Film Works

Rianne's Film Blog

curriculum vitae

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

University of the Philippines Film Institute (UPFI) (1998 to 2003)
BA Film and Audio-Visual Communication
* Kodak Film Awardee 2003 and Best Production Thesis 2003

University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) (2006-2007)
* Certificate Course in New Enterprise Planning

University of the Philippines College of Music (June to December 2008)
* Extension Course in Voice (Classical)

International Institute for Film Arts (IIFA) (2009)
* TV Commercials Directing Workshop

Asian Film Academy (AFA), Pusan International Film Festival – Busan, South Korea (2009)
* Fellow, Filipino filmmaker delegate

Korean Film Council (KOFIC) – Seoul, South Korea (June to December 2008)
* Trainee/Artist-in-Residence, Asian Film Professionals Training Program – Director/Writer

SKILLS

* Directing, scriptwriting, cinematography, videography, photography, mixed media art,  producing, production management, film, TV, and theater acting, voice acting, singing.

* Used/worked with film/HD/DV cameras: Moviecam; Arri 3, BL1, 2C, SR3, and SR2; Bolex; Canon Scoopic; Panasonic Varicam, DVX100 series, P2/HVX and HPX series; Sony V1, FX1, Z1, and VX2000; Canon XL1 and XL2. Also uses digital SLR Canon EOS 450D for photography works.

* Works with Finalcut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Adobe Photoshop.

* Able to use different operating systems for Mac, Windows, and Linux.

* Knowledgeable in basic HTML, Adobe Illustrator, Soundtrack Pro, and Dreamweaver

* Creative writing, copywriting, basic SEM (Search Engine Marketing) and SEO (Search Engine Optimization).

* Art direction and graphic design.

* Marketing and events management.

WORK EXPERIENCES

  • Freelance Director/Writer (January 2006 – present)
  • Director - “Project Sam” 30′s TV Commercial for Lifestyles/Intra Vitamin Supplement (2009)
  • Director/Writer- “Commission on Information and Communications Technology AVP” (2009)
  • Director/Writer - “Tuldok Animation AVP; / ” (2009)
  • Director - “The Making of the Animated Film Pasintabi (2009)
  • Co-director - “Project Donat” 30′s TV Commercial for IIFA Workshop and Caritas (2009)
  • Director - “De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde (DLS-CSB) School of Hotel, Restaurant and Institution Management – School Video” (2009)
  • Director - “De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde (DLS-CSB) FOP Video” (2009)
  • Director - “DLS-CSB School of Deaf Education and Applied Studies – School Video” (2009)
  • Director - “DLS-CSB Recruitment Video” (2008)
  • Director - “Scrapbooking Instructional Video” of Hallmark Philippines and All About Scrapbooking (sold at National Book Store, 2006-2008)
  • Director - “Sa Pagdating” Music Video (2008)
  • Director - “Kaibigan” Music Video (2008)
  • Director - “Spark: Tuldok Animation AVP and Libingan short film BTS video” (2007)
  • Unit Director/Videographer - “Galing Pilipino TV” aired at IBC 13 (2006)
  • Unit Director/Writer - “Pilipinas Online: Bantay OCW” aired at ABC 5 (2005)

FILM AWARDS AND FESTIVALS

* “Technophilia” (6 mins., 16mm short film, 2009)
Director/Writer/Editor

- a Korean short film shot in Seoul during the filmmaker’s stay for the Asian Film Professionals Traning Program of the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) – through the help of KOFIC, Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA), and Korea University
- 11th Cinemanila International Film Festival 2009 (Young Cinema Program)
- Cinemalaya Filipino Independent Film Festival 2009 (Korean Shorts Exhibition)
- Chicago Filipino American Film Festival 2009
- 5th Titus Brandsma Short Film Festival 2009
- Indie HD (Film Premiere at Gateway Cineplex 10, Quezon City, Philippines, 2009)

* “Pera-perahang Lata” / “Penny from the Tin Can” (29 mins., HD, short film, 2009)
Director/Writer/Editor

- A film grant from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts
- 1st Pandayang Lino Brocka Political Film and New Media Festival 2009 (Opening Film)
- Hong Kong Filipino Film Festival 2009
- Indie HD (Film Premiere at Gateway Cineplex 10, Quezon City, Philippines, 2009)

