Facebook repost: Shared by Ed Finlan, August 11, 2013

Insightful reading.

"TRENDING IN "FILIPINO CINEMA".

Is television - the teleserye, the telemovie - the new cinema? I am making a few assumptions here:

1) That cinema includes all forms of mass media, hence it needs to include television; and

2) That popular cinema may be that medium which attracts the most number of viewers/followers, hence will have the power to engage its audience in most concerns that will relate to art/craft, as well as engage in issues of national import.

I must admit, that I am putting myself in slippery slope; most importantly, that I am not myself, a consumer of Philippine television, even though they are available online. Given that its ascendancy in mass consumption, say almost 20 yrs ago, the teleserye/telemovie (episodic, serial-novel aesthetic) came at a time of the decline of the movie industry, although the period also saw the surge of independent film which still has to attract a mass audience, I must say - therefore, the need for cinema critics to put this in a certain perspective and enjoin its artists/craftsmen and tv audiences in a healthy discourse for its flourishing as to eventually, give it merit, as dynamic and viable art form.

I was myself a young follower of GULONG NG PALAD/Wheel of fate (Loida Virina, creator, 1977-1985; 2006-2009 w Eric Salud, dir, ABS-CBN); and of late, three teleseryes have come to my mind as quite important: SA NGALAN NG INA/In the name of the mother (TV5, Mario O'Hara, Jon Red, dir, 2011) which marked the return of Superstar Nora Aunor to the Philippines and was O'Hara's last major work; BE CAREFUL WITH MY HEART (ABS-CBN, Mel Mendoza-del Rosario, creator; Jeffrey Jeturian, Mervyn Brondial, dir, 2012) will be the first teleserye to be made into a movie; and MY HUSBAND'S LOVER (GMA7, Suzette Doctolero, creator; Dominic Zapata, dir, 2013), the first gay-themed teleserye in Philippine tv.

Already, a lot of teleseryes have been exported to Southeast Asia (Myanmar, Indonesia, Singapore), China, Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong, enough reason why teleserye/telemovie needs critical support. Sige na/do it already! - Mauro Feria Tumbocon, Jr., FACINE Director (Thanks Mauro Feria Tumbocon Jr)

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  Mauro Feria Tumbocon Jr

  Thanks, Ed for your kind words.

  

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• Josue Santiago Falla

  Am taking it from d expert, so be it.

  

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• Jocelyn Fabian Genato Arevalo

  Who are the cast of gulong ng palad?

  

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• Olivia Sundshine C Cruz

  the 4 top teseryes

  

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• Stellaris G. Salas

  no.1 rating, my husbands lover

  

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• Yolanda Kwan

  teleseryes that contribute to the awakening of a society towards higher levels of maturity all appeal to me; hindi iyong mga teleserye na lalo pang ine-encourage ang mas magpakababa sa ating mga kapwa Filipino.

  

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• Ody Del Rosario Lavarez

  ABS-CBN....you are NO. 1.....EVER!

  

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• Jocelyn Fabian Genato Arevalo

  Gulong ng Palad Di ba original Sa ch 9

  

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• Bhoogie R. Guerrero

  NAKU..HINDI NAMAN EVER! (",)

  

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• Pira Nelly

  sa kanya sigoro but why not? he he he

  

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• Ed Finlan

  But seriously, I think there is a need to do a real study on the evolution of Teleseryes in the Philippines. I don't know of any definitive study on it. C'mon guys let's start putting our heads together on this.

  

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• Prescila Tolentino

  

  

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• Bernadette Twigger

  so RP now has TV soap operas? are they shown in the afternoon daily also? the TV series i used to watch was mostly comedies on a weekly basis (Apeng Daldal, John & Marsha,etc.)

  

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• Ika Ika Hageland

  well why not. as long as the story will uplift or simply enlighthen the minds of teleserye followers and not draw them to just crying and comparing thier lives to what they watch.......some stories are pathethic.

  

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• Ed Finlan

  Morning, afternoon and even on primetime Bernadette Panlilio Twigger. 

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• Ed Finlan

  I totally agree Astrudlev Lev. 

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• Ika Ika Hageland

  dapat meron pang insomiacs...

  

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• Ika Ika Hageland

  no joke.....pag usapan natin?????

  

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• Ed Finlan

  Wala kasing advertisers sa gabi eh Astrudlev Lev. It's an economic issue.

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• Ika Ika Hageland

  eco issue...

  

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• Bernadette Twigger

  RP TV has evolved and changed a lot since i was there...b4 i'd just watch 'Darigold Jamboree' w/leila benitez & pepe pimentel during lunch hour, i think they've dramatized the popular radio 'tia dely' at 3 pm...i remember 'night owl dance party' ... it… 

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• LaVida Bonita

  CHIKA CHIKA,.....that reminds me during Vilma and Nora's time, patok na patok ang mga gimmick direct..

  

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• Ninfa Vasquez Mateo

  Images and objects we look at and words we listen to make us think about..should influence the mind and attitude.

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