#Galileo Teo

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«La filosofía está escrita en ese grandísimo libro que tenemos abierto ante los ojos, quiero decir, el universo, pero no se puede entender si antes no se aprende a entender la lengua, a conocer los caracteres en los que está escrito. Está escrito en lengua matemática y sus caracteres son triángulos, círculos y otras figuras geométricas, sin las cuales es imposible entender ni una palabra; sin ellos es como girar vanamente en un oscuro laberinto.»

Galileo Galilei: El ensayador. Editorial Aguilar, pág. 63. Buenos Aires, 1981.

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IsaPelikula 3: Sound and Editing

by Miguel A. Santiago

edited by Anna Cayco

Afternoon light colors your wide shot in such a way that no amount of post-processing can imitate. Fancy cameras capture the distance being closed between your two leading actors in a climactic kiss. Your innovative angles capture the world in motion no other film has ever done before.

Mastering these aspects of film are incredible feats on their own. But painting the world you want to make on screen with palettes of sound requires a totally different skillset. And weaving everything together to form a coherent masterpiece is a completely different beast to tame.

The third IsaPelikula (IsaPe) class provided members of the Loyola Film Circle (LFC) with tips on how to tackle these issues. On November 20, 2017, a class on Sound and Editing was held at Room 280A in the Social Sciences building. From 5-7 P.M., LFC was treated to lectures provided by names in the film industry with movies that have recently started making waves in Filipino mainstream culture.

The first lecturer for the night was Galileo Teo. He served as editor of Ang Manananggal sa Unit 23B (2016), The Debutante (2017), and Project Runway Philippines. He spent his session discussing his own editing process, and providing little tips as to how he makes the process easier for him. One thing that he emphasized throughout his segment was the importance of organization – to create folders upon folders. An “Audio” folder should be separated into the raw sounds and exported sounds while an “Edit” folder should be filled with the project files. One should keep a record of all the files that have already been exported and organize everything according to the camera used. All of these things are guaranteed to make the editing process easier.

The last segment of the class was hosted by Adi Lopez, the music producer of I’m Drunk, I Love You (2017) and Patintero: Ang Alamat ni Meng Patalo (2015). She introduced the different ways sound and music interacted with a scene or provided different layers of emotion. Throughout the lesson, she played commercials that she had helped create, and gave her insight on the processes relevant to her role in a particular production. To ease logistical concerns abounded in the lecture, when filming in a public place, it would help to time your shooting so that the space would be least occupied. Songs are cheaper to have covered than to purchase the actual track. Google can be a reliable search engine for SFX, foley, and other basic necessities for sound.

Both speakers were met with thunderous applause at the end of their segments. And despite this IsaPe class being scheduled on a Monday, with everyone still grumbling over the end of the weekend, their post-weekend lethargy did nothing to dampen their passion for learning about film.

Photos by Rica Bautista

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Somebody To Love (Part 11- Galileos)

(Ben!RogerTaylor)

Word count: 1,998

Warnings: Language

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"You hate it too, don't you." His head falls when he sees my face after he read all the lyrics to me. "I don't hate it... it's just... it's your kind of song and not something I would jam out to." I pick his head up. "It's not terrible, Roger. Just a tad weird and funny. But since you like the song so much, I shouldn't shit on it. Before anyone judges it, I think they should wait to hear the final project." I smile at him to cheer him up. "So you like Brian's cheese lyric more?" He raises an eyebrow at me. "Not really. I like Deaky's song the most." I smile at him and he hits me.

"Of course you do. You love Deaky more than me and Brian." He lays back in the grass. "I do not! I love you all equally!" I slap his leg and he sits back up. "I call bullshit, you've gotten with the two of them in the pass." He smirks at me. "When did you find out about Me and Deaky? We didn't tell any of you." I look at him shocked. "Anytime you two drank around us I always say the glances between you two. Then you both say you're ready for bed. I mean, I found it obvious while the others were clueless." He laughs and I roll my eyes at him. "Why did you keep it to yourself for the last two years?" I ask him resting my arms on my knees.

"Wasn't my business to tell people. You two were secretive about so." He shrugs his shoulders and I smile at him. "How are you and relationships working out? You're the only one without a girlfriend." I wink at him and him hit me, "What about you? You don't have a boyfriend." I roll my eyes. "Tell me, when do I have time to meet guys? I'm always doing stuff for you four on tour and in the studio." I lay back on the grass looking at the sky. "Well it's sorta the same for me too. Touring, studio, so I don't have time to actually get to know someone. The girls I get with are just for fun, and they don't want anything but that." He lays next to me looking at me.

"Well we both suck at finding someone." I laugh then fell him hold my hand. "We'll find someone at some point." He says looking up at the sky. "Yeah, everyone has someone out there for them. It just takes time to find that person." I look back up at the sky again. We stay like this till we hear yelling in the distance, "WHAT IN THE BLOODY HELL ARE YOU TEO DOING! WE HAVE WORK TO DO!" I sit up and see Paul scream at us in the distance. "I'm never going to like him." I say standing up then help Roger up. "Me neither." He wraps his arm around me shoulder as we walk back.