* “Aninag” / “Light’s Play” (15 mins., 35mm short film, 2005)
Director/Writer/Producer

- A film grant from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts
- New York International Independent Film and Video Festival 2005
- New York Filipino Film Festival 2005
- Louis Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival 2006
- Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market 2005
- Official Selection to UNESCO’s Audio-Visual E-Platform
- Roswell Public Library Film Event 2006 (Atlanta)
- Indiemand: 1st Pi Omicron Independent Film Festival 2005
- Cinema Purgatoryo 2005
- Pelikula at Lipunan Film Festival 2005
- Magnet Featured Films (First Films) 2007
- Feminine Force Group Anniversary 2007 Featured Film
- Short Film Preceding “Kubrador” Screening at Bichara Theater in Naga City 2007
- 4th Neo-Angono Artists Collective Public Art  Festival 2007
- 3rd Place – Viva’s PBO Digitales Film Contest 2006
- aired at cable channel Pinoy Box Office: 2006 to present

* “Karsel”/ “Prison” (20 mins., 35mm short film, 2003)
Director/Writer/Director of Photography/Film Editor/Producer

- Best Production Thesis 2003
- 17th Gawad Urian Nominee for Best Short Film
- TAU International Film Festival 2004 (Tel Aviv, Israel)
- 1st Pandayang Lino Brocka Political Film and New Media Festival 2009 – Cinevita Film Festival 2008
- Eksperimento Film Festival 2004
- Finalist – 1st Indeo Film and Video Festival 2004
- UP Diliman Film and Video Festival 2004
- Pelikula at Lipunan Film Festival 2004
- Celebrating Women – Women’s Week Film Fest 2004
- Featured film at the Feminine Force Group Woman’s Month 2007
- Illuminations: Awarded Student Films of the UP Cinema Arts Society
- Finalist – International Women’s Film Festival 2006
- aired at UniversiTV: 2007 to present

FILM, TV, ADVERTISING, THEATER, RADIO, PRINT, AND WEB

Exposed in the different facets of media: film, TV, advertising, theater, radio, print, and web (Freelance Videographer/Photographer/Graphic Artist/Writer/Producer/Voice Talent)

  • Associate Producer – “World Vision” Project - Streetpark Productions (February –March  2008)
  • Segment Producer - “Philippine Realty TV” / “PRTV” - Streetpark Productions (January – May 2007)
  • Senior Copywriter - MBS TEK Corp. (June 2006 – April 2007)
  • Professional Writer for Entertainment - Yehey.com (February 2005 – present)
  • Asst. Director - “Carry My Love” – Sarah Geronimo music video - Viva Entertainment (2006)
  • Asst. Director - “Latin Dance Instructional Video” – Regine Tolentino - Viva Entertainment (2006)
  • Asst. Director - “Bro” – Blue Ketchup music video - Viva Entertainment (2007)
  • Asst. Director - “We are One” – Slapshock music video - EMI (2005)
  • Asst. Director - “Ikaw Lamang Mahal” – April Boy music video - Star Records (2004)
  • Asst. Director - “Rich Fool” – an independent Christian Filipino-American film (2005)
  • Asst. Director - “Rosewood Pointe” AVP - Straightshooters (2007)
  • Asst. Director - “Winsource” AVP - Pitik-Bulag Productions (2007)
  • Asst. Director - “Convergys” AVP - Straightshooters (2007)
  • 2nd Asst. Director - A Political Ad for 2007 Elections - Straightshooters (2007)
  • Asst. Director – “Couple” TVC - Sky Cable (2005)
  • Trainee Asst. Director - “SCQ Reload” - ABS-CBN (2005)
  • Asst. Director - “Iskolar” - Grupong Tinta and UP Film Center (2004)
  • Performer/Musical Director - PETA laboratory productions – Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) (2000-2001)
  • Ad and Promo Member - Hallmark Philippines (January 2005 – May  2006)
  • Contributing Writer - “Retail Advantage” and “Filstar.comm” - Filstar Distributors Corp. (2005 –2006)
  • Artist - 2006 Hallmark for L. I. F. E Christmas Card Collection – Designed the Hallmark Christmas Card “Makulay and Paskong Pinoy” (December 2006)
  • Freelance Dubber/Voice Talent - Animes/Telenovelas/Infomercials/AVPs/Films - “Timequest, Lazer Patrol, Solita, Home TV Shopping” (2000 – present)
  • Student DJ - Monster Radio RX 93.1 (May 2002 – Dec. 2004)
  • Student DJ - 106.7 Kool (Aug. 2000 – Aug. 2001)
    - Regularly went on board for “Radio 1″ / “106.7 Skool”
    - Well-trained in using the sound and broadcast equipment (console, cart, MD players)
    - Well trained in doing segues, newscasts, OBBs, CBBs, and AOBs and recording and dubbing plugs/commercials
    - Filled in for vacant time slots as DJ

