UP Baguio "BALANSE" A.V.P. Working Script

UP Baguio Advertisement Video Working Script (Third Revision) PROPOSED CONCEPT Tag Words: work-life balance, community immersion, indigenous studies, sustainability sciences Identifying Image: To distinguish UPB students from the rest of the crowd in this video, we may give them a wrist band / baller of similar design. Could be a baller with the UPB label, or a wrist band made out of Cordillera fabric, or a wrist brace made of wood beads. Throughout the video, hands and wrists are seen and used as transition devices.

AUDIO

VIDEO Intro video:

VOICE-OVER:

Chaos of Baguio traffic, tourists and locals walking to and fro, jeepneys rushing along Governor Pack Road, and other busy parts of Baguio.

Sa lipunang may salitan ng payapa at ligalig, mahirap humanap ng balanse.

Pero heto.

Students brave the jampacked area of the Baguio Central Market to get some raw materials for their installation art project.

Tulad ng pagbabalanse sa pagtitindig ng isang installation art, ganito ako binabalanse ng UP Baguio sa loob at labas ng silid-aralan.

Group of fine arts students working on an installation art (the installation preferably with elements representing indigenous material culture, while interpreting aspects of sustainability sciences)

Tinuturuan akong magtanong at makipagtalakayan

PolSci students engaged in a class room recit and spirited debate. A student raises her hand to join in the discussion.

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habang tinuturuan din akong tumahimik at makinig

Tinuturuan akong tutukan ang kanser sa lipunan

A Comm student raises her hand to call the attention of chatting tourists. Half-smiling, she signals them to stay quiet, amidst the ongoing scene: a new version of the hudhud is being chanted, and the Comm students are recording it in real time, using audio recorders and a boom mic. The student wipes her perspiring brow.

A student photojournalist, wiping his perspiring brow,

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arrives at the site of a badly denuded pine forest somewhere in the Mt. Data area, with officials from the local government. He clutches his camera, surveys the area with his bare eyes. He proceeds to bring the viewfinder close to his eyes.

CUT TO: habang tinuturuan akong pagmasdan ang kagandahan

A student filmmaker looks into the viewfinder, checking the framing, pulls her face away from the camera, and presses the record button. She marvels at the sight in front of her: a saltfarm in Pangasinan, glistening golden under the sunset. Saltfarmers walk about, smiling.

She checks an item from her shotlist, and hands the shotlist paper to her groupmate.

Tinuturuan akong magbantay at lumaban

A student activist hands out flyers to students while her companions carry placards with them, chanting “Walk out! Walk out! Walk out!” A student pulls at a metal barrier to take it somewhere else and clear the area for the protesters.

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habang tinuturuan akong makisama at tumanggap

Students pull at a daklis net, out on the beach somewhere in the Ilocos. In no time, they harvest the fish caught in the net. They are thrilled to receive their share of a few pieces of fish from the generous locals.

Tinuturuan akong maghigpit at magtipid

A student receives his half-rice, half-ulam budget meal from the canteen, calling out a meek “Ate, pasabaw po.” Sauce is ladled to his plate. He returns to his table to eat with friends, places the plate on the table, and lifts the bag he placed on the chair to reserve his seat.

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habang tinuturuan akong magbigay at dumamay

A student volunteer lifts a school bag, and proceeds to pass the bag on to children in an elementary school.

An elementary student comes up to the student volunteer; another bag is given, but this time the recipient offers her a gumamela flower as a thank-you gift. The student volunteer, touched, takes the gumamela.

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Tinuturuan akong magsimula sa maliit

A botany student shakes the gumamela stamen unto a microscope slide. He proceeds to examine the pollen under the electron microscope. He writes down a few notes.

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habang tinuturuan akong harapin ang dambuhala

A botany student writes down a few notes. She then nods to her Kalanguya guide, who smiles and points upward, to let the student see the high canopy at the pine forest of the Pulag National Park. The student raises her hand to touch the bark of the huge mosscovered pine tree in front of her.

Tinuturuan akong magtiis sa hirap

A Math student raises her hand to swipe across the formulas she wrote on a huge piece of Manila paper she stuck on the wall. She sees her study partners, sleeping in exhaustion. To wake them up, she takes her kawali and beats it with the pandikdik.

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habang tinuturuan akong magsaya sa tagumpay

The Math students, who happen to be Cordillerans, beat the gongs and participate in the dancing within an Igorot celebration. They are equally celebratory, as the semester has ended. As the dance winds up, they sit to rest.

Tinuturuan akong maging lapat sa lupa

A theater student sits on the floor, gracefully. She is rehearsing her part as an Igorota who is being educated by an American teacher. She turns her huge imaginary book that is imagined to be sprawled on the floor. Out comes a group of ‘shamans’ – theater students dancing atop the imaginary book.

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habang tinuturuan akong mangarap at lumipad

Theater students play the part of the dancing shamans, flailing their hands as they go about, fully clothed in Cordillera regalia; long strips of fabric hanging from their arms. A huge book is sprawled on the stage, it is the size of a king-sized bed. The shamans dance their way out of the book. The Igorota lead turns the pages of the book.

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Tinuturuan akong magkulong kung kinakailangan

A Geology student turns the pages of a book. He is inside a jampacked library, drowning in his own pile of books on the table. He takes a break and drinks from his water canteen.

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habang tinuturuan akong umalagwa at lumaya

An Anthro student drinks from his water canteen. He then seizes the bamboo poles and gets ready for a Tiyakad/Kadang-Kadang race with boys from the Mountain Province. The race starts; they all laugh hysterically.

Tinuturuan akong magtiwala sa sarili

A group of Art students laugh hysterically at a corny joke. They are learning the art of rattan weaving from Jason Domling. A student shows his finished work: a pasiking.

CUT TO:

habang tinuturuan akong magtiwala sa sariling-atin

Sa loob at labas ng silid-aralan, sa lipunang may salitan ng payapa at ligalig, mahirap humanap ng balanse.

Pero heto.

The student wears the pasiking he made himself. He removes his slippers to help his grandfather fix the riprap on the terraces.

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Fine arts students finish the installation art.

Students wearing sablay start pouring into the campus grounds. They marvel at the installation art. Three students wearing sablay walk up to the project head.

Students: “Grabe, ganda!”

Student 1: “Batch… Mami-miss ka namin.”

Project Head: “Di naman ako mamamatay, mauuna lang kayong gumradweyt.”

(up music score)

The Project Head and her graduating friends lock their arms together as they marvel at the finished installation.

Project Head: “Uy dalaw-dalaw kayo rito ha.” (barely heard, musical score almost drowns the words)

Balanse ang diwa at pagkatao ko dahil produkto ako ng UP Baguio.

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