tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885027202193653522024-03-14T01:46:33.223-07:00Atomic Vision: Photography Cinema Visual ArtsAtom Magadia's Blog: Articles on Photography, Cinema and the Visual Arts; Movie Reviews; Photographer and Filmmaker profiles; Photographic and cinematographic techniques and technologies; Cameras; Photography and Movie news; street photography and commentaries on life and the world in General.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger194125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188502720219365352.post-72221089618227190542019-06-01T00:12:00.000-07:002020-03-25T02:14:47.337-07:00Speakers at AIFFA 2019
Anne and I found ourselves on a flight to Malaysia, just several hours after DAGSIN's last commercial screening. We were on a plane to attend the ASEAN International Film Festival and Awards (AIFFA) in Kuching, Malaysia for the 2nd time after 2017, when DAGSIN was among the "official" films selected to compete.
This time around, Anne and I had been invited to give a "talk" (about our Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188502720219365352.post-22527210091558030062019-05-01T03:03:00.000-07:002020-03-20T06:31:43.417-07:00DAGSIN's Commercial Run 2019
Atom in front of Dagsin's Standees at the Rockwell Cinema Lobby
DAGSIN finally got its Commercial Cinema showings nationwide during Holyweek. Anne and I decided to show it during this particular week since the Catholic themed holiday coincided with our movie's timeline-- which starts the day before Palm Sunday and ends exactly on Easter morning. Like everything else, this decision had its Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188502720219365352.post-62731582736609314812019-04-19T19:24:00.000-07:002019-04-19T19:24:45.942-07:00DAGSIN Opening Nationwide Today
DAGSIN is opening NATIONWIDE today, APRIL 20 (Sat.) in the Philippines.
Here is a behind the scenes interview of DAGSIN's main cast, talking about their roles in the movie.
--The video is the exclusive property of Atom & Anne Mediaworks. Any reproduction must have the explicit permission of the owner.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188502720219365352.post-69484313737803439142019-03-19T17:55:00.000-07:002019-03-19T22:06:22.223-07:00DAGSIN'S 2019 Theatrical Trailer is Out
DAGSIN's new 2019 Theatrical Trailer can be seen in theaters nationwide by next week!
Please support our humble little film as it finally makes its debut in theaters nationwide. Anne and I, as Co-Writers and the Producer, and Director respectively, treat this movie like it was our child. After years of conceptualizing/planning, giving birth (shooting and editing), then Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188502720219365352.post-44754830752843224552019-03-02T13:11:00.000-08:002019-04-19T19:33:55.955-07:00Dagsin in Theaters April 20 Nationwide
Dagsin will finally be shown in theaters NATIONWIDE starting APRIL 20, Black Saturday!!!! Many of you asked for it, so we have done are best to make it happen. Our UNIQUE HOLY WEEK inspired LOVE STORY will be available all over the PHILIPPINES at last!
Please support quality Pinoy Indie movies. PASS THIS NEWS to all your friends and family, and PERSUADE THEM TO WATCH to keep Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188502720219365352.post-41757336558450149592019-02-14T14:14:00.000-08:002019-03-16T18:00:27.744-07:00"Harana Ni Justino" Music Video
At long last, "Harana Ni Justino," Dagsin's main theme song is now available online for viewing and download in YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2UN0a5hWmQ. I wrote the lyrics of the song, based on a letter I wrote for Anne years ago, and my friend Bob (Robert) Yulo wrote the music exclusively for the movie.
It premiered on February 14, 2019, Valentine's Eve, inUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188502720219365352.post-88723357761836675512019-01-11T16:04:00.000-08:002020-03-20T04:33:47.548-07:00Creating Dagsin's Screenplay!!!! SPOILER WARNING !!!! **Do not read if you have not seen the movie**
"Dagsin" ("Gravity" in English) took twenty years to evolve into a movie. I originally came up with the prototype of the story when I was still a film student at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angles in the mid-1990s. The original short-film screenplay was then titled, "This Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188502720219365352.post-35658987777853675022018-12-04T18:06:00.000-08:002018-12-06T18:03:46.456-08:00Smoking Cigars for 30 Years
Smoking a stogie in a Café in Paris.