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"Busy day today lads!" I hear Paul yell walking through the house banging on a few doors. "Right, it's Brian's day in the recording studio." I stretch in bed making sure not to hit Roger. I get out of bed and grab clothes to change into. To be honest I didn't mind about changing my trousers in front of Roger, but I go to the bathroom to put my shirt on.

We all make our way to the recording studio and Paul stops me. "Why don't you do your job and make us some coffee." He smiles and pushes me into the kitchen as they carried on. "Why don't you do your job and make us some coffee." I mock him while I start to make coffee. "Thank you, Alice." I hear Roger behind me and I turn around to see him sitting down. "You're welcome, Roger." I smile turning back around. "That's what I forgot to talk to you about yesterday on the hill. Why don't you call me other names? Brian is Bri and John is Deaky. I'm just plain old Roger." He turns me around to face him. "I don't know? Now go before Paul yells at me." I shove him away from me.

Once the coffee was finished I brought everyone their coffee. I put Brian's on the table since he was already playing. "Thank you darling." Fred takes his drink and I hand Paul his. "You're Welcome." I give him a fake smile before going to sit next to Roger on the sofa. As Brian plays I lean back into the sofa tossing my legs on Roger's lap and he smiles at me. Once everyone finished their coffee they went straight to drinking alcohol. "Alice, make me a glass." Paul hands me his glass and I take it from him and pour him another one. "Here." I hand it back at him and sit next to Roger again.

"Give me that." I take the cigarette out of his hand and take a drag off it shocking him and Deaky. "You don't smoke." Roger says turning to look at me. "Nope, but I needed a drag." I say eyeing Paul who was eyeing Fred like he was some candy. I give Roger back his cigarette as Brian finishes he part he was on. "That was pretty damn good. Brilliant, I loved that." Fred says but didn't press the button. "Press the button, Freddie." Me and Brian say at the same time.

"It's good umm... play it like you wrote it." Fred tells him. "Well I did, I wrote that part." Brian says sorta confused. "Taking the piss." Fred laughs and I catch Paul glare at me. I give him the what face and he turns away, "I was smoking that!" Roger complains as I pull the cigarette out of his mouth to take a puff. "Quick your whining rockstar." I backhand his arm and he rubs it. "Here you go baby." I shove it back in his mouth and lean back crossing my arms over my chest. I just want to ring his neck and hang him from a tree. Ugh Paul!!!!

Fred tells Deaky to start the tape again and he does what he's told. Roger looks back at me and slightly smiles. "What are you smiling at?" I ask him completely annoyed because of Paul. "You're just too cute when you're grumpy." He squeezes my thigh and I just glare at him. I sit up and take off his sunglasses, "Why do you have theses on inside? You look ridiculous, you know." I smile at him placing them on top Of my head. "Because I can. They go good with your outfit." He smiles at me as he takes a sip from his drink.

"We came here for no distractions, so would you two stop flirting with each other. Alice, go make us something to eat." Paul turns to face us and I had enough with him. "I'm not flirting with him, and I'll go make everyone but you lunch. Because I like everyone but you, also everyone is busy and you're not. You're just looking at something you want." I flip him off walking to the kitchen to make some fucking sandwiches. "I should literally just quit. I'm done, with his bloody fucking mouth." I talk to myself alone making the last sandwich.

"Don't do that, I'll miss you too much." Roger scares me as he was standing right behind me. "Don't you ever do that again! You almost gave me a heart attack." I hit his chest and he grabs my hands, "Hey, fuck Paul. He just needs to piss off." Roger says in a calm voice nodding his head. "Yeah, into a blackhole where he can never leave." I say in a serious tone making Roger laugh. "See, this is why I love you so much." He pinches my cheeks as I just stand there. "Because I'm rude and a bitch?" I ask confused. "No, because you don't put up with shitty people." He says taking the sandwiches off the counter.

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Today was Roger's turn in the recording studio and while Fred made him do one part. I helped Brian with his puzzle books sitting on the couch with him. "How was that?" Roger asks. "Freddie?" Deaky asks Fred, "Higher." He says and me and Brain look at him. "Can you go a bit higher?" Deaky asks Roger in the studio. "If I go any higher, only dogs will hear me." He tells us. "Freddie's note, sorry." Deaky tells him, "Go on, roll the tape." He says not wanting to.

I stand up and walk up behind Deaky to watch Roger better. "Higher." Fred says again and I point my hand up to tell him higher. "Jesus! How many more Galileos do you want?" Roger asks getting to the annoyed point. They do more and more overdubs while I just start to laugh at Roger. "Who even is Galileo?" He asks putting his hands in his hips. Deaky goes on and tells him a few more and we wait for Fred to say something. "My nuts feel like they're in my chest right now. Are we done?" Roger asks and I get a huge grin holding in my laughter or else I hear Paul's big mouth. "That's it. He loves you." I say as Deaky presses the button.

