Behind the Scene: Kacy Salve Shares His Background in CGI and Editing

 Kacy Nathaniel C. Salve, a student from CIIT senior high school was behind the post-productions of Tropeo ng Kalayaan. He arranged the clips, sound design, CGI, and color grading with the help of Bradley Gonazales, a CGI artist, who modeled the CGI version of the trophy in Tropeo ng Kalayaan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eHwFVCLs8g&list=PLyoOD3yF5HdYNskzcJ-lPsCQTiTzLLjvZ&index=14

His source of inspiration is from the continuous support of his friends and family, compelling him to learn how to execute his ideas and create more concepts of his own.

Kacy is an only child, he grew up spending most of his time alone and exploring video editing software. His interest grew in video editing when he discovered Windows Live Movie Maker, creating a montage of pictures with music playing in the background. He started uploading those videos on his YouTube channel, “KacySalve”, to showcase how much he improves whenever he created videos.

He and his friends wanted to strive and do their best to win at the MMFF, Cinemalaya, Cinejuana, and Sine Siklab but lost the opportunity. Instead, Polaris Production, a production he was part of, was nominated as the best cinematography in a mini music video competition from his school. 

Another would be in Cinejuana, KMBT Production, a production he was in, won 1st place and best picture in the competition. He stated that the only thing he learned in every competition, is that you always have to give 100 percent in your work, there will come a phase in filming where everything will fall apart, but don’t let that stop you and make you feel discouraged, be patient. Let that passion fuel your creativity and desire to make films.

Kacy working on a video edit.

Kacy Salve is open to do commission for motion graphics and video editing. Contact him through Facebook, Kacy Nathaniel C. Salve, and Instagram, @kacysalve. To see more of his works, he has projects on YouTube channels called Variety Films and Content Complicated. Watch their films for more content ideas.

“Today, I am still learning and striving to be a better artist than I was yesterday”.

“Support local artists and just keep moving forward.”

Director behind “Pinakanakapagpapabagabag-damdamin” Explains The Importance of Nature Through A Short Film.

   On June 2020, 24 Frames of CIIT College of Arts and Technology hosted a virtual Sine Siklab film festival, going beyond by bringing the spark out of every aspiring high school and college student filmmaker nationwide.

 Director Jermaine Tulbo of “Pinakanakakapagpapabagabag-damdamin” a college student of Meridian International College. He is the mastermind behind the film; a writer, production designer, colorist, with the help of Millaine Matinong in producing and screenwriting the short film.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZn7N661_mI

 The film Pinakanakapagpapabagabag-damdamin was an old concept written by Jermaine. He had revised the story countless times, however, the concept of death and nature that surrounds us has remained. He wanted to show people the importance of protecting the world that we live in and how much it would help to throw away a piece of garbage into its rightful bin. He said that it took about 3 days and 2 nights to shoot the film. During those days of filming, instead of getting a good amount of sleep, he would rather feel and smell the nature around him just to imagine how he wanted his film to look like. Coming up with the script was not a hassle for him. In fact, he did not have a full script, a proper scouting location for the film, and everything was merely in bullet form. He and his team planned things right on the spot, because they believed in him, and he believed that he could just do it.

Source: Facebook

Despite out of all those things mentioned, Jermaine won as the Best Director and Best in Editing from Sine Siklab 2020, and because of his directing, his team won Best in Cinematography by Elyandre Dagil and Best in Supporting Role by Nathaniel Molina as “Miguel”.

 Jermaine has nothing else to promote, however, he wants us to be aware of our surroundings for a sustainable living. He wants to share his learnings and let the youth understand and see the importance of having a connection with our surroundings. He lives by a quote “Believe in what you pray for” and hopes for a better future.