If you live in Cebu or in an island nearby, the Salesians have quite a treat for you on October 26-28, 2009. You should make your way over now to this site to register for the “1st John Paul II Ongoing Formation on Communication for Youth Animators and Catechists”. This three-day assembly will be held [...]
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Culmination and Commencement
My thesis defense last Wednesday was both a culmination and a commencement for me. It culminated my three years of studies here in Italy and at the same time, it commenced a new stage in my communications ministry.
Thesis Defense
This Wednesday morning (9 Nov) I will defend my thesis on participatory communication. The title is VOICES AND IMAGES THAT EMPOWER: Participatory Radio and Video as Processes and Tools for Dialogue and Empowerment.
Participatory Video
Video is a powerful medium. It can strongly affect viewers and producers alike. Video has the potential to deeply shape how viewers see themselves and their world. Yet is also has the power to influence, transform, and empower those who produce it. Participatory video focuses on who is communicating, on who produces the images. The [...]
My Thesis on Participatory Communication
My thesis for my course in Mass Communications focuses on participatory communication. It particularly examines participatory radio and video as processes and tools for dialogue and empowerment. It is grounded on two assumptions: (1) that the process (the act of people coming together to decide who they are, what they want and how they will [...]
Thesis Defense
I had a fast lunch today. That’s because I needed to be in school by 2pm. My classmate Stefano Bortolato (standing, wearing a roman collar) asked me to lend him a hand for his thesis defense. The main argument of his thesis centered on virtual networking community in the context of pastoral ministry. My job [...]
Music Video Editing
I spent the whole morning editing the music video I did for my course in Television. My two professors were there to check out my work. Professor Carlo Tagliabue is a kind of living encyclopedia when it comes to films. I have the impression that he has watched all the films that went on screen [...]
Video Shooting
During the shooting for the music video entitled “Power of Your Love”. As director, I rehearsed Barbara for her lines and showed her the storyboard. Barbara was the main actress of the video. Explaining to Barbara the path and movement of the camera to give her an idea how I wanted the shot to be [...]
To Say Nothing Except What Can Be Said
The Function of Language According to Ludwig Wittgenstein’s TRACTATUS LOGICO-PHILOSOPHICUS “The right method of philosophy would be this: To say nothing except what can be said.”Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951)Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, proposition 6.53 The brilliant and influential but long and rather technical Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (Logische-Philosophische Abhandlung) is the only book Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) published in his lifetime. [...]
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