25 Logo Contests Won and it Ticks

   Well just over a week after my last win, I am at it again and I hope to keep the pace going are even turn it up a bit. Well what’s special about this particular victory is that the Contest Holder did not wait for the end of the contest to declare me as the winner. I’m just happy to help out.

   Anyway, this is a design for a Viral Marketing Company’s logo. Whew, that’s a bit of a mouthful. Well its paid and this victory brings me closer to acquiring the new Unibody Macbook Pro and I hope it isn’t too far from now.

  Tell me what you think.

Brand Name: Viral Pulse

Prize Money: $150

Total Number of entries: 10 (in just over 2 days)

24 Logo Contests Won and its Mondo-wide

    This one was practicaly decided way before it ended. My entries were the only ones that got 5star ratings from the beginning. The Contest Holder did not even wait as he declared me winner hours before the official end of the contest. I’ve actally had this particular icon for quite a while now and I just knew it will be sold sooner or later. It’s just one my better designs. hope you’ll like it too. Give me your thoughts.

Brand Name: Mondo Staffing

Prize Money: $200

Total Number of entries:32

   Thanks for reading and keep on dreaming! God Bless

Max Payne Movie Review

   Max Payne is a videogame adaptation starring Mark Wahlberg (Rock Star, The Italian Job) as Max Payne, a cop disturbed by the murder of his wife and baby. The film also stars Mila Kunis (That 70s show) as Mona Sax and was directed by John Moore (Flight of the Phoenix). Its a story about a cop determined to find his family’s murderer and the reason for the incident.

  Since its an adaptation, I want to talk about the similarities of the film and its source material. As someone who has actually played and finished the game, I can confirm that there were quite a few similarities in terms of overall theme, visuals and story. The story was basically the same. Max always remembers the day his family was taken away. Although for those of you who are familiar with the game and have seen the trailers, you’re probably wondering what the hell those winged creatures are. Don’t worry. They are given a fair explanation in the film and they surely add some great effects in some scenes. The overall theme is quite similar to the game. The setting is always gloomy and only a few bright colors are visible, which makes them more attractive once the colors are given focus on screen. CGI (Computer Generated Imagery) is almost always present in the entire duration of the film because of the snow falling. Watch out for them and you’ll understand. Other than snowflakes, there are quite a few great Visual Effects applied in the movie such as Bullet Time. Of course, this wouldn’t be a complete Max Payne Movie without the ever famous Bullet Time. It is the effect where the movement of the people or objects on screen that are so slow, that you can see bullets flying through. This provides for some great looking scenes in the movie. They really went crazy with bullet time. 

   Mark Wahlberg gave his given character justice. Old Marky Mark is just suitable to play an insane guy. My favorite part of the movie is the parking lot scene. Watch out for it. Mila Kunis truly adds eye candy to this movie. Her face suits Mona Sax very as she gives that dark, mysterious stare. Unfortunately, her petite sbody structure isnt too convincing for playing an assasin. Also watch out for familiar faces such as rap star Ludacris and singing sensation Nelly Furtado.

   The side where the movie falls a little short is probably the story, particularly the development of the characters. Some people in the film just practically passed by and could have added to the depth of the story. The flow of the film sometimes feels rushed. Fortunately though, you wouldn’t be lost in the development all too easilly as each phase are explained fairly before moving on. Even though one of the good points of the movie are the Visual Effects, there are times where it felt like they could have done better. Some scenes were framed in such a way that its too obvious that they were set ups for a CGi sequence. 

   Overall, Max Payne is a fun movie to watch. Whether you have played the   or not, as long as you enjoy good action sequences, you’ll surely enjoy this movie. Although it really is a plus if you’re familiar with the characters and the setting. Remember that even though it is Rated PG13, DO NOT bring the kids with you. 

A Deadly Silence (A Dark, Gritty Short Film) by Princess Zuhairah Candao

   I am very proud to present the very first short film of my one and only SweetPea, Princess Zeus. 

   It is entitled A Deadly Silence and if you pay attention to the film very carefully. you will understand the title. The film stars Iree and Irene Brillantes (her nieces), Red Mae Jau and Carlo Violan. Cinematography and Logo Animations are done by ours truly and it is Edited, Written and Directed by Princess.

   It is a little bit disturbing but once you get passed the gore and the conflict of the story, you can really appreciate its artistic execution

  The acting of the Children are just amazing. They are quite convincing in playing both innocent and disturbed children. Its just awesome how obedient children could be if you just promise them ice cream  

  The video Filters used are very effective. The Old Scratched Picture effect really goes well with the unstable camera movements and the gritty setting. 

  Good job on the editing with the cutting in motion and the synchronization with the audio and video. Great technical maturity for someone who has only been video editing for months now. 

  I just love the music. Really adds up to the whole theme of the film. Great Choice. 

  A Deadly Silence is certainly one of the best Short Films I’ve seen so far from an amateur. This is definitely better than my First Short Film. I am certainly proud of this work. 

  See the Short Film Below:

23 wins and its Tripping

Yes I’ve skipped another number and as I said before, this happens if the contest I’ve previously won is a private contest. What’s important is I’ve picked up momentum once again and I ain’t planning on stopping. Not the biggest win I’ve ever had but certainly one of the best designs I’ve put up there. Tell me what you think.

Brand Name: Trip Zone

Prize Money: $175

Total Number of entries: 49

I hope you’ll like it too  

Kulam Review

 
    Kulam is a Horror Movie that star Juddy Ann Santos and Dennis Trillo with Jun Lana as Director. The movie basically talks about the dark practice that has been embedded to Filipino Culture which involves dolls, needles and a lot of chants.

    Nothing really good to say about this movie. Except that it did make me hope that it was actually good prior to viewing it and realizing that I had just wasted my time and money. This is because I know that one thing that our local film industry was doing right was the successful run of horror movies in the past few years. I remember enjoying flicks like Feng-sui and Sukob even though some might consider them just pure dumb fun. Bottom line is.. they’re fun. And everytime that a Local Film seems to be at the very least entertaining, then I am very willing to give that movie a chance. This time, however, I was wrong.

    To start off, the quality ofthe production is very amateurish. I’m not sure but I believe this movie was shot in film but the picture really looks like it was shot in video. Not the good quality, hi-def video. It was more like from the lower-consumer line of camcorders. The colors really look dull on screen. I’ve seen better quality pictures from past Filipino Movies. The editing was horrible too. I believe a lot of the cuts in the film were too soon and they are very distracting. Although abrupt cuts usually works on horror films but this time. it really wasn’t effective.

   The story didn’t help either. There were so many plot holes in the script, the charaters could have tripped over them. Some elements in the story just didn’t make sense. Although I will have to admit that some scenes really had potential of being genuinely creepy but they were just really on the wrong hands. They could have been great scenes but were handled very poorly. Not to mention that the ending is probably one of the lamest I’ve seen recently.

    Acting-wise, you couldn’t probably have asked more from the cast. Some of them, especially Judy Ann, were just typecasted in their roles so they probably weren’t given much to work with from the beginning.

   Overall, I wouldn’t recommend this movie to my worst enemy. No one deserves to have his/her time wasted on something would make you feel bored and sorry afterwards. But as I always say, I’ll try to never lose hope for our Local Film Industry. Besides, it couldn’t probably get any worse than it is now.

1 out of 5 stars