I've been a cigar smoker for 30 years! That's right, this year marks my 30th anniversary for smoking "Stogies." Including of course, the 7 year cold-turkey gap after my Stroke (which I blame my doctor for... LOL), I have been technically a Cigar lover for three decades.
A lot of people might be appalled by my pride at Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188502720219365352.post-21595311423489167112018-11-22T19:07:00.000-08:002018-11-25T21:44:04.547-08:00DAGSIN's Artistic Statement Published for the 1st Time
Souvenir Program for the 4th Danish Film Festival
An excerpt of my Artistic Statement/Director's Notes for DAGSIN was published publicly for the first time in the 4th Danish Film Festival's (Manila) Souvenir Program. The article outlining my artistic considerations and directorial approach in constructing the movie was originally a part of the dossier we Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188502720219365352.post-47693870321783316712018-06-06T23:11:00.000-07:002020-03-22T01:37:40.169-07:00The Story Behind DAGSIN's Awards
As of 2018, DAGSIN has garnered an amazing total of eighteen (18) awards worldwide, despite participating in only a handful (8) of film festivals. The movie's modest budget for both production, distribution and marketing limited our ability to maximise its potential worldwide. But inspite of this, DAGSIN gained traction on its own and attracted a sizeable fan base here and abroad. Here are Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188502720219365352.post-69797243179401412362017-03-23T23:11:00.000-07:002017-03-25T02:07:27.330-07:00Elevate Your Selfies Into Self-Portraits(Click on Photos for better viewing)
A phenomenon of the Social-Networking Age we live in, "Selfies" have become as common place as ID photos in the albums of our digital lives. Most people use it to show the places they have been to, the memorable events they have participated in or the times they spent with friends or loved ones, but a big number of people&Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188502720219365352.post-43145749378489092692017-03-06T06:06:00.000-08:002018-11-25T21:52:30.631-08:00My New Instagram Account
Portrait taken in the Camera Museum at the Galleria Taal
Visit my Instagram page: www.instagram.com/atommagadia
Movie Making is hard work. More than a year ago, after I finished shooting and editing my first feature film "Dagsin," I thought that I would be able to come back and regularly write on this blog, but I was wrong. Making and finishing a movie wasUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188502720219365352.post-68818894777480326622016-06-12T23:11:00.000-07:002018-11-25T21:49:19.339-08:00Dagsin Write-up by Cinemalaya
The Cinemalaya Film Festival posted this write-up on their fan page...
--Image courtesy of Cinemalaya Foundation, Inc.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188502720219365352.post-77359228033857874992016-06-04T05:55:00.000-07:002018-11-25T21:49:47.549-08:00Dagsin Cinemalaya Movie Trailers
Cinemalaya is two months away and everybody is gearing up for the Festival.
Atom & Anne Mediaworks was required to come up with two shorter Trailers (aside from tons of other requirements) to be used exclusively by the Film Fest, aside from the full-length version we released a month ago and the possible foreign version. Here they are...
Dagsin's Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188502720219365352.post-71811516585514601952016-05-21T03:33:00.000-07:002018-11-25T21:50:06.362-08:00Dagsin Official Movie Trailer
Good news! I finally finished Post on my first full-length feature film "Dagsin," so I can now go back to blogging:))
Although principal photography only took ten days (seriously, we can shoot Philippine Indies faster than American Indies due to desperation and lack of funds; of course, with several 20+ hour days), actual shooting stretched for Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188502720219365352.post-67932728779445647582015-12-20T19:21:00.000-08:002018-11-25T21:50:29.821-08:00Merry Christmas
MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS to everyone!!!!
As you all know by now, Christmas came early to me in the form of my first Feature Film "Dagsin." Please forgive me if I have not been updating this blog as often as I should these past few months, but I have been really busy...
Me with my new toy.
