GMA-7's 'Makiling' mediacon
‘Makiling’ mediacon starring Derrick Monasterio, Elle Vilanueva, Thea Tolentino, Mrytle Sarrosa, Mon Confiado, and Kristoffer Martin.
Held at Luxent Hotel, January 5, 2024.
Video: Khryzztine Baylon
Held at Luxent Hotel, January 5, 2024.
Video: Khryzztine Baylon
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00:00 We don't have money.
00:02 And our inner struggle is how can we live with our limited means.
00:09 So Alex is the protector and protector of Amira.
00:16 Sorry.
00:20 Amira grew up in a poor family.
00:26 But she was able to return to her mother's side.
00:30 But they both share the same passion, which is being urbanists.
00:36 They love to help people.
00:39 But like many Filipinos, like the poor, she needs to step out of her comfort zone.
00:50 She needs to leave her family, the town she grew up in.
00:55 And that change is what will change Amira.
01:00 And I think that's the hope.
01:02 If this change will make her life better or just make her suffer.
01:11 Okay, for my last question.
01:14 This is your second project together.
01:16 The first one was "The Current Paradise".
01:18 So what are the qualities that you discovered during your first project together
01:23 that made you decide to work again for another project like "The Current Paradise"?
01:28 The qualities I discovered?
01:31 First, it was SCL.
01:33 I was with her in "The Current Paradise".
01:35 That was her first lead role.
01:38 I can say that she was a great person.
01:41 As in, for the change that she was able to do,
01:46 that other artists couldn't do for a long time.
01:50 I can't say that I was proud of her.
01:53 I'm just really impressed with her art.
01:55 The qualities that I discovered with Derek is that he's a very patient person.
02:03 Because we were almost going home after the taping.
02:09 So even though there's still a scene left, he's still waiting for me.
02:13 And he's very hungry to learn his craft.
02:20 He's the one who invites me to his workshop.
02:24 Of course, I have to go there sometimes.
02:27 He's the one who pushes me.
02:29 So, it's a big improvement for Derek.
02:34 Thank you so much.
02:36 Good luck.
02:37 Thank you.
02:38 Thank you so much, sir.
02:39 Robert, the way they describe each other.
02:42 So much love for each other.
02:44 Next, sir, Dino Ramos of Tempo.
02:49 Sir, good afternoon.
02:51 Good afternoon.
02:52 My question is for Mr. Monk Campiano, Andrea De Losario, and Roberto De Velo.
03:00 It's a question for both of you.
03:09 For your long time experience in the industry,
03:12 I just want to know if you are still acting in the roles that you will be playing in the future projects that you are working on.
03:20 In my case, I've been acting for almost 30 years in this industry.
03:27 I'm not acting on what projects I've been working on.
03:34 For me, that's definitely what I'm accepting, what I'm doing first.
03:39 And of course, because that role or project is mine, I just need to study it.
03:49 And that's where I'll be in charge.
03:53 That's where I'll be in charge.
03:55 The characterization, the script, and of course, when it comes to the set,
04:00 it needs to include all the...
04:05 It's not just acting, it also needs to include patience.
04:12 Especially for a project like this, it's very difficult.
04:14 It's not easy to do.
04:16 So it needs to be included so that this kind of project can be done again for a long time.
04:26 I wish you all a good afternoon to the Media Group,
04:30 to the Makiling Creative Team,
04:34 and to the executives of GMA7.
04:37 Thank you so much for another opportunity.
04:40 To my cast, to the cast members,
04:45 and to Direk Rado, once again, we work again.
04:49 What a wonderful 2024 start.
04:54 So very, very grateful. Thank you so much.
04:57 To answer your question, like Mon Confiado, I hate to admit it,
05:02 I've also been in the business for almost 30 years.
05:05 I started with Channel 9.
05:08 So, yeah, we were talking earlier with Direk Rado,
05:15 I've reached the point where you don't really choose.
05:20 The most important thing is how you can make that one scene memorable.
05:25 That's my goal.
05:27 And of course, when you're in the business for this long,
05:31 of course your drive is longevity.
05:34 So we don't choose.
