SAAN NAGSISIMULA ANG
KWENTO?
RICKY LEE
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Sa “Wala” Nagsisimula ang Kwento
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rowing up, nung bata pa ako I had a lot of questions.
Like… ba't namatay ng maaga 'yung nanay ko?
I was only five years old. Sabi nila kasi daw inaswang at hinabol
habol ng aswang hanggang sa namatay.
Lahat ng mga questions ko, may mga sagot sila. At ang mga sagot
nila mga kwento. And naniwala ako. Growing up. Naniwala ako.
Even kay Santa Claus naniwala ako.
And natutunan ko 'yung power ng kwento… Naging believer ako.
To be able to be a writer, especially to be a really good writer, you
have to be a believer… There's something beyond what you can
see now.
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I lost my mother when I was five years old. Namatay daw dahil sa
aswang, but actually it turned out cancer. Wala na akong alam sa
kanya except mahal na mahal daw ako.
So if you look at my works, mga pelikula ko, even my novels, very
strong ang aking mga nanay. I always come up with strong mothers
na mga characters. Pinupunuan ko yung mga wala. I'm trying to
recreate my mother every time in every mother character. And
even if minsan hindi ako conscious about it, subconscious na ang
gumagawa pinupunuan niya yung wala sa loob ko.
In a way conscious ako sa maraming wala sa ‘kin and nakikita kong
don napupunuan and I allow it. And because I'm conscious about it
kelangan magkaroon ako ng nanay na hindi naman ganon ka strong
lagi kasi magiging trite na naman sa ‘kin. So ginagamit ko ‘yung wala
to drive me.
That way lumalabas sa kwento at lumalabas personal na buhay ko.
There's something more than what you can hear or you can touch.
'Yung kapre na nagbubuga ng usok, there's something behind that
kapre. 'Yung nanay mo na merong pain na ayaw ipakita. 'Yung best
friend mo na merong past na ayaw niyang ikwento. There's always
something there that is not present. And yet it is there. So natuto
akong maniwala sa ganon.
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I look for things na hindi magkabagay and then hinahanap ko 'yung
wala para makonekta sila.
So 'pag sinabing merong isang teacher ng nursery na ang bait bait at
very caring at nurturing sa mga estudyante niya, at nakikita niya
mga problema ng mga estudyante niya, at popular na popular siya at
lagi nananalo ng "Best Teacher of the Year,” pero sa bag niya
merong baril, then nakikita niyo 'yung imagination ko ngayon na
hanapin 'yung wala. Bakit siya may baril? Ba't niya kailangang may
baril? Ano ang kwento niya? Sino ba talaga siya? Beyond the nursery
teacher na nananalo ng awards. So natutunan ko na ah para maka
pagkwento hahanapin ko lang 'yung wala. And nai su supply ko
'yung wala.
And that's how I started to write my stories.
Natututo akong ma imagine ko 'yung wala. So I learned the value of
imagining what's not there. And I learned to value the precious
ness, the kahalagahan of the wala na na i imagine ko.
It's a question of the meron at wala.
We try to see what has to be seen, we try to see, what, what is not
there, and yet it's there na itinago, 'yun 'yung trabaho natin, ang
magpakita
You have to realize that telling a story is not really telling, it has to
be experiencing, ibig sabihin you cannot tell your audience one two
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three, you ang have to experience the one two threeness of the
whole thing.
Maski na magbigay ka ng sampung impormasyon, It might be
better to just give two, merong meron na wala at merong love, but
they experience it. So they have to experience it, the same thing
pag nag create ka ng mundo hindi yan maki create kung ang dami
mo ng detalyeng binigay na impormasyon.
It has to be written, that world has to be created, in such a way that
they will experience that world. And kung minsan ang hirap ipali
wanag sa mabilisan paraan dito e, kung minsan maski ang dami
dami mong sinasabi sa isang tao hindi nya naiintindihan.
Then ‘pag pinakita na itong dalawa nagka ibigan na sa unang tingin,
pag ganun ng lalaki pag ganun ng babae and then biglang tumama
'yung sunset sa mukha nung babae, then naintindihan mo na agad
na in love sila at mundo 'yun where people can fall in love with just
the sunset. It's the way it's rendered.
May mahirap ipaliwanag pero nag combine na lahat 'yung music
'yung blocking 'yung etc 'yung tingin ng babae. Pero kung hindi
mahusay 'yung artista mong babae maski may sunset at lahat 'yan at
tumingin sya at sinabi ng director na tumingin ka at na in love ka
hindi parin na experience 'yun nung nanonood hindi sya
maniniwala.
So in writing your world kinakailanagan ma experience sya ng audi
ence rather than your audience is told.
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The shortest short story in the world sabi nila kay Ernest Heming
way. Six words lang siya: "For sale, baby shoes never used." You
supply the wala… sa workshoppers ko when we did this exercise,
ang lumabas na kwento, is the usual kwento. Lagi siyang nakukunan
kaya binenta 'yung baby shoes.
'Yung isa namang workshopper ko, horror ang inano. Itong shoes na
'to naglalakbay siya. At bawat nagsusuot na shoes ng baby nagig
ing…tiyanak or what…'Yung isang workshopper naman… ginawang
musical. Isang kumakantang baby shoes. So you can have lots of
stories.
The story that you choose will show whether pessimistic ka or opti
mistic ka etc. your view of the world.
So look for a material and then find the wala there and then extract
the story that you want to tell.
It will be your story.
Activity
K
umuha ng 3 news headlines at 2 recent news from family
or your neighborhood.
Lagyan ng “What if…” in 1 to 2 sentences per topic.
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About the Author
R ICKY L EE
2021 National Artist for Cinema Nominee and the most awarded
scriptwriter in the Philippines.
Ricky Lee has written more than 180 produced film scripts, earning
him more than 80 trophies from award giving bodies, including life
achievement awards from prestigious organizations such as the
Cinemanila International Film Festival, the Gawad Urian, the UP
Gawad Plaridel, the Gawad CCP, and more.