snapshots from gay heaven (?)

my baby is now a (short) movie.

audio postproduction finished today. our short film is done. it didn't fulfill my highest expectations, a few more additions and trims here and there maybe, but there's always a chance for additional post-final cut touches. for the moment, though, i think it's in presentable form. i hope. i pray.

behind the scenes snapshots from our 3-day shoot:
lou as waterina, "ang baklang nagwo-water-water sa tuwina"

paulo as geegee, "ang dating chickboy: mapa-chick,mapa-boy"

pop icon bella flores (in a cameo role) with lou

lou and stage actress ermie concepcion (as comfort woman nana rosas) rehearse their boxing scene

lou reading his lines

ang manunulat, si j. dennis todo-show

cinematographer mccoy measuring the boys in briefs

paulo in debonair pose. geegee who?

paulo, ermie, makeup artist bong, bella flores, actor bor, dennis, lou

still photographer sheryll, bella and producer jp (uy, bagay!)

oy! ano yan ha?!

bella with paulo rehearsing the sampayan scene

the "fag" and the "hag" (guess who's which)

the macho trio. producer jp, writer/line producer dennis, prod accountant jojo

a rare goofy moment

naked boys on the set: a badingerzi's version of heaven!

wig retouch!

"hoy lalake! halika rito! palanggana, kaserola, at iba pa!"

we went on for more than forty eight hours straight

cinematographer mccoy...astig ilaw mo dude!

prod designer clint...feeling nasa heaven?

art director kriszia fastening P20 bills on actor jr's g-string

finally...pack-up!

whew. the pictures just came in today. alam kong di nila to mababasa pero once again, i'll cast my message to the wind. to our cast, staff, crew in this little undertaking, sobrang salamat for having been co-creators. the process was grueling, but i hope the experience has made us all wiser, if not (financially) richer.

sa susunod, we will all know better. and the next film should be even better as well. :-)