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    Title of The Film: Mga Munting Tinig Director: Gil M. Portes Main Actor/s

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    The film Mga Munting Tinig follows Melinda, a new teacher who takes a job at a poor rural school. She notices the students have few resources and little hope. To inspire them, Melinda organizes the students into a choir to enter a singing contest, not for the prize but to give them confidence. They face challenges like the death of a choir member due to the war, but ultimately win the contest. The film highlights the poverty of rural life but also the power of hope.

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    The film Mga Munting Tinig follows Melinda, a new teacher who takes a job at a poor rural school. She notices the students have few resources and little hope. To inspire them, Melinda organizes the students into a choir to enter a singing contest, not for the prize but to give them confidence. They face challenges like the death of a choir member due to the war, but ultimately win the contest. The film highlights the poverty of rural life but also the power of hope.

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    The film Mga Munting Tinig follows Melinda, a new teacher who takes a job at a poor rural school. She notices the students have few resources and little hope. To inspire them, Melinda organizes the students into a choir to enter a singing contest, not for the prize but to give them confidence. They face challenges like the death of a choir member due to the war, but ultimately win the contest. The film highlights the poverty of rural life but also the power of hope.

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    Title of the Film: Mga Munting Tinig

    Director: Gil M. Portes

    Main Actor/s:

     Alessandra de Rossi as Melinda


     Dexter Doria as Mrs. Pantalan
     Gina Alajar as Chayong
     Amy Austria as Luz
     Bryan Homecillo as Popoy
     Pierro Rodriguez as Obet
     Irma Adlawan as Fe

    Length: 109 mins or 1 hour 49 mins

    Copyright Date: September 2002

    Introduction:

    Mga Munting Tinig is a movie for everyone, young or adult because the movie
    tells and teaches us values that will help us in our present and future status. Th movie
    gives inspiration to people to let them know what is out there. It not only shows us the
    life of the people in the province, but also the realism that we are still experiencing. Gil
    Portes, a director, writer and producer, has a way with this movie because of his visions
    that made this movie one of the most well known Filipino movie in the world. The way
    he presented it was beyond outstanding. As for the cast of the movie, the roles that
    they were assigned to suited them. They are in character and everyone performed their
    best. This is one of those movies that you would never get tired of watching over and
    over. This movie will make you realize that even an ordinary person can make a
    difference.
    Summary:

    Melinda is a fresh graduate student that took up the course of education who
    chose to be a substitute teacher in the province at Malawig Elementary School. Her
    father died in a car accident which made her pursue music and teaching. Her mother
    has high hopes for her and wants to join her in abroad but Melinda wants to prove
    something to her mother that she could be a teacher here in the Philippines much better
    than in abroad.

    When she first arrived at the school, the first things she noticed about it were that
    the school has insufficient resources. The students had to share books, have class
    outside because of unsafe classrooms, teachers had to sell ice candies to help in their
    finance, their area is a bit isolated to the city, and a war against the New People’s Army
    (NPA) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).

    While Melinda was interacting with her fellow teachers and students, she senses
    the presence of hopelessness in every one of them, because the people believed that
    only the rich people can dream and as for the poor, they are left with nothing. So
    Melinda had an idea that the school should join a singing contest not for the sake of
    money, but to give the children hope. She motivated the children and their parents to
    know that there is a future for them. Some challenges were faced when one of the choir
    members died because of the war which took a huge blow to everyone, but in the end
    they surpassed all challenges and came out victorious in the singing contest.

    Plot:

    Gil Portes amazes me because of the way the story was told. The plot was accurate and
    related to one another showing the order of the movie and the way every scene is important to
    make sure that the viewers are concentrated on the story. The twists at the end and the climax
    were very unpredictable and made me think of different ways on what will happen. The movie
    gave me ideas, opened my eyes to the reality of life that it’s the same as now from before, that
    there is despair and when there is the presence of despair, there will always be hope.
    Technicals:

    Since the movie was made from the year 2002, the camera used were a bit old
    but gave a vivid picture of what is happening in every scene. The camera shots were
    accurate and has great way of emphasizing the important scenes. In the audio, there
    were some scenes that are unclear to me. If it wasn’t for the subtitle, I might not have
    understood the relation of every shot. The music though is astounding because the way
    the children sang the “Mga Munting Tinig” it was very clear and every word was
    pronounced correctly. The setting of the movie was done in the province which is very
    accurate for a story like this.

    Characterization:

     Alessandra de Rossi as Melinda


    - Melinda is a fresh graduate student that took up education. She is
    fond of music and plays the flute. A strong independent woman
    who never gives up to anything.
     Dexter Doria as Mrs. Pantalan
    - Principal of Malawig Elementary School. Strict and firm when it
    comes to policies. Hides her caring attitude but shows it sometimes.
     Lailani Navarro as Pilar
    - Teacher at the Malawig School. Went to abroad to earn more
    money. tricked by her recruiter that end up as a maid.
     Gina Alajar as Chayong
    - Mother of Pilar. Owner of the house Melinda is staying. Caring
    mother to Pilar and a good friend of Melinda.
     Amy Austria as Luz
    - Mother of Popoy and Obet. Coal farmer. Helped Melinda convince
    the parents of the children to join the contest
     Bryan Homecillo as Popoy
    - Son of Luz. Brother of Obet. Playful kid. Curious of his
    surroundings.
     Pierro Rodriguez as Obet
    - Son of Luz. Brother of Popoy. Has a deep hatred of his father that
    is a member of NPA
     Mr. Singh
    - An Indian person. Loans money to the characters in the movie.
    Hence the term “5-6 bumbay”

    Theme:

    1. Poverty – it is shown in the movie because of the situations of the families in the movie.
    To see them struggling just to survive.
    2. Life in the province – life in province is a bit hard because of insufficient resources. The
    needs of the people are hard to find
    3. Hope – shown by Melinda to prove that every person has the right to dream for him or
    her self

    Symbolism:

    1. Melinda – she is the symbol of people that still believes in others even though the people
    already gave up.
    2. Ice candy – the mere candy is a symbolism of the people’s simple happiness that when
    they eat it, the sense of refreshness to start anew.
    3. Flute – it is the output of stress in Melinda’s life to relieve her of her troubles and sorrows
    in life.

    Conclusion:

    Watching the film, it was a real eye opener to me. I realized that the life is the most
    valued thing. That you should never give up on anything especially yourself. No matter whom
    you are or what you are, hope is always there to assist you in your life. To give you motivation
    and inspiration to work hard and strive to do better than your best.

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