It's TIME for a Birthday Medley

The Event:
Cate's birthday

The Output:
A medley of songs with the word "time" in the lyrics because our gift to her was a watch.

My Role:
Scriptwriter (in the sense that I chose all the songs)
Director (I assigned which people would sing which songs and when)
Video editor

Music Video - At The Beginning (Cover)

The Event:
I just wanted to showcase Maya and Gay's singing talent.

The Output:
Music video using a music recording of Maya and Gay's actual singing

My Role:
Backup vocals
Conceptualizer/Director
Video editor

Music Video - Stuck

A photo and music video with voiceover for Zenie's birthday. Made using iMovie.

Music Video - My Life Would Suck Without Chu

The Event:
Chu's birthday

The Output:
A music video of the song "My Life Would Suck Without You" as performed by Glee cast. Gelle videotaped Cate, Tyne and me as we lip-synched and danced on my bed and outside our flat. I pieced all the footage and some pics of Chu together with the music using iMovie.

My Role:
Conceptualizer
Actress
Video Editor

Music Video - Haven't Met You Yet

The Event:
Tatsie's birthday

The Output:
A music video of Michael Buble's Haven't Met You Yet, her future boyfriend's song for her. Ervyn played the part of the future boyfriend. We copied some portions of the actual music video, including the location, which is a grocery store. We also shot some scenes in the library and all over Ang Mo Kio. I used iMovie to edit it, as usual. Watch out for the ending, it's a winner.

My Role:
Conceptualizer
Actress
Video Editor

Music Video - Jump!

Th Event:
Ervyn's birthday

The Output:
I got the idea of using my favorite TV show Glee's song "Jump" as the background song for all of Ervyn's jump shots, which he has a lot of. We shot some videos of us singing and jumping in the couple of hours he was gone for mass and I quickly put this video together using iMovie in between cooking spaghetti and getting dressed for that night's Christmas party.

My Role:
Conceptualizer
Actress
Video Editor

Horror Comedy Short Movie: Terror at the Park

Cate, Ervyn and I were jogging in Ang Mo Kio Park when the forest inspired us to make an impromptu movie ala Blair Witch. Impromptu meaning there wasn't even a script, we just rolled the camera and started running and screaming all over the place. Once we got home, that's when we thought about how to piece all the separate footages into one film. I used iMovie to edit it and got the music from Youtube.

Birthday Newsletter for Ronald

It was my dear friend Ronald's birthday, the tenth one he was celebrating with me as his friend. As a gift to him and a tribute to our decade of friendship, I decided to come up with the second edition of the college newsletter which we had co-founded, Balance $heet. I used the Pages application to create it. Here is the entire thing in PDF or you can click on the pictures below and click zoom to enlarge them.

 

 

 

 

Personalized Karaoke for Rome

Event:
Rome is leaving P&G.

Output:
Personalized the lyrics of the song Buloy for her.
Created a karaoke-type video with the song's lyrics written on the video and pictures of Rome's days in P&G as the background.

Role:
Lyrics writer
Video maker (using iMovie)



Hoy hoy, Romi
Naaalala mo pa ba
Nong tayo'y nagsasama?
Hoy hoy, Rosa
Naaalala mo pa ba
Ang iyong mga sinabi nung POT ko’y mababa ?

Sabi mo, "lahat ng problema'y kayang lampasan,
Basta't tayo'y magkasama, at nag-pipicturan!"

Hoy hoy, Roma
Naaalala mo pa ba
Nung nagdouble payment tayo kasi tatanga-tanga (TANGA!)
Hoy hoy, Pepita
Naaalala mo pa ba
Nung ako’y napagalitan ng contact ko from Korea?

Mangiyak-ngiyak na'ko pero sabi mo ay "Okay lang yan!
Basta't tayo'y nagsasama, at nag-kakantahan!"

Kaya naman ako bilib sa iyo
Kasi parang napakacool mo.
Lahat ng problema ay kaya mong tawanan
Basta't mayroong kabarkada at may Thom Sumagang!

(Instruments playing)

Hoy hoy, Rolie
Naaalala mo pa ba
Nung araw na nagbabye ako from P&G?
Hoy hoy, Rosie
Naaalala mo pa ba
Nung ika'y yumakap sa'kin at tayo’y umiiyak...