05:35 But there are instances where my son was a factor for me.
05:42 You know, there are instances where my decision was based on that.
05:52 But lately, no, I don't choose.
05:55 I try to make the most out of it.
05:58 Every project is a blessing from God.
06:00 It's there for a reason.
06:01 You're receiving it for a reason.
06:03 You're supposed to learn from it, whether or not you like it.
06:07 So, yeah, that's my mindset every time I'm offered a job.
06:14 Thank you.
06:15 Hi. I just started last year.
06:19 But it's different.
06:22 It's a 30-year start.
06:24 For me, it's very important to know who I'm working with.
06:35 Because it's hard to get a job if you're heavy-hearted.
06:39 So it's very important to me.
06:41 Second, you can never go wrong with a good story, a good script, and a great director.
06:50 And we have Tata Errado.
06:52 So, Tata Errado, I've been working with him since I was a kid.
07:02 Conrad, Tata Conrad.
07:05 So, these things are very important to me.
07:13 Of course, Andrea is right.
07:16 Every job offer is a blessing.
07:19 Who are we to refuse?
07:21 Our job is also hard now.
07:24 But these are the things I look at first.
07:28 And with my experience also with GMA News and Public Affairs, like the right one,
07:34 it's very nice that they all turned to me.
07:40 And I'm thankful that they gave me the chance to be part of this beautiful project.
07:46 You saw the trailer. Congratulations, you two.
07:50 It's very nice of you all.
07:52 And of course, Tata Errado.
07:53 So I'm just grateful. I'm grateful to be part of this story.
07:58 I have a question for you, Mr. Padlo.
08:01 You already explained why you chose me.
08:07 Why did you choose me?
08:10 What made you say yes to this project?
08:14 Me?
08:18 Me, like Ms. Lotto, I've worked with GMA News and Public Affairs.
08:25 I'm a pro at "Love You, Stranger."
08:28 Hello, hello.
08:32 I'm a fan of this team.
08:37 They're easy to work with. They're so welcoming.
08:43 Just like Ms. Lotto, you have a team that makes you feel so relaxed.
08:53 You're excited to work.
08:56 So that's why I said yes.
08:58 And of course, it's been a long time since I worked with Direk Rado.
09:02 But I started with him, Direk Mario J. de los Reyes, and Bianca.
09:09 So I really have a soft spot for this team.
09:14 That's why I said yes.
09:15 And of course, the storyline.
09:17 You'd think that by this time, we're so polished.
09:23 But when it comes to reading a script, we'll know if it's a good script or not.
09:28 I didn't know until I saw it.
09:30 I was like, "Wow, this is how it's going to be."
09:32 So I'm just so happy to be part of it.
09:35 Thank you so much.
09:38 Why did you choose me?
09:46 Like I said earlier, I worked with the same team from The Right One.
09:52 Sir Mark and the rest of the gang.
09:55 And I'm just really grateful that I can work with them again.
09:59 Because they're always a great team.
10:01 And of course, with Direk Rado.
10:03 And the story itself.
10:05 I've worked with Direk before.
10:07 So I know his work ethic.
10:11 He's handsome.
10:14 And I've worked with Teya.
10:19 And these are all my siblings.
10:22 Kuya Mon, Kuya Rich, and my mom.
10:28 We're the original Crazy Gang.
10:30 Crazy Gang.
10:32 We're just crazy.
10:37 For me, first of all, this is GMA News and Public Affairs.
10:44 I have so much respect for this team.
10:49 Because they're so organized.
10:51 Their system is so good.
10:54 So I'm excited every time that my production is GMA Public Affairs.
11:04 And of course, I was surprised by the path of this project.
11:09 It's so good.
11:10 There's no doubt.
11:12 I witnessed that during our first 18 days.
11:16 Their passion and their thinking is so high.
11:23 And I'm so excited for the director of our project.
11:28 Direk Rado Peruna. We call him Conrad Peruna.
11:34 Because it's about time.
11:37 Direk is really hot.
11:39 I'm so excited for him.
11:41 You saw the sample that we made.
11:44 There's so much more to come.
