Batangas Forum Together with FDCP Hold Series of Filmmaking Workshops for Batangueños

 

From the Batangas Forum for Good Governance and Development Association, Inc.  (BF), in partnership with the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), comes a series of online workshops on the foundational skills in filmmaking through the FDCP  Film Talks @ Doon Po Sa Amin Pride Campaign for all Saturdays of January 2022. 

The creative videography workshop series aiming to encourage the creation of worthwhile content through video productions highlighting Batangas’ culture and heritage commenced last January 8, 2022 and welcomed 120 participants to its initial session on visual storytelling. Majority of the selected participants are from the youth sector of Batangas,18 to 30 years of age.

The conclusion of the four-part virtual workshop is an invitation by the Batangas Forum for participants to produce short videos captured through mobile devices for a Festival of Short Videos to be held within this year. ​The coming festival is a key component of the organization's Doon Po Sa Amin Pride Campaign, an initiative to awaken the sense of pride of the people of Batangas through the production and dissemination of short videos that will showcase the many unique and distinguishing aspects of the culture and heritage of the province.

“The Doon Po Sa Amin Pride Campaign was also designed to uplift the morale of the Batangueños and send a message of positivity in the midst of these difficult times of the pandemic,” Batangas Forum President Mauro Barradas added. 

 

The pride campaign was the brainchild of Batangas Forum member Direk Leo Martinez,  a veteran actor, filmmaker, and icon of Batangas. It seeks to be a push in reigniting local cultural​ and heritage consciousness and appreciation. The partnership with the FDCP strengthens the core of the project by giving opportunities for the participants, especially the young students, ​to nurture and hone their creative talents by learning from industry experts.

The FDCP Film Talks @ Doon Po Sa Amin Pride Campaign have put together a line of award-winning speaker-mentors for the different sessions—John Carlo Pacala for Storytelling last January 8, Zig Dulay for Introduction to Directing last January 15, Anjanmar Rebeta for Basic Cinematography on January 22, and Ilsa Malsi for Basic Editing on January 29.

In his remarks during the opening session of the workshop, Direk Leo Martínez, the Chair of the Batangas Forum's Doon Po Sa Amin Pride Campaign Committee, expressed Batangas Forum's deep appreciation for the generosity of the FDCP in providing this free virtual workshop for the aspiring filmmakers and film practitioners from his home province, Batangas.

On her part, FDCP Chairperson and CEO Liza Diño noted that, “This initiative of Batangas Forum matches the thrusts of our agency which includes the promotion of culture and heritage through films, popularizing filmmaking in the regions, and conducting local and international cinema festivals, among many others. And we are just so delighted to work with BF to kickstart the year with this activity.”

 

Batangas Governor Hermilando Mandanas, in his keynote remarks at the event, warmly commended the FDCP and the Batangas Forum for the joint project and strongly encouraged the participants to take full advantage of the unique opportunity the workshop offers so that, with the knowledge that they will acquire, they may contribute to the upliftment of the culture and heritage of Batangas.

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The final outputs of the creative videography workshop capturing the sources of pride of  Batangas will be showcased in the forthcoming short video festival to be organized this year by the Batangas Forum. These videos may also be used as promotion materials of the province and its towns and cities, and, in the long run, serve as records of the province’s culture and heritage for future generations. Further details will be shared through FDCP’s social media pages. 

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Anjo Pertierra: Switching Courts

2021 was a fruitful year for us here in Bigbeezbuzz, having featured 40 guys for our Guy of the Month feature all I can say that we are in for more treats this 2022!  

To start off our new year fresh we introduce to all of you our opening Guy for 2022, he is a former Spiker for the Mapua Cardinals in the NCAA and Cignal HD Spikers in the pro league, a certified hottie on and off the court, and he is now welcoming the year with a new career, peeps say hello to our January Guy, Anjo Pertierra.   

In this feature we will get to know more about Anjo as we talk about volleyball, fitness, his entry in showbizness, and more in this month’s Guy of the Month feature.  

Born Angelino Jose Pertierra, Anjo just turned 26 years old last January 4, he stands at around 6’3 or 6’4 tall, and he finished college with a degree in Psychology from the Mapua University.  

With his towering height and a slender physique, he is one of the best middle blockers in Philippine Volleyball, but Anjo wasn’t really a natural volleyball player he only started out playing when he was 3rd year high school since he was originally part of their school’s basketball team.  