Tapos pagkatapos no'n, kay tagal kong nawala.
Nagulat na lang ako nung narinig ko ang balita.
Akala ko pa naman na forever dyan ka na,
Nalaman ko na lang na ikaw pala’y nagresign na...

Hoy Mommy
Nasaan ka man, siguradong happy ka, dahil ang anak mo’y andyan
Hoy Osang
Nasaan ka man, siguradong hindi ka namin malilimutan

Hoy Roma Rosa Pepita
Hoy Romilie Rosalie Ronalie

Hoy hoy, Mylene
Wag ever malimutan ang iyong mga sinabi nong ika’y nasa P&G pa

Summer Wedding

The Event:
Arni is getting married.

The Output:
Music video using iMovie.

My role:
Conceptualizer
Script Writer
Actress
Video Maker

Personalized Karaoke for Rahul

The Event:
Rahul has resigned from P&G Accounts Payable (AP) and transferring to Hershey's India.

The Output:
The lyrics of the song Somewhere Down the Road personalized for Rahul.
A video of its karaoke for the whole AP group to sing during his farewell party using Windows MovieMaker.

My Role:
Lyrics writer
Video Maker



You had the right job
At the wrong time
Guess we always knew inside
We wouldn't have you for a long time

Those dreams of yours
Are shining in chocolate stores
And if they're calling you away
We have no right to make you stay

But somewhere down the road
Our roads are gonna cross again
It doesn't really matter when
But somewhere down the road
We know that heart of yours
will come to see
That you belong with AP

Sometimes goodbyes are not forever
It doesn't matter if you're gone
We still believe in us together
We understand more than you think we can
You have to go out on your own
So you can find your way back home (to India)

And somewhere down the road
Our roads are gonna cross again
It doesn't really matter when
But somewhere down the road
I know that heart of yours
will come to see
That you belong with AP
Letting go is just another way to say
We'll always love you so

You had the right job
At the wrong time
Maybe we've only just begun
Maybe the best is yet to come

Cause somewhere down the road
Our roads are gonna cross again
It doesn't really matter when
But somewhere down the road
I know that heart of yours
will come to see
That you belong
With AP

Triple Serenade

The Event:
Triple birthday celebration

The Output:
A serenade with the song Harana customized for the celebrants. Harana is tagalog for serenade.

My Role:
Lyrics Writer
Singer



Uso pa ba ang harana?
Marahil ikaw ay nagtataka
Sino ba 'tong mukhang churva?
Nagkandarapa sa pagkanta
At nasisintunado sa kaba

Meron pang dalang mga rosas suot nama'y
Dress na kupas
At nariyan pa ang barkada
Makikikain ng Bugong sa awiting daig pa minus one at sing along

Puno ang ceiling ng bituin
At kay lamig pa ng building
Sa'yong tingin akoy nakecrazy baby
At sa awitin kong ito
Sana'y maibigan mo
Ibubuhos ko ang buong puso ko
Sa isang munting harana para sayo

Hindi ba't parang isang movie
Isang pelikulang romantic comedy
Hindi ba't ikaw ang bidang artista at ako ay iyong leading-girl
Sa istoryang nagwawakas sa pagibig - wish mo lang!

Puno ang ceiling ng bituin
At kay lamig pa ng building
Sa'yong tingin akoy nakecrazy baby
At sa awitin kong ito
Sana'y maibigan mo
Ibubuhos ko ang buong puso ko
Sa isang munting harana para sayo

Puno ang ceiling ng bituin
At kay lamig pa ng building
Sa'yong tingin akoy nakecrazy baby
At sa awitin kong ito
Sana'y maibigan mo
Ibubuhos ko ang buong puso ko
Sa isang munting harana para sayo

CinderGella

The Event:
Gelle's birthday and engagement day.

The Output:
We staged a "play" wherein her then boyfriend Joey acted as the prince holding a sandal (our gift) in his hand, looking for the maiden whose foot would fit it. "Evil stepsisters" Tyne and I tried it on but it was too small or too big for us, and when the prince implored if there was no one else, our "mother" Cate said there was only the maid CinderGella left. So Prince Joey tried it on her foot and it fit perfectly. And now that he had found her, what was next, then? He whipped out a diamond ring, knelt down, and asked her to marry him.

My Role:
Conceptualizer
Actress