11:48 This project is not easy.
11:51 Like I said, it's a revenge series.
11:54 The series that we're waiting for is revenge.
12:01 And this is the theme of this series.
12:04 Thank you so much, Sir Neil.
12:09 Next is Sir Don Don Servino of Avanti.
12:14 Happy New Year to all of you.
12:17 But before I ask you,
12:20 You were emotional during the teaser.
12:24 What was going through your mind?
12:28 It was so sad.
12:30 Because during this project,
12:34 I'm getting emotional again.
12:37 I invested a lot of emotions.
12:41 I was falling down almost everyday.
12:44 Physical.
12:46 I was thinking that the show will end with my eyes and nose here.
12:50 I was like that.
12:52 I'm so proud because the result was so good.
12:56 They were all good.
12:58 So the feeling that finally it's here.
13:02 That I can share it with you.
13:04 And I didn't expect it to be that beautiful.
13:09 So I'm just so proud of everyone.
13:11 And especially the team behind it.
13:14 And the trust of your team in the public.
13:17 Of course.
13:18 I owe them a lot.
13:22 Because they trusted me in this project.
13:26 This is my question.
13:29 Is it easier or harder to be an ex-boyfriend?
13:36 Like your real boyfriend or girlfriend.
13:39 For Ellen or Derek.
13:41 Or is it easier?
13:43 It's easier for us.
13:45 We don't have a disadvantage that we can see.
13:49 Except when we wait for the ex-boyfriend to finish.
13:54 So I think it's a big advantage.
13:58 Because we are very open to each other.
14:00 We are very straightforward in terms of our work.
14:05 So if we see something wrong with each other,
14:08 we will tell each other even if it's hurtful.
14:11 So there's room for improvement for us too.
14:14 So it's like...
14:16 That's it.
14:17 I understand.
14:18 Same question with Derek.
14:19 And what's the hurtful thing that you said to Ellen?
14:22 It's not just a disadvantage.
14:27 Maybe it's the...
14:29 I'm affected when I see her getting hurt.
14:33 For example, when we go home.
14:36 She's from Iahan.
14:39 She's from Binombog.
14:40 And I see her face.
14:45 She's crying.
14:47 And her hair is messy.
14:49 And as the protector in the show,
14:53 and as the protector in real life,
14:55 it hurts me.
14:57 Because this show is different.
15:03 The ways of the bullies are very creative.
15:06 It's not just the high school bullies.
15:10 You can get jailed.
15:12 You can get jailed.
15:13 You can die.
15:15 So that's what you should look out for.
15:18 What I'm saying.
15:20 So how do you comfort her?
15:22 When you see her like that,
15:24 she'll close the door and you'll go home?
15:27 Honestly, I'll go home to her.
15:30 Like...
15:32 I'll order her.
15:34 I'll walk her through that.
15:35 Whatever you want me to do.
15:37 When you cook her in the morning,
15:39 I'll do that.
15:41 Try to make her life easier.
15:44 And lastly, to El,
15:47 because what do you like more?
15:50 Being a bully or being a bully?
15:53 What do you like more?
15:54 What do you enjoy more?
15:57 I can't say.
15:59 But I really want to experience
16:01 both of those things.
16:03 Even the bullying.
16:04 Because if I don't go through
16:06 the intense bullying,
16:09 I won't be able to face the emotion
16:12 that I really want to go home.
16:15 Because now I'm very hungry.
16:17 Oh my God, I want to slap Bertel.
16:19 I want to slap them.
16:20 Please, Director.
16:22 Me.
16:24 It's just that,
16:25 it's easier for you.
16:26 Do you want to be a bully or be slapped?
16:29 I want to be slapped.
16:31 I don't have a choice.
16:32 They'll be careful.
16:33 Yes.
16:34 But this is really the question.
16:37 You're asking the wrong question.
16:39 You can correct that.
16:40 No, because El is asking me
16:42 the hard questions.
16:44 Anyway, this is just for those
16:46 who have experience in alcohol,
16:49 or in those kinds of things,
16:51 or herbal medicine.
16:53 Do you still believe in that?