After Roger finishes the other parts Fred wanted him to sing, he rejoins us flopping down on the chair. "Hey, if you want your nuts to go back where they belong... I can punch you hard enough in the chest." I joke and his get out of his chair to hit me. "I saw you laughing at me the whole bloody time." He drags me over to the chair so he can sit down with me on his lap. "Well I can't lie and say I didn't." I laugh and he hits my arm again. "We should get back to work now." Paul looks at me and I roll my eyes. "Let us have the rest of the day off. It's Alice's 25th birthday." Roger hold me close to him. "We're already behind on schedule, No." He says standing up now. "It's alright if we stop for today. Roger already finishes his part." Fred says leaving the room clapping his hands.

"You're going to make the band fail." Paul looks straight at me. "Hey, I think you should knock it off now!" Roger raises his voice at Paul. "Why should I and why are you standing up for her? You want to get in her pants? Has she not shagged you yet like... I assume the other two?" Paul laughs and Roger careful removes me to stand up. "Listen here you-!" I run up to him and Brian jumps between the two, "Don't even talk about Alice like that again. She's not one of those girls." Brian points how finger at Paul and Deaky walks over to us. "Just don't ever talk about her or tell her what to do. She works for us not you."

We all leave the room and I just go straight outside to the rooms to go take a bloody nap. Of course once I got comfy someone had to walk in. "Alice." Roger sits down next to me. "What, Rog?" I asks looking back at him and he was smiling. "Why are you smiling?" I sit up now to look at him. "You called me Rog and not Roger." He smiles like an idiot. "You're an idiot, you know that right?" I say and he nods his head. "Yep, for many reasons actually. One, because you called me something more the just Roger. Two, I made a song about being in love with a car. Three, I used to sleep with many of girl for fun. Four, I'm not very smart. And last but least five... I'm in love with you."

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«SALVIATI.- Por tanto, de estas dos proposiciones, ambas de Aristóteles, esta segunda que dice que es necesario anteponer los sentidos al razonamiento, es doctrina más firme y decidida que la otra, que juzga al cielo inalterable; así pues, filosofaréis más aristotélicamente diciendo: "el cielo es alterable, pues así me lo muestran los sentidos", que si decís: "el cielo es inalterable, porque así persuade la razón de Aristóteles". Añadid que nosotros podemos discurrir sobre las osas del cielo mucho mejor que Aristóteles, pues si él confesaba que le era difícil hacer averiguaciones debido a la excesiva distancia para los sentidos, viene a conceder que quien tuviera más facilidades para experimentar con los sentidos, con mayor seguridad podría filosofar sobre ello; así nosotros hoy, que gracias al telescopio podemos ver treinta o cuarenta veces más próximo lo que para Aristóteles era lejano, y podemos apreciar cien cosas que él no podía ver, entre otras, estas manchas del Sol, que para él fueron absolutamente invisibles; por tanto, del cielo y del Sol, podemos tratar con más seguridad que Aristóteles”.»

Galileo Galilei: Diálogo sobre los sistemas máximos. Jornada primera. Aguilar, págs. 116-117.  Buenos Aires, 1975

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«Cuando Galileo hizo bajar por el plano inclinado unas bolas de un peso elegido por él mismo, o cuando Torricelli hizo que el aire sostuviera el peso que él, de antemano, había supuesto equivalente al de un determinado volumen de agua, o cuando, más tarde, Stahl transformó metales en cal y esta de nuevo en metal, a base de quitarles algo y devolvérselo, entonces los investigadores de la naturaleza comprendieron súbitamente algo. Entendieron que la razón solo reconoce lo que ella misma produce según su bosquejo, que la razón tiene que anticiparse con los principios de sus juicios de acuerdo con leyes constantes y que tiene que obligar a la naturaleza a responder sus preguntas, pero sin dejarse conducir con andaderas, por así decirlo.».

Inmanuel Kant: Crítica de la razón pura. Prólogo: B XIII. Ediciones Alfaguara, S. A. Madrid, 1978.

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«La verdad carece de historia. No llega a hacerse ni verdadera ni falsa; propiamente no llega a hacerse: es. Y porque es, es eterna. Nada puede el tiempo contra ella. Ni yo. Yo puedo desplazar el jarrón, romperlo, tirarlo... Pero nada puedo contra la verdad de lo que ya fue, y Dios mismo, de existir, no puede sino contemplarla eternamente. Hay un ramo de flores sobre esta mesa en este instante que nombro de entre toda la eternidad. Y eso será verdadero así pasen cien mil millones de años: el ramo ya no estará ahí pero siempre será verdad que estuvo. Puede cambiar el mundo, cambiar la sociedad, cambiar los hombres tal vez o cambiar uno mismo, pero no la verdad. Galileo lo sabía bien, como también sabía que la verdad se burla de todas las inquisiciones. ¿Qué hacer con ella? Vosotros veréis, como se suele decir. Si la verdad nos desagrada o nos entristece —ella, que no es nunca ni alegre ni triste, ni agradable ni desagradable—, de nosotros depende todo cambio. Ella no cambiará jamás».

André Comte-Sponville: El mito de Ícaro. Tratado de la desesperanza y la felicidad, pág. 29. Antonio Machado Libros. Madrid, 2011

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