MTRCB Launches its 2015 TV and Film Infomercial

Children nowadays could easily pick-up what they see or hear. Since now there are cable TVs that offers childrens' programs, not all of them are child friendly shows. Even the so called cartoons sometimes are using some harsh words that you don't want to hear from your kids. So, as parents, we also need to monitor what they watch on TV, and be available for our kids to explain what happened to a certain scene or explain to them that some words are not good to hear, either coming from other people or from them. And MTRCB is now back with a new infomercial.

As 2015 marks the 30^th year of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB).  To kick off the celebration of its anniversary, MTRCB formally launched its new infomercial on 23 February 2015 at 2:00 p.m., MTRCB Building.  Directed by renowned film and television director Jose Javier “Joey” Reyes, Jr., DGPI and conceptualized by Mr. Erlito “Lilit” Reyes, the infomercial features actors-spouses Ryan and Judy Ann Agoncillo in a typical morning situation at wwhome.  In such scene, their depicted child picks up a word from a TV feature and asks the elders in the house what it means.

The infomercial aims to challenge parents and responsible adults to be aware of the media content our children are exposed to, and to be mindful of the MTRCB’s classification ratings.  Parents are also reminded that the primary duty in guiding their children as to the media the latter see still rests in them.

Details of the infomercial were discussed by Director Joey Reyes, Ryan and Judy Ann Agoncillo, Lilit Reyes and MTRCB Board Members Bibeth Orteza and Manet Dayrit, the latter being Co-Chairpersons of the Infomercial Committee. 

The launch was culminated by the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the TV Networks and theater operators to ensure showing of the infomercial and to continuously empower the general public towards discerning viewership and thus, among other objectives, inform parents as to the media and entertainment their children may see. 

The infomercial will be aired in all television networks and theaters nationwide starting 25 February 2015.

Photos provided by: Dina Manlapaz of DigitalMediaPH

No Application, No Effects, Just Natural Light

Mommy Bloggers Philippines and mommy blogger Joy Gurtiza of joybites.com had organized a mini workshop for the members and non-members of MBP last February 21, 2015. Two sessions had been arranged, a morning session scheduled at 10:00 AM at Museum Cafe/Kabila in Greenbelt 4 and the afternoon session scheduled at 2:00 PM at Saboten in Glorietta 5.

I joined the afternoon session. And can you imagine? A DSLR camera is not required for this workshop, you may use your camera phone or a point and shoot camera if that’s what you have. Mine is a camera phone, My Phone A919 Duo.

And I learned the art of natural light. Yes, no light effects like in the studio, just the natural rays of sunlight coming from your window (or door). And believe it or not, there’s also a holy hour for this type of lighting from 7:00 to 9:00 in the morning and 4:00 to 6:00 in the afternoon, but it also depends on the position of your house, like from where your window (or door) is located from the sun’s direction. I also learned on how to check and make use of the settings in my camera phone, as well as DIY (do it yourself) equipment that you may use as props, and reflectors during your own photo shoot at home (I will feature this on my next blog once I have made my own). Now I know how minimize those disturbing shadows on some of my pictures.

Here are some of the pictures that I took with my camera phone.

This is my favorite.

I changed the settings for this one and had the White Balance under Flourescent.

Sponsors for the event are, Raintree Restaurants, Japan Homes, Nature Republic, Henry's Professional, Goauche Bags, Oil of Argan and Villa del Conte.

I will be doing practice for the next few days with what I have learned, and will feature those pictures here soon!