16:55 Or if you do,
16:57 you can tell us your close encounters
16:59 with alcohol.
17:00 If you have experience.
17:02 Anyone can answer.
17:05 I'm sure you can.
17:07 I'm serious.
17:09 I don't know what to say.
17:12 My name is Brother Jorge.
17:14 I'm a herbalist.
17:17 I was brought here by Leila,
17:19 my manager,
17:21 El, and Camira.
17:24 I'm the healer of the town.
17:27 So you really believe in it?
17:29 I believe in it.
17:30 In fact, my medicine,
17:32 when I sit down,
17:33 is Agundi,
17:34 Spectoram,
17:36 and I don't know what else to say.
17:40 Offender?
17:42 Offender.
17:43 I'm a herbalist.
17:45 I believe in the plant
17:49 as a medicine.
17:52 So, it's a big thing
17:56 for us to have medicine.
17:57 I just forgot about it
17:59 because of the
18:01 passing of the drugs.
18:04 Can you tell us, Chris,
18:06 if you don't have experience
18:07 with alcohol,
18:08 or if you're a child,
18:09 you're also a grown-up,
18:10 you don't have experience.
18:12 I'm an alcoholic.
18:14 Personally,
18:15 it's like my mom told me
18:17 when I was a kid,
18:18 when I was in jail,
18:19 I was brought to a...
18:21 I'm sorry, I can't hear you.
18:24 Hello?
18:25 It's disappearing.
18:26 It's disappearing.
18:27 I was brought to a...
18:30 I was just kicked by a person
18:32 and thrown.
18:33 But I'm still a baby.
18:35 So, I think that's an experience.
18:38 For kids,
18:39 you don't have an idea,
18:41 for alcoholics,
18:42 you don't have experience,
18:44 and you don't believe in medicine.
18:46 Chris, you're a grown-up.
18:50 Me?
18:52 I'm a grown-up.
18:55 I'm a grown-up.
18:57 I'm a grown-up.
18:58 I'm a grown-up.
18:59 I'm a grown-up.
19:00 I'm a grown-up.
19:01 I'm a grown-up.
19:02 I'm a grown-up.
19:03 I'm a grown-up.
19:04 I'm a grown-up.
19:05 I'm a grown-up.
19:06 I grew up in a normal way of life.
19:11 So, I believe...
19:13 I believe in medicine.
19:15 Actually, we have a regular routine
19:17 when we're sick.
19:19 So, there are people who do this
19:21 and they throw a candle,
19:23 or a baguette,
19:24 or a hairball.
19:25 Like that.
19:26 So...
19:27 No, it's true.
19:29 We really eat
19:31 tika pampanga,
19:32 the one we eat,
19:34 the one that looks like a tahoy,
19:36 the one I grow regularly,
19:38 okra,
19:39 my grandfather's drink.
19:41 So, we believe in that.
19:43 So, we believe in scientific explanation.
19:46 But, to be honest,
19:51 if we go back to the past,
19:53 there weren't that many hospitals back then.
19:55 So, we have a treatment.
19:57 So, if we only know the right nutrients,
20:00 it's vital to our health.
20:03 So, somehow,
20:05 it will help us.
20:07 So, that's it.
20:09 Thank you.
20:10 Sorry, to be honest,
20:12 I'm impressed with you guys.
20:13 Because, in your part,
20:14 you didn't catch it.
20:16 You shouldn't have known.
20:18 Because, your explanation is really true.
20:21 So, congratulations.
20:22 Thank you.
20:23 Thank you so much.
20:24 Thank you.
20:26 Thank you so much, Rolon.
20:29 Next, we have Eka Abaya
20:32 from GMA International.
20:34 Hi, good afternoon.
20:36 My question is for Miss Bernadette.
20:39 Miss Louie, and Mr. Richard Guan,
20:41 and Miss Elena Nueva.
20:43 My first question is,
20:44 as veteran actors,
20:45 what are the things you advise
20:47 to the guys and girls
20:48 to succeed in the industry?
20:50 Me first.
20:56 Well, of course,
20:58 always to be together,
21:00 to be professional.
21:02 And, always to be professional.
