definitely a way–and fuck all those celluloids at that.

And with this, the rise of Filmless Films started among other independent movements along Khavn’s realm as well (independent writings, avant-pop indie music and others). They were here to “promote and advance the digital filmmaking in the Philippines,” as well as “to establish digital cinema as the future of the Philippine film.” (.mov objectives) With the rise of Filmless Films, they were suddenly able to scream out loud that, hell, they are out here to release their creativities, and they have digital film making to back them up. Soon, they created their own films, released it for competitions here and abroad, and started garnering awards left and right. They also had tie-ins with other creative organizations as well.

But of course, it doesn’t stop there. With the pressing demands of the working world behind them they decided to explore further by doing Audio Visual Presentations for companies aside from films. They do the promotion of one’s work, and sometimes organize events around the metro–one of which is the upcoming .mov event. As most of us know, .mov is the extension name of Quick time movies/files, and with this is the point that, well, these movies are digital. .mov is “the first Philippine digital film festival dedicated to the exhibition and promotion of digital filmmaking.” (.mov handout) With digital full lengths, shorts, panels and presentations and exhibits included with .mov’s program, they aimed at promoting creativity at its best, with a lower cost value at that.

But since .mov’s slated for probably later May, chances of our working for the festival may be slim, with only us being involved in the pre-production stage. So, to be able to maximize our training time, they are going to put us into the hands of one of their heads, and soon we’ll start helping with the other projects of Filmless Films.

If you’re interested to know more (or you wish to explore the possibility of being enthralled with their website too), do visit www.indieman.com. You can take it from there.

(Blog transfer from the now down http://ojtfiles.blogspot.com:
The Dummkopf goes to the city…to, uh, work? Oh God.)