THE AGE OF MOVING

PICTURES AND VIDEOS

Horse in Motion as the first motion picture
ever made in 1887
 Thomas Edison
Invented the apparatus for filming and
projecting motion pictures produced films
showing famous people, news events,
disasters, people at work, modes of
transportation, and people in various
activities .His company produced 341
Edison films from 1891 to 1918His
Kinetoscope machine , designed as
individual "peep shows“ produced the first
movie made for screen projection entitle,
"WORKERS LEAVING THE LUMIERE
FACTORY" in 1895
Foreign Film makers who dominated our
country to make documentary films like:

• Battle of Baliwag
• Banawe Rice Terraces
• Filipino Cockfight
• Battle of Mt. Arayat
• Luzon Lingerie – the first movie
made in the Philippines
First four foreign movies were shown in
Phonograph Parlor, Escolta, Manila.
• Un Homme Au Chapeau ( Man with a Hat)
• Une scéne de Danse Japonnaise ( Scene from a
Japanese Dance)
• Les Boxers ( The Boxers)
• La Place de L' Opéra ( The Place L' Opéra)
FAMOUS ACTORS AND ACTRESSES THAT
DOMINATED PHILIPPINE CINEMA:
Juan Malaya identifies world-class
Filipino movies through the years:
• Genghis Khan
• Insiang
• Walls of Hell
• No Man is an Island
• The Floor Contemplacion Story
• Inagaw Mo ang Lahat sa Akin
FILM AND ANIMATION
AS ART
 HISTORY OF PHILIPPINE CINEMA

The youngest of the Philippine arts, film has evolved to

become the most popular of all the art forms. Introduced
only in 1897, films have ranged from silent movies to
talkies; black and white to color. Outpacing its
predecessors by gaining public acceptance, from one
end of the country to the other, its viewers come from all
walks of life. Nationwide, there are more than 1000
movie theaters
 Early in the 1980s, it was estimated in Metro Manila
alone, there were around 2.5 million moviegoers. As an
art form, it reflects the culture and the beliefs of the
people it caters to and most times, is the one who shapes
their consciousness.
 Production
Old production Companies Biggest Film Companies
Sampaguita Pictures – Maalaala Star Cinema
Mo kaya (1954)
Premiere productions – Sawa sa GMA Films
Lumang Simboryo (1952)
LVN Pictures – Anak Dalita Regal Films
(1956)
Viva Films
BRILLANTE MENDOZA
He was the first filipino to win the
Best Director in the 2009 Cannes
International Film Festival in France for
his film, Kinatay (2009). He was born
and raised in San Fernando,
Pampanga. He took Advertising Arts of
the then College of Architecture and
Fine Arts at the University of Santo
Tomas. He has directed sixteen films
since 2005.
(Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang, 1974; Maynila, Sa Mga
Kuko ng Liwanag, 1975), Mike de Leon (Itim, 1976; Sister
Stella L, 1984; Bayaning 3rd World, 1999), Ishmael Bernal
(Himala, 1982), and Peque Gallaga (Oro, Plata, Mata,
1983).
MARYO J. DELOS REYES

He is a film and television director

from the Philippines. He began
his career in the 1970s. He won
the Crystal Bear for "Best Feature
Film" for Magnifico during the
Berlin International Film Festival.
Crossing over easily between projects for television and for the big screen is veteran film director
Maryo J. delos Reyes. The heartwarming drama film Magnifico won for him the Best Director
distinction at the 2003 FAMAS Awards and garnered other local and international film awards as
well. Delos Reyes continues to be active in both film and television media, having become known
for well-loved teleseryes (television drama series).
 LAURICE GUILLEN
. She is a Filipino actress, director and college professor.
Guillen studied at St. Theresa's College, Cebu City, earned
an AB English degree before finishing an MA in
Communication at Ateneo de Manila University, where she
taught at the college level. She took a television production
course under Nestor Torre, in 1967. She then began work as
an actress, starring in productions of Mrs. Warren's
Profession, before crossing over to film and television work,
playing a seductress in Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang, and
Corazon Aquinoin the drama A Dangerous Life. In 2009 she
accepted a role in the indie film Karera, her first role in an
independent production.
Laurice Guillen’s Salome (1981) earned international acclaim at the Toronto International Film
Festival. Her more recent films, such as Tanging Yaman, (2001) which won Best Picture in the
Metro Manila Film Festival, American Adobo (2002), Santa Santita (2004), and Sa ‘Yo Lamang
(2010), all gained her recognition among the current generation of Filipino moviegoers.
Notable Actors and Actresses
AWARD-GIVING BODIES OF
FILM
Through these bodies, the best films, actors
and actresses, script writers, directors,
cinematographers and others involved in
film production are recognized and the
standards local of filmmaking are challenged
and improved.
In 1981, the Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP)
was founded through Executive Order 640-A signed
by late President Ferdinand Marcos. The academy
serves as the umbrella organization of many guilds
of Philippine movies and as such, supervises their
activities to maintain high standards.