21:04 Because, when I go to the set,
21:06 I have to make sure
21:07 that I know what I'm going to do,
21:09 I read the script,
21:10 and I'm not late.
21:12 And, of course,
21:14 being with the co-actors.
21:16 Of course, that's a big thing
21:19 because they're new in the industry.
21:22 So, they need to establish
21:23 a good rapport with their castmates,
21:26 with the staff,
21:27 with the crew.
21:29 And, I guess,
21:30 that's a big factor in production.
21:33 Of course, these are the things
21:35 I heard.
21:36 I just heard the actors' skills
21:38 when they cast you
21:39 in the future projects.
21:41 So, it's not just about skills.
21:43 So, being together is very important.
21:46 So, that's it.
21:47 Professionalism and
21:48 a good rapport.
21:50 Yeah, professionalism.
21:56 I would say that
21:58 it's like a work in progress.
22:01 You should always be honest
22:04 with your teachers.
22:05 You should always be honest
22:06 with your teachers.
22:07 In this world,
22:08 you'll meet people who will
22:09 teach you what you should do.
22:11 And, think forward.
22:12 Maybe,
22:14 somehow,
22:15 if we have success in the industry,
22:18 think forward.
22:19 Be it humanitarian or
22:20 advising the new actors.
22:22 So, our industry will continue to grow.
22:25 We should learn from our teachers.
22:27 For me, there are two things.
22:31 Listening
22:33 and
22:34 loving your job.
22:35 Loving your job because
22:37 not all of you can join this industry.
22:40 If you can join,
22:42 what you should do is
22:44 loving your job.
22:46 You should accept it.
22:48 Accept what your role is.
22:51 Love your colleagues.
22:56 Respect the time of each of them.
22:59 That's important because
23:01 that's what will make your job successful.
23:04 The people who answered are right.
23:14 For yourself,
23:17 first, know your script.
23:19 Know the content of your script.
23:20 Know your role.
23:21 In fact, in my experience,
23:23 I'm always asking my acting
23:25 "Is this the script?"
23:26 "Is this the script?"
23:28 "Is this what you're going to do?"
23:30 Because
23:31 you might be studying your line
23:34 so that when you get there,
23:36 you won't be the only one who will read the line
23:38 and you won't be the only one who will rehearse.
23:40 Our job is making it faster.
23:42 When you're ready and you know your line,
23:45 you won't be the only one who will supply the line.
23:47 Sometimes, you won't even be able to read the lines.
23:50 So, learn the script.
23:52 Learn the calendar.
23:53 And listen to the director.
23:56 Don't be the first one.
23:58 In this case,
23:59 I'm the first one to be asked.
24:02 The director said, "You're the first one."
24:04 Always have discipline.
24:09 Always on time.
24:11 In this case,
24:13 we're picking up.
24:14 We're lucky.
24:15 Because we love production,
24:17 we're picking up at home.
24:18 Always,
24:19 don't wait for the driver.
24:21 Don't wait for the driver.
24:23 Yes, punctually.
24:25 Thirdly,
24:27 listening to the director.
24:29 Not only to the big actors in the production,
24:33 but also to the small actors in the production.
24:38 From the utility up to the process.
24:40 Even to the talents.
24:44 The co-actors,
24:45 or what we call co-talents.
24:47 It's good to be with them.
24:49 Respect to the actors.
24:51 Thank you.
24:53 Next question.
24:55 What do you think makes this actor who's here this evening?
24:58 And why should he be with the actors?
25:02 Or in the same kind of role?
25:04 Mr. Richard, Mr. Lee, Mr. Daniel, and Mr. Chris?
25:08 I'll go first.
25:10 First of all,
25:12 there are a lot of good things.
25:14 There are a lot of good things.
25:21 We always say,
25:23 "Be good, because there are a lot of good things."
25:25 In this case,
25:27 it's a revenge.
25:29 We're marketing it as revenge.
25:32 Because God gave it to us.
25:34 As a grandmother,
25:37 I believe that spirituality is a very high level.
25:39 I'm here to make sure that my grandchildren
25:45 (speaking in foreign language)