It has been a wild roller-coaster ride so far, but Anne (Producer) and I&Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188502720219365352.post-25532813366720624642015-10-28T01:11:00.000-07:002018-11-25T21:50:52.618-08:00Veteran Actor Cast in Dagsin
...with veteran stage and screen actor Tommy Abuel
(reprinted from http://dagsin.blogspot.com)
The Dagsin family is very proud and happy to welcome multi-award winning veteran stage and screen actor Tommy Abuel in the lead role of Justino.
An actor with a long and illustrious career in both Theater and Cinema, Mr. Abuel is known as an "actor's actor," a consummate artist who Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188502720219365352.post-47064471595594246242015-09-19T23:11:00.000-07:002018-11-25T21:51:18.828-08:00Dagsin is Online
My feature film project, Dagsin (Gravity), is now online!
Please visit our Facebook fan page at www.facebook.com/dagsinthemovie and our Website/Blog at http://dagsin.blogspot.com to get the latest information, announcements and updates regarding the movie.
Initial Poster Mock-up
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188502720219365352.post-52848491927292881262015-09-09T16:44:00.000-07:002015-09-11T21:29:07.430-07:009th Generation - IPhone 6s & 6s Plus
The new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus
It's that time of year again when we, hardcore IPhone fans, welcome the newest incarnation of our favorite gadget. A few hours ago, Apple's CEO Tim Cook unveiled the 9th generation of its popular smart phone in California-- the IPhone 6s and its larger sibling the 6s Plus. Tim referred to the new models as "the most advanced smartphones in the world.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188502720219365352.post-68753070963672931212015-08-23T04:44:00.000-07:002018-11-25T21:51:41.469-08:00My Feature Film Project Gets Into Cinemalaya
Last Saturday, August 15, 2015, the Cinemalaya Foundation finally announced the 10 lucky finalist for its 2016 Main Competition on Full-length Features, during the 2015 Festival Awards Night at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Cinemalaya is considered to be the most prestigious Independent Film Festival in the Philippines, so film fans from all Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188502720219365352.post-34878436991734836332015-07-25T08:44:00.000-07:002017-03-25T01:36:13.859-07:00Weekly Street Photos #39
This week's theme: CHILDHOOD FANTASIES
These are not posed. I had to wait a year to complete this set of three, since the elements in the photographs all happened by chance. I did not go around stalking children with this theme in mind, it was all luck. The photos are testaments to the wonderful magic that can happen when you become Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188502720219365352.post-71877195826805847012015-07-19T01:11:00.000-07:002015-07-19T22:03:47.512-07:00Weekly Street Photos #38
This week's theme: RANDOM GROUP SHOTS
Group shots, particularly in street photography, are some of the hardest photos to shoot. Even in the studio, taking photographs of people in groups must be timed precisely so that each person will be in their proper position within the frame, and their individual expressions captured with everyone's eyes (ideally) open.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188502720219365352.post-15637708160559296182015-07-11T20:44:00.000-07:002015-07-11T22:33:39.554-07:00Weekly Street Photos #37
This week's theme: ADVERTISING GRAPHICS
Large graphic Ads are the easiest elements to juxtapose in "Street" photography, specially in urban spaces. In fact, a lot of photographers would actually wait in front of a particular image (or location) until something or someone walks into their shot. Although this strategy is quite effective and has been used by a lot of "Street Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188502720219365352.post-67595259097326474152015-07-04T19:44:00.000-07:002015-07-04T20:42:55.725-07:00Weekly Street Photos #36
This week's theme: SILHOUETTE
Photographing silhouette is an imaging technique commonly used by most photographers, because it is fairly easy to do. But it is also one of the most stunningly graphic ways we can create photos, particularly in Black & White. Here are three examples: two high-contrast (1 dark, 1 light) and one low-contrast, I shot Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188502720219365352.post-32226502802390171422015-06-25T07:11:00.000-07:002015-06-26T00:19:30.445-07:00Weekly Street Photos #35
This week's theme: SINGAPORE PHOTOGRAPHERS
I thought it would be appropriate to restart my weekly street posts with photos from my recent trip to Singapore. My children were still on Summer Vacation, so my wife and I decided to take the family to the Lion City for a week.
Despite my desperate need for R&R, I took my cameras with me (to my wife's chagrin)--&Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0