Brickcity - Salt & Pepper

Starring Mav Bernardo & Cenon Norial III
Produced in cooperation with Arsenal Cinematography Company & Aputure Philippines

CREW
Directors: MV Isip & Denzel Joaquino
Director of Photography: Renz Gonzales
Executive Producer: Katrina Yupangco
Producer: Jayson Sinlao
Production Designer: Justine Arcega-Bumanlag
Stylist: Shaira Luna
Hair & Makeup Artist: Don De Jesus
Hairstylist: Miggy Carbonilla
Asisstant Makeup Artist: Chloe Bersuela
Rope Artist: Mistress Joyen
1st AC/Focus Puller: Louie Quiñones
Gaffer: Ar-ar Ancero
Camera Equipment: Arsenal
Lights: Aputure Philippines
Grip Equipment: Motion Capture
Set Men: Jan Abal, John Amon, Jonel Navarro, Mario Taipen, Olderico Bondoc, Jeber Cunanan, Rodel Bondoc, Nicomedes Narte
Production Assistant: Andrea Valenzuela
Editors: MV Isip & Denzel Joaquino
Colorist: MV Isip

ARSENAL
Camera Assist: Regie Cardona & Manuel Bermundo
Ronin Assist: Joel Mendoza
Rental Coordinator: Alysa Gabuyo
Rental Supervisor: Jenifer Lozano
Finance: Harlyn Buena
Dispatch / Technical Supervisor: Albert Magallanes
Managing Director: Bernard Dacanay
BTS Team: Hix Murakami & Pat Kay Laudencia
Interns: Ally Arabani, Rance Dizon, Robi Kang, and Oryo Rodriguez

APUTURE PHILIPPINES
Head / Brand Developer: Gabriel Lorenzo Pagcaliwagan
Project Manager: Yssa Valdes
Equipment Manager: Jeffrey Paver
Key Grip: John Paul Obales

BRICKCITY
Jacques Concepcion
Mark Valenzuela
Marko Silang
Julian Ordoño
AJ Garde
Morissey Hans Racca

Special Thanks: Sonata Laygo, Faya DLC, Kim Silang, Jhamir Mabunga, Hanna Jabla, Merick Eusebio, Marc Lester Faraon, Kathleen Resurreccion, Isabella Dela Peña, Camille Mendoza Valenzuela, and Baby Zoe

Recorded by: Normand Yu at Glasstone Studios and Hannah Jabla at This is Where I Make Music
Mixed and Mastered by: Emil Dela Rosa

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We speak in slow motion,
taking time between verbs and numbers.
I once heard that manners make your heart warmer.
So speak slower,
so I could cherish every letter of your laughter.
Don't worry,
I don't mind the stutters,
nor the irrelevant punctuations—
those long hyphens and Oxford commas.
You could have your own alphabet
where “U” and “I” are not an inch farther,
nor the length of your tongue
when it curls into a hook,
so you could pull me in closer
like a salt fish lost in the river,
thinking that swimming against the current is much cooler.
I could be your dinner.
I won’t complain even if you redundantly wash me over water
before you even boil me.
Salt and pepper.

I won’t even dare close my eyes
when you pull out my guts.
I’ll try to remember
I could be anywhere in the world,
but I chose to be here,
watching your graceful lips
emit vowel after vowel,
a vocabulary struggle
before you even devour
my gentle bones. Your breath, I desire—
teeth pressed against my flesh,
I smiled between gasps.

'Cause you remembered
to close your mouth when you chew.

'Cause you remembered
that manners make my heart warmer.