UP Naming Mahal

Liwanag sa Diliman - The UP Meteor Myth

This project is a music video narrative that showcases the UP student. It gives homage to two pillars of UP: the Oblation and our alma mater song, UP Naming Mahal. Both have been reinterpreted to resonate the state of UP today and its endless pursuit for honor and excellence. The Oblation finds its meaning in the students; our alma mater song, rearranged to be more intense, in keeping with the tougher times. To capture the audience's attention, the video starts and ends with a 3D animation of a Meteor for there is a popular myth which says that the Diliman grounds was once hit by a meteor. It created a crater that we now call the Sunken Garden. The video also applies multiple mediums in the fields of music and visual arts. It opens with the piano as a fundamental stepping stone in music and the drums which provide the rhthym, a solid foundation to the song. The narrative was held together by a fruitful mix of basic drawing, animation, watercolor, sculpture and 3D animation.
Our alma mater is known for producing our country's best thinkers and doers. But most of all, UP espouses collective action in a way that no other institution in our nation does. This is what we portrayed in our music video: different UP students, Iskolars who have no idea of each others' lives, but all are united for the cause of Honor and Excellence. It is a form of collective action which is unsaid in the entire four minutes--what binds us all, Iskolars, is the drive to do not only our best, but the best.
PADAYON, UP!

The UP Meteor Myth (UP Naming Mahal)
2nd Place, GAWAD PANGULO Multimedia Competition 2016

Cinematography and Editing by
Frankie Cui

Camera Operators
Frankie Cui
Ryan Tizon
Anjo Verzosa Lapresca
Mick Tuyay
Key Grip
Henrick Muscat

Drone Pilot
Justin Parco

Soprano
Bianca Lopez

Tenor
Ervin Lumauag

Music Arranger
Euclid Iean Inigo

Artists
Sherwin Kenneth Quidem - Drummer
Marial Grace Rodriguez - Pianist
Glendford Lumbao - Watercolor / Arnis
Jm Deleon - Arnis
Dii Utlang - 2D Animation, Oblation Sketches
Dennis Rejoy - 3D Animation

Special Thanks:
Michael Tan, PhD
Chancellor
Nestor Castro, PhD
Vice Chancellor
Dean Jose Buenconsejo - CMu
Dean Doi Rosete - CFA
Prof. Joey Tanedo
Prof. Manolo Sicat
Prof. Jamel Obnamia
Prof. Rita Badilla-Gudino
Prof. Romanlito Salvador Austria
Prof. Cesar Hernando
Prof. Dindo Martinez
Head Librarian
Roselily A. Medrano - CFA
Florinda S. Santos - CMu
Khalil Verzosa
Sam Llagas
Nicole Tejedor
Joren Lansang
Dino Pineda
Bənjamin Josəph Bravo Chua


Directed and Produced by
August Patacsil