Anjo shared that he wasn’t really that tall in his early high school days in Muntinlupa Science High school as he only stands at around 5’10 when he was in his sophomore year, that’s why he got into volleyball as a cross training to improve his vertical leap and his agility as well, eventually he fell in love with the sport.  

After High school, Anjo joined Ateneo for his freshman year, although after a year he transferred to Mapua and there he was awarded as best blocker in season 92 of the NCAA. 

 

1. What inspired you to push through with Volleyball as your sport?  

“Actually ang nangyare nyan may kasabay ako yung best friend ko nung highschool, parehas kaming nasa basketball team tapos nakita namin nagtetraining yung volleyball team nung highschool  tapos ininvite kami nung coach to train parang cross training lang ganyan tapos sabi ko kaya ako nagtraining dun gusto ko lang magpataas ng talon, tapos wala na naenjoy ko na yung volleyball tuloy tuloy na yun na yung mas naging focus ko, hangang ngayon mas napamahal ako sa volleyball di ko alam kung bakit pero ang sarap laruin ng volleyball. 

 

2. Have you ever encounter people who tells you that Volleyball is a female sports and you should be playing basketball instead? How did you deal with them?  

“Sobrang dami ko nang narinig na ganyan, pero ako kasi di ko sinasagot yung ganung tao, I mean nasa inyo na yan kung ganyan iisipin nyo pero para sa akin hindi naman sa ganun hindi naman porket volleyball player kai big sabihin nun feminine ka na agad, tsaka wala naman masama diba ano naman as long as nageenjoy ka sa ginagawa mo tsaka wala kang tinatapakang tao, tsaka masaya ako sa choice ko.” 

3. What are your strengths and weaknesses as a volleyball player?  

“Ang posisyon ko po kasi sa volleyball is Middle blocker so feeling ko ang strength ko is yung blocking. Tapos ang weakness ko siguro is service, hindi ko alam kung bakit pero may mga times na nahihirapan ako magserve kahit sya yung pinaka madaling gawin na skill sa volleyball.”  

4. Name your five best volleyball players (Male or Female)  

“Sa men’s, tie between Bryan Bagunas and Mark Espejo, number 3 si Joshua Umandal since sya yung sumunod na men’s volleyball player sa pinas na nasa ibang bansa ngayon, pang apat Vince Mangulabnan, setter sobrang galing nun, tapos pang lima si Kuya Alexis Faytaren idol ko sya since dati pa.”  

“Sa women’s, number 1 syempre Alyssa Valdez, icon na yun, pero tie sila din sila ni Jaja parang Mark and Bryan, tapos Dindin Santiago, number four Mary Jean Balse, last si Manilla Santos.”    

5. Who’s the hardest to block?  

“Pinaka mahirap na nakalaban ko bilang isang middle blocker si Kim Malabunga, ang tangkad nya, ang bilis nya kumilos, ang lakas nya pumalo. Ang hirap nya katapat.”  

6. If you didn’t choose to play volleyball, what would you be right now?  

“Nasa corporate world ako ngayon nagtatrabaho sa bangko, kasi my mom is a banker.”

 

7. What advice would you give to those aspiring volleyball players especially now that there’s a pandemic?  

“Eto in general mapa Men’s or Women’s Volleyball, if you really love playing volleyball just play it ituloy nyo lang yung passion nyo, keep the fire going, hindi porket may pandemic ngayon hindi na mababalik yung eksena ng volleyball kasi ang volleyball sa Pilipinas nandyan at nandyan yan hindi mawawala.”  

“Kung magstart ka palang edi learn sa mga nauna, watch their games ask advice from them, pero syempre yun pa din train your heart out, hindi pwedeng gusto mo yung isang bagay pero wala kang gagawin paraan para magexcell ka sa bagay na yun.”  

“Kasi kahit ako naman eh, ako dati from zero ako as in ganun lang din ako nangarap lang din ako na uy gusto ko din mapanuod next time sa TV na naglalaro, ayun I trained my heart out ilang beses akong nakarinig ng hurtful at negative words, pero wag mo isasapuso yung mga sinasabi nilang negative sayo kasi nga at the end of the day mas kilala mo yung sarili mo mas alam mo yung capabilities mo kaysa sa sinsabi ng iba sayo, kaya keep on pushing and keep on moving forward.”  

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Anjo last played for the Cignal HD Spikers in the Spikers Turf back in 2019 where they won the championship, it was his first championship title and many said it was his breakout year and that he is finally ready to take off and be one of the top guys in the league, but Pandemic came and sports was sidelined forcing him to look for other opportunities and make a big switch for his career.