"Malena" by Ennio Morricone

With black and white stills from Giuseppe Tornatore's "Malena" whose musical score and cinematography merited Oscar nominations.

This Italian film mirrors "an intimate portrait and an epic story of the courage we discover, the innocence we surrender, and the memories we cherish.....forever".

Extended cut

Final scene from Giuseppe Tornatore's "Cinema Paradiso," a compilation of scenes ordered expurgated by censors in the film's plot. The compilation was spliced together by the character of Alfredo, the fatherly projectionist who would make Toto, the man in the clip, teary-eyed watching his pièce de résistance.

Music by Morricone, the Ennio Marricone.

I haven't seen the entire film. So whoever lends me a copy of the movie deserves a bucket of popcorn -any flavor - from me. :)

Claude Debussy's Clair de Lune (with rolling score)

Claude Debussy's piano piece, with scrolling score; performance and graphics by Stephen Malinowski (smalin).


YouTube's smalin says, "Just wanted to know the math behind the visual demo.

x=time, y=pitch, color=pitch class (and brighter when sounding). The colors of the color wheel are mapped to the circle of fifths, with the tonic (home key) being blue and the dominant (the fifth scale degree) being in the red (as opposed to green) direction. I think of this as being a spatial mapping more than a mathematical one, but maybe that's because I'm not much of a mathematician."

Asteeg, rak en rol! n_n

Point-and-shoot Paparazzo's First Take

Unlike before, there was no press ID hanging around my neck. Not even that bright yellow org ID I used to have back in college camera club. Am completely on my own when I was invited to shoot at this recent media blitz attended by GMA-7 and some familiar names in print media.

redmark had to make its own mark.

There I was at the press conference of Eye Catchers Model Search Grand Finals Season 1 at the Embassy Cuisine in Fort Bonifacio, July 20, 2007. Mapapalaban ako, sabi ko. Mukha nga.

The call time was at mid-afternoon. I challenged myself to do a decent gig inspite na hindi ako nakatulog after my 9pm-6am work shift. Ganun talaga kapag first time. Armed with my precious little fella called Kodak Easyshare 4-megapixel point-and-shoot camera and a film SLR as my back up buddy, I tapped all those words and tricks I learned from the academe, friends and from my apprenticeship with Miguel Cortez.

From the innards of Quiapo, to the patios of Manila's centuries-old churches - redmark's beloved playgrounds - young human mannequins paraded before me in a thing called model search. And so here are some of the results with my (literally) nervous hands.

Hmm, redmark brand of photography anyone?

Special thanks to STYLE magazine, Mr. Rob Altamirano and Mr. Jonas Gruet.

http://styleonefashion.multiply.com/

Pinikpikan's "Una Kaya" Live at DLSU

I saw this group performed live at the Musiko Mundo festival at the CCP front lawn a few years ago and again at a gig in UP for the World Earth Day celebration. If you're a fan of great Pinoy rock and roll and world music, nothing beats Pinikpikan.

They started out as an impromptu group of instrumentalists in Bagiuo and after years of playing music together, they had delighted fans in the underground circuit. Buti may dalawang albums na sila sold commercially. At ngayon, someone from You.Tube posted videos of their performances. But I'm telling you, better see them perform live in an open venue.

Clair de Lune, 1962

Just listen to the music.

And if you're a certified child of the 90s, suddenly you'd remember a young Richard Gomez in a white bench muscle shirt gloriously rowing across the pristine waters...

"David Oistrakh plays beautifuly Claire de Lune. Recorded in Paris, 1962, with Frida Bauer on piano."

A river runs through it

Pasig River as seen from the Quiapo-bound Quezon Bridge...