* Showreel and sample works available upon request

EVENTS

• Freelance Stage Manager – parties and events
- Stage Manager - Opening of “Mall of Asia’s Esplanade” (September 2007)
- Stage Manager - “IFM Pinoy Music Awards” (February 2008)
• Host/Speaker/Facilitator - various art/writing/film workshops
- Speaker - “Independent Film and Animation Seminar” – E-Teleservices Phils. and Animation Council of the Philippines (ACPI), SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia (February 2008)
- Speaker - Filmmaking Seminars/Workshops/Conferences/Festivals at the University of the Philippines, University of Makati, and Ateneo de Naga (2006 – 2008)
• Marketing/Finance Officer/Performer – UP SAMASKOM’s “LIVE AIDS” – an annual musical comedy-variety show at the UP Abelardo Theater, College of Music (1998 – 2002)

INTERNSHIP

• TV Commercials at Videofilm Production Center (March – May 2001)
Production Assistant/Talent

ACADEME

  • Part-time Film Instructor - First Academy of Computer Arts (June 2006 – present)
  • Lecturer - Colegio de San Lorenzo (Basic Photography, Advertising and Public Information, and Writing for Radio, Film, and TV (June 2007 – April 2008)

HOBBIES/INTERESTS/SPORTS

films, photography, production, visual arts, gadgets, cameras, swords and daggers, consoles, poetry, writing, web/internet, rock/alternative/classical music, events/parties, fashion, mythology, martial arts, meditation, singing, dancing, acting, painting, fencing

LANGUAGES

Fluent in English and Filipino; basic French and Korean

AFFILIATIONS/ORGANIZATIONS

2008 – present Fellow – Asian Film Academy of Pusan International Film Festival, Trainee – Asian Film Professionals Training Program (Korean Film Council/KOFIC), Colorwheel Studios, Herword.com
2007 – 2008      Streetpark Productions, Colegio de San Lorenzo, V-Factor Events
2007 – present Tuldok Animation Studios
2006 – present First Academy of Computer Arts
2006 – 2007       MBS TEK Corp./U. S. Auto Parts Network/Partstrain.com
2005 – present Yehey.com
2005 – 2006 Hallmark Phils./Filstar Distributors Corp., Galing Pilipino Movement TV
2005 Pilipinas Online – Bantay OCW
2004 – 2006 Dubbers and Voice Shop
2004 ABS-CBN
2002 – 2004 Monster Radio RX 93.1
2000 – present Grupong Tinta (Film and TV Scriptwriters’ Group)
2000 – 2002       PETA (Philippine Educational Theater Association)
1999 – 2002 106.7 Kool
1998 – present UP SAMASKOM, Fencing Club, UP CAST (Cinema Arts Society)

FILM. TV. ADVERTISING. THEATER. RADIO. PRINT. WEB. EVENTS.

Rianne has been exposed to the different facets of media: film, TV, advertising, theater, radio, print, web, and events. As a young and active soul, she immerses herself in various disciplines that drive her to learn and experience love and life. Performing during her high school and college years (theater, events, radio, TV and film) has guided her in dealing with various people and further establishing connections. Being a director, writer, producer, and production artist, she has promoted a thriving collaboration of remarkable artists working within her sphere. Production work is a true fulfillment. And now, after film school, as life moves on, it is a realization of dreams and goals through unending learning and experiencing…