Trip to Quiapo is a script writing manual written by one of the Philippines' local script writing guru; Ricky Lee. Trip to Quiapo is a book written to inspire and also to guide those who are new in the field of script writing and to those who wishes to enter the world of script writing.
In the beginning pace of the book Mr. Lee describes or illustrates the life or the characteristics of the three different travelers who went to Quiapo using different ways or method. The first traveler used the usual way/road to get there so he arrive their early and fast. The second traveler made his own way and take the risk. On his way to Quiapo, he had a hard time for the road he toke but got their safe, the second traveler was brave enough to take a risk on choosing a road in going to Quiapo unlike the first traveler who chooses the more convenient and the usual road that many others toke before. Now the third and the last traveler decided to also take a different way and go to a different Quiapo, a Quiapo that he made out of his idea. Mr. Lee explains that the first traveler is like a script writer who chooses to go with the flow or make a script that most writers writes. The second traveler is like a script writer who chooses and makes his own way or own script yet the result is a high quality one. The third and last traveler is like a script writer who gambled and tried to make his own way, his own style of writing and arrive to a new and better Quiapo, a new and better product. Which traveler are you now? What a great message to open a book, it sure helps the readers to be excite and to be curious what is the book really all about.
In the book trip to Quiapo, Mr. Lee illustrate,explains and gives examples on the different ingredients and the different elements and formulas on how to write a good script. From the mos simple to the most complicated scripts. He also gives examples from different international and local films to explains further each topic that he discuss. He even interviewed some of the most promising script writers, directors, video editors and cinematographers in the local film industry.The overall content of the book is all about the stages in script writing;the pre-writing stage, the writing stage and the post-writing stage. Each stage he discuss every techniques,and even problems that a writer could face during that stages. At the end part of the book,Mr. Lee wrote some articles about the hardships and triumphs that a script writer can get and even wrote some letters from his co-script writer friends who experiences also the hardships and the sweet success Mr. Ricky Lee savored in his life being a script writer.
I would say that the book entitled Trip to Quiapo is a good and an inspirational book for those young and active script writers who needs more encouragement and guide from an expert. The book shows some possible problem that a script writer could encounter but also provided encouragement on not giving up and even give tips on how to deal with such problems. It also uses figurative writing using those common things that we see every day to illustrate further the subject matter he wanted to present to his reader. But even the greatest author of the greatest book ever written also commits mistakes. Who does not, we are only humans and its our nature to commit mistakes. I only notice few things in Mr. Lee's book that made me confuse and sometimes loss my interest to read. Mr. Lee sometimes tend to uses terms and do not define it it first that made me not to understand what he is trying to deliver and also some or most of the movies he uses as his examples are the movies that was shown during the 70's
, 80's and the early 90's which young readers like me is not familiar.Lastly, its my first time to read a script writing guide book that was written in taglish (Tagalog-English), I think it would be much formal if he wrote it in pure English or pure Tagalog.
But the book was good, it provided a lot of information and new learnings about script writing even what is life behind the big screen, the life of those people that work hard to provide us good and quality films that most of us didn't commend for the hard work they did just for us to be entertain.If your a young mind curious and wanted to enter the amazing world of film industry particularly in to the island where script writers dwell,Then Mr. Ricky Lee's Trip to Quiapo is for you to read....!Enjoy
In the beginning pace of the book Mr. Lee describes or illustrates the life or the characteristics of the three different travelers who went to Quiapo using different ways or method. The first traveler used the usual way/road to get there so he arrive their early and fast. The second traveler made his own way and take the risk. On his way to Quiapo, he had a hard time for the road he toke but got their safe, the second traveler was brave enough to take a risk on choosing a road in going to Quiapo unlike the first traveler who chooses the more convenient and the usual road that many others toke before. Now the third and the last traveler decided to also take a different way and go to a different Quiapo, a Quiapo that he made out of his idea. Mr. Lee explains that the first traveler is like a script writer who chooses to go with the flow or make a script that most writers writes. The second traveler is like a script writer who chooses and makes his own way or own script yet the result is a high quality one. The third and last traveler is like a script writer who gambled and tried to make his own way, his own style of writing and arrive to a new and better Quiapo, a new and better product. Which traveler are you now? What a great message to open a book, it sure helps the readers to be excite and to be curious what is the book really all about.
In the book trip to Quiapo, Mr. Lee illustrate,explains and gives examples on the different ingredients and the different elements and formulas on how to write a good script. From the mos simple to the most complicated scripts. He also gives examples from different international and local films to explains further each topic that he discuss. He even interviewed some of the most promising script writers, directors, video editors and cinematographers in the local film industry.The overall content of the book is all about the stages in script writing;the pre-writing stage, the writing stage and the post-writing stage. Each stage he discuss every techniques,and even problems that a writer could face during that stages. At the end part of the book,Mr. Lee wrote some articles about the hardships and triumphs that a script writer can get and even wrote some letters from his co-script writer friends who experiences also the hardships and the sweet success Mr. Ricky Lee savored in his life being a script writer.
I would say that the book entitled Trip to Quiapo is a good and an inspirational book for those young and active script writers who needs more encouragement and guide from an expert. The book shows some possible problem that a script writer could encounter but also provided encouragement on not giving up and even give tips on how to deal with such problems. It also uses figurative writing using those common things that we see every day to illustrate further the subject matter he wanted to present to his reader. But even the greatest author of the greatest book ever written also commits mistakes. Who does not, we are only humans and its our nature to commit mistakes. I only notice few things in Mr. Lee's book that made me confuse and sometimes loss my interest to read. Mr. Lee sometimes tend to uses terms and do not define it it first that made me not to understand what he is trying to deliver and also some or most of the movies he uses as his examples are the movies that was shown during the 70's
, 80's and the early 90's which young readers like me is not familiar.Lastly, its my first time to read a script writing guide book that was written in taglish (Tagalog-English), I think it would be much formal if he wrote it in pure English or pure Tagalog.
But the book was good, it provided a lot of information and new learnings about script writing even what is life behind the big screen, the life of those people that work hard to provide us good and quality films that most of us didn't commend for the hard work they did just for us to be entertain.If your a young mind curious and wanted to enter the amazing world of film industry particularly in to the island where script writers dwell,Then Mr. Ricky Lee's Trip to Quiapo is for you to read....!Enjoy
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