Tel. No. (0.63.2) 931.00.43 / Mobile No. (0919) 851.0146 / Email: advocam@gmail.com
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Advocam (advocam@gmail.com) is a brain child of two different approaches to cinema. It is expertise culled together by combining experimental cinema philosophies with practical, convenient, commercial filmmaking.
Advocam immediately found its niche among developmental NGOs, LGUs, educational institutes and alternative trading networks.
Advocam is an independent production house, content provider and consultancy.
Advocam is a product of the new information technology. It is unlike traditional filmmaking. It is digital. It is immediate.
WE ARE CONSTANTLY DEVELOPING DIGITAL MEDIA APPLICATIONS.
WE HAVE an MTV format we use for scrapbooking.
WE HAVE a cinema direct approach for organizing communities and contextualizing data and analyses in real setting. This is mainly for research and development (R&D).
WE HAVE digital class yearbooks.
WE HAVE started a digi-catalogue of collections with 15 museums.
WE HAVE web marketing tools for businesses.
WE HAVE a books-to-video application that is an educational tool. Audio-visual is simply more accessible to the world's millions. The advancement of technologies in information and communications have altered our lifestyles. The digital gives us incredible access to massive information in real time at push button ease. Our world has changed. Our definition of "literacy" will change. Our educational institutions will change.
THE PARTNERS
CYNTHIA ESTRADA
Bachelor Landscape Architecture. U.P. Diliman.
Cinema Direct Workshop in Paris, France. Spring and Winter Session. Musee de l’Homme.
“Le Sacristain a Notre Dame”. Super 8mm. Direct Cinema. 22 Mins. Screened at the Georges Pompidou.
“Pas Trop Fatigue”. !6 mm. 11 mins. Abstract.
“Barbi-Punk”. Super 8mm. 3 mins. Animation. Produced by the UP Film Center.
“Le Dans Macabre” 16mm. 5 mins animation. Goethe House, Producer
Masters in Arts (Urban and Regional Planning). U.P. Diliman.
NGO Affiliations: Sarilaya feminist collective, International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) Organic Producers Traders Association (OPTA), Philippine Organic Guarantee (POG), Sagip Pasig Movement (SPM), Phil-Cuba Friendship, Iraq Solidarity, Clean and Green Foundation.
ARIEL SALUMBIDES
TV Film & Live Events Producer / Director
Directorial Accomplishments (2001 to present)
BOYZ II MEN: LIVE IN MANILA - ULTRA SPORTS ARENA. Featuring Sheryn Regis, Faith Cuneta, Ranier Castillo and Yasmin Curdi.
HYUNDAI X3 – An Acoustic Christmas. Company Christmas Party at the Nicotina Garden Pavillion.
OPENING & CLOSING CEREMONIES of the Department of Tourism – National Capital Region. “The Best of Metropolitan Manila Exhibits” (Intramuros).
GABI NG PARANGAL (Gawad Quezon City Awards Night for the TEN OUTSTANDING CITIZENS of Quezon City in various fields of endeavors. (Hilario Davide for Justice, Andrew Tan for Business, Julie Yap Daza for Journalism, Lydia De Vega-Mercado for Sports, Jaime Laya for Culture and Arts etc.)
TANGING ARAW. Launching of the PCSO’s Adopt-a-Streetchild Feeding Centers highlighted by the performances of Regine Velasquez, Renz Verano, April Boy Regino, John Lesaca and various NGO artists.
ISANG LAHI MUSIC TELEVISION VIDEO for the Office of the President by the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office
ISANG TINIG – April Boy Regino in Hong Kong Concert (Conceptualization, Production & Direction/ Hong Kong Convention Center)
LAKAS NUCD UMDP Party List Television Commercial (Conceptualization, Production & Direction)
APEC Party List Radio Ads (Conceptualization, Production & Direction)
FILMOGRAPHY AS LINE PRODUCER (1995 to 2000)
SYOTA NG BAYAN
ISPRIKITIK WALASTIK KUNG PUMITIK
GIMIK DA REUNION
MYSTRIO
ARMADO
TONG TATLONG TATAY KONG PAKITONG KITONG
MAGIC KINGDOM (Multi Awarded for Technical Excellence, Metro Mania Film Festival)
NENE
TAKOT AKO SA DARLING KO
TOTOY MOLA
HONEY, NASA LANGIT NA BA AKO?
SPO 1 DON JUAN
MUMBAKI (Multi Awarded Movie garnering Awards for Best Picture, Director, Editing, Story, Script, Cinematography, Production Design from the Star Awards, Famas, Film Academy and Urian Award giving bodies)
SABADO NIGHTS
DIVINE MERCY SA BUHAY NI SISTER FAUSTINA
Telemovies, Television Serials , Specials and Documentaries (1987 to 1995)
Sagip Pasig Movement awards Advocam
Advocam receives Plaque of Appreciation from the Sagip Pasig Movement in recognition of advancing SPM's advocacy
ADVOCAM IS CLIENT ORIENTED.
We service the digital needs of institutions and organizations. We provide content . . . that is KING.
1 comment:
We have received invitations from several cine societies and we never thank them and always fail to attend except when Denisa Reyes personally asks us to go and we are too dumb struck to say "no".
But we always hesitate to build and submit. Primarily we didn't build Advocam to win awards. We had won a few (ahem). And of course we WANT (we desire!) an award. It was simply not our purpose. We were interested in creating a niche market we would carve out of NGO's and institutions. I am hesitant to mix my love for fine film with my obvious money-making. That was 3 years ago. The youtube was just created. I was naive.
We took Ate Glo Lava's old camera (that was broken) to document cinema-direct style the reforestation effort of Clean and Green in its dying days.
Ariel is from showbiz and could not resist editing the footage in that "Viva way" but the truth of the matter is that it made the material very friendly and interesting.
But the real market with established programs and money is the government. So we were really happy when NAST headed by Ning Samarita contacted us.
Its also at the NAST that we learned of incredible money available to serious moviemakers who are interested in developing digital media for research.
The niche market we started out to carve is a deadly one. There is this ugly process of bidding they subject the moviemaking to. Its the same bureaucratic process they use to buy freezers and furniture. Like I said I was naive.
But ASEC Orijola is right when she said that movies have copyrights likes books and music. She said that they don't have support programs for guys like us.
We are fortunate to finally find foothold (and a very tenuous one at that...its an election year) at the DOST. Where else would we find an ally?
Video is not writing. It is far more immediate.
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