DOST Interview

After classes, Daren and Jonathan went to the Department of Science and Technology at Bicutan, Taguig for the expert interview on Renewable Energy. Mariv was not able to go with the group for he attended an outreach program for their ROTC.

Arriving at DOST, we went directly to Philippine Council for Industry and Energy Research and Development and looked for our contact person, Engr. Joanna Cecilia Catubig, an agricultural engineer. Daren was the one who asked the questions and Jonathan was the one who took a video shoot of the expert interview. Ms. JC Catubig also asked for an expert in their department to answer some questions regarding our topic. He was Mr. Ryan Christopher Viado, a BS Geography graduate. It took almost 30 minutes to conduct the expert interview. The interview went very well, for the experts answered the questions significantly. It was really a great time having an interview with the experts at DOST.

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Trip to Caliraya

This was the busiest day we had so far in relation to our documentary film project. This was our first ever video shooting for this project. The time has finally come for us to conduct an interview at Caliraya Hydroelectric Power Plant. We were accompanied by Mariv's brother and his cousin. We pass through some towns of Rizal and Laguna, took pictures, and shot videos.

We stopped by as we saw a hydroelectric power plant thinking that it was the Caliraya Hydroelectric Power Plant. We presented to them our letter of request for the expert interview. But they said that we were not allowed to conduct an interview without a contact person. And addition to that, office hours is only from Monday to Friday. We asked if we could take pictures and videos but it was also not allowed unless approved by a higher authority. But this hydropower plant was not what we thought it was. That was actually the Kalayaan Pump Storage Power Plant in Kalayaan, Laguna.


Since we are already in a hydroelectric power plant, we approached the people there if we could have someone with knowledge about the power plant to have an interview with and take a video of him/her. But there was none. They just gave us a contact person with a great knowledge in this renewable energy. And then, they advised us to go at Caliraya Hydroelectric Power Plant, which is originally included in our shot list. We went there and found out that the office is closed since it's a saturday. We just stopped by the Caliraya Lake and took pictures and videos that can help us in the film production.

Mariv's brother suggested a power plant that we could go to for an interview. It was Kephilco Malaya Power Plant. We went straight to Pililla, Rizal and inquired at the said plant. Just like what the others have said: taking pictures and videos is not allowed, and office is only open from monday to friday. They also gave us a person concern for the environmental matters in this plant and she's Mrs. Fely Leon. We thought that this company would be a great help in our project so we decided to pass all the requirements needed for the interview and video shooting anytime soon.


After all of this, we decided to call it a day and go home. It was such a wrong timing. We should go on all of these places from monday to friday. But it was quite worth it, because we enjoyed our trip to Caliraya. Maybe on Christmas vacation, we could have our trip to it again. But by that time, we can conduct the interview and video shooting already.

Later that night, Mariv said that there's a big chance that we could have an interview and shooting in the Kephilco Malaya Power Plant, for he just had made a contact with a person who has an access in that power plant. Hopefully, this could help us have our expert interview and video shooting in a hydroelectric power plant as soon as possible.

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Submission of DocuFilm Tools

Today is the deadline for the submission of Outline, Time Table, and this Blog site in e-Leap. Mariv and Daren successfully downloaded the time table and outline, respectively. Jonathan was the one tasked to submit this blog site. But since the discussion board in e-Leap is not working, Ma'am Ramos decided to move the submission until the discussion board works.

Weekend

As our group had planned, each member is now working on the things we are assigned to finish. Daren is finalizing the draft script. Mariv is also finalizing the time table to be uploaded on e-LeAP. He is also formulating important and relevant questions that will be asked for the expert interview on the 13th. Jonathan is searching for some related pictures and video animations, as well as the musical scoring and sound effects that are appropriate for the topic.

Shot list

We had our meeting at Mariv's dorm. Due to his PE class, Jonathan attended the said meeting for only few minutes. In his absence as the documentation officer, the other members were the ones who tried to contact all of the places included in our shot list. They have successfully communicated with the person-in-charge of the Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and Department of Science and Technology (DOST). We will just send the letter of request for the expert interview through fax machine.

Time Table

Our group leader downloaded in e-LeAP all of the tools needed for the documentation film. First of all, information on the time table was completed. We estimated the time needed for each activity before, during, and after the film production. Each of the required concepts given by our Professor was analyzed by us. The outline and research are being finalized and the draft script is being done by our script writer.

Our shot list includes Caliraya in Lumban, Laguna and Department of Environment and Natural Resources. We, then, searched for the contact numbers of these places we are about to have shooting on.

Suppose to be, we will be having our shooting/interview on December 6, 2008, but we still haven't sent the letter of request for the expert interview. Another problem is that we still have no video camera for the shooting. Hopefully, Daren, our script writer, would be able to borrow one from his cousin. With all this, the shooting/interview was moved on the next saturday, December 13, 2008.

We also talked about the media elements - the sounds, pictures, videos and animation suitable for the production of the film. Searching for such things will be done by our technical specialist/documentation officer.