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TAKE ME OUT - Asherdash

This is a good music video to open the year with... Asherdash's carrier single "Take Me Out"...



produced, directed and edited by Casie Villarosa

freddie lim / guitars and vocals
Jess Mansibang / keyboard
Jayson Huevos / lead guitar
Micky Lara / bass
Mike Occiano / drums

featuring Nixie Salonga

Camera Work by Casie Villarosa, Ian Patrick Cuenco, Jerry Santos

Ligting desing by Ian Patrick Cuenco

Set Designer Gil Montano

Lighting Team

Andy Dionisio
Bibot Arnaldo
Electricians

Fergion Barola
Cris Arnaldo

Production Assistants

Joey dela Vega
Michael Arcangel
Lester Trinidad
Donnie Cervantes

Copyright 2012
Sunset Records

Amazing Philippine Beauties 2011 Photo and Video Shoot

the video ...

the crown II (final draft)

the crown II (1st draft, single cam)

the crown

The crown is a teaser video meant to experiment for a mini music video I want to do with Belo as an insert to the pageant program. I chose this theme since I thought that Belo fits the role fairly well since all her family are avid shooters and gun owners.

So we did a test shoot along with some photography on the side and we were convinced that she can carry the role pretty well...

Video Experiments

These times are pageant frenzy periods where everyone at the office goes gugu about pageant activities. To make things interesting, I plan to shoot a music video that will be out of the ordinary for the reigning APB Queen, Belo Anne Francisco that will require extra editing skills so I'm paving the way via some video experiments.

Thanks to the generosity of the internet community members, stock footage is readily shared and available for wanna be videographers like myself...

Here's the look that I want to achieve...



Some screencaps from the shoot... special thanks to Santos Soriano and Jerry Santos for the shoot

For the bored editor

castles in the air

ALAMAT concert DVD teaser

One hell of a finish...

These days were spent sporadically between regular work and post producing Alamat's Concert DVD. Also, all these were in between some @)*#$&%@) issues and stuff we have here at the office from external elements.

My boss is already paranoid with all the media stuff he hears about the Philippine Senate wanting to take this building from us. ABC5 interviewed Senator Zubiri about the issue and he goes on about his desire to occupy the Manila Film Center and as I watched I simply shrugged about the fact that here goes a lawmaker without any regard about the "rights" of others... tsk, tsk, tsk... but of course, that's an entirely different story altogether.

Like I tell a lot of people, my father has always taught me only to meddle in things I can fix and never on things that I can't. So for now, I'll only worry when the problem is here... now that's reactive for you!

Anyway, my main concern over the last couple of weeks or so was producing the final output of Alamat as a band. After having finished the all original album, we went a step further by producing their concert DVD. And I am finally done with it. Of course not without any hitches, I went through hell in post production considering that I am the only one working on it.

Yesterday, as I laid the final tweaks onto the DVD video, I expected that the culmination of the day would be a finished master copy but my secretary pulled the plug of my workstation wasting the entire day's labor. Not to mention a waste of a light scribe blank dvd...

That's water under the bridge, and now as I write this blog, I am burning the master copy and tonight I watch the concert with Alamat as we drink a few brews and enjoy Aris' home cooked pulutan!

I'm happy!

ALAMAT concert dvd teaser ft. Juan

the post production is an absolute nightmare!

Here are a few of the boo boos that happened... First, I only had the theatre until 4pm because somebody bungled up the schedule. The window of opportunity for the shoot was very small that I had to content myself with certain fuck ups in favor of finishing the shoot earlier. Second, I wasted time dealing with a very minor problem from one of the staff. Third, we did the gig live and I knew the nightmare that would follow... It's called Murphy's Law!

But nevertheless, I got good shots. It's basically a four-cam shoot and the angles were all decent for a rock concert.

I've not been happy lately over several matters and this dvd concert was something that gave me a break from the stresses of my regular life.

Amazing Theme Song sky shoot version

the Making of ALAMAT'S CONCERT DVD

ang bandang ALAMAT

PHOTOGRAPHY BY MICA VILLAROSA,
SANTI SORIANO & GIL MONTANO

Finally, we are on the home stretch of Alamat's Quest for an all original album. With the Concert DVD shoot out of the way, we now move on to the more complicated task of post production work to make the Concert DVD a viable product for market consumption.

Black Pipe has waited for this completion as well since they've finished the Araw at Ulap Concert DVD. The two bands under Sunset Studios will be packaged together and will be marketed to labels this year hopefully signing in as new talent early next year.

I'd like to thank all the people and the staff and performers of Amazing Show for pitching in this project and the Chairman for the opportunity to do something that I really love.


top left clockwise; while waiting for the band to get in make up, supervising the stage set up conceptualized by Joey dela Vega, Dolreich and Ivan inside the dressing room, Ivan, Mc doing last minute tuning, Dolreich preparing his microphone and the drum riser...


with Mc Monderin


Director Elmir Castillo discusses what needs to transpire


Aris in a make up chair


the staff posing for a photo op with their favorite guitarist Mc Monderin


Alamat with some of their friends waiting to be called in


the crowd loved Alamat's music


Aris Gutierez


Mc Monderin


Ivan Scott Mariano


Amazing Show performers


Dolreich Tonolote on center stage


Ivan Scott Mariano


Kumander Angel at the helm of the establishing camera





stage design and concept by Joey dela Vega


this is the easy part... post production will be a nightmare