Find materials in the Internet and read about the historical figure Genghis Kahn and the film Genghis Kahn (1950), directed by Manuel Conde. After knowing the background and the cultural, political, economic background/context during which time the film was made, watch the film Genghis Kahn directed by Manuel Conde.

Comment on the production value of the film, i.e. mis-en-scene, photography, editing, sound. What do you think of the narrative? How was the story organized?

What do you think are the probable reasons that made the West notice a film from a third world country like the Philippines?

 

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The mis-en-scene of the movie is in Northeast Asia during. The setting of the movie was set to happen when Genghis Khan was alive during the late 1100s to early 1200s. The film was released around 1950 so I expected that the filming happened around 1948-1950 which is right after the World War 2. I am impressed on the quality of the film although the copy that we have on Youtube is a little blurry. For the editing, I thought it was slightly inconsistent because some of the cuts were really smooth in terms of transition. However, some of them were still pretty abrupt and not smooth. As an example, Temujin, Genghis Khan's original name, was younger then a cut happened and he got older without any signs that time has passed. For the sound, excluding the dialogue, the background music and effects were appropriate. Personally, I think having a Tagalog dialogue on the background with an English narration gave me a harder time to understand what was going on. It might be because I am a native speaker for Tagalog and that whenever I hear it and English at the same time, I get more confused. The story was organized in chronological order, from Temujin's early life to his legend of defeating the status quo and uniting his men. I think the narration was easy to follow because it is in order. The narration would have been better if the picture quality is clearer and if it was colored.

Filipinos like the idea of helping each other and uniting to attain something. I think the reason why the Filipinos liked this idea was because the Philippines was colonized by Spain, Japan and the United States. People have planned and tried to revolt against their colonizers but only a little number of them were successful. On the other hand, I think the West has noticed a movie like this is because everyone like rags to riches story line. Temujin was an ordinary folk who worked hard to attain what he wanted. Also, I have read that the Westerners were impressed on this movie because it was almost surprising that a Filipino would dare to write, produce, direct, and star in a movie on the of someone who is not part of his culture. They also utilized all Filipino artists, local materials and equipment available during that time.

 

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The film Genghis Khan by Manuel Conde took place in the Philippine Islands. After reading some of the background information about the making of this film, I find the creativity very impressive. The mis-en-scene, particularly the set design and lighting, amplified character emotion and the dominant mood for a specific situation for example during the challenge/game (in the beginning) when everyone was cheering. It was clear that some of the scenes were shot on location (especially the outdoor scenes when there were encounters), while others look like shot on set. The quality and intensity of lighting emphasized the time of day (day and night), it gave a good transition. It also illuminated the characters' emotions, which helped the audience to understand the overall mood. The lighting is great to the extent that in spite of the film being black and white, the props that were used can be clearly seen. The props were so detailed and we can make the distinction between characters just by looking at what they were wearing. In consideration that this film was made by a Filipino director and used Filipino actors, this was not a typical film that they use to make, hence the props were not the typical props they use in film. The creativity in making this film was definitely showcased. The integration of every aspect of filmmaking from cinematography (the angles of shots), director, and writer, costume designer, and editors were great and this can be seen because there was a flow to it (the storyline, the cuts/clips of images, etc). I would also like to commend the cinematographer for this film because of the various shot angles (close-up shot, medium shot, long shot, tilt down shot, and more) that definitely showed the characters' emotions and the specific situation they were in. I also noticed that the ending part of the movie involved the superimposition of images. The sounds (music and the sound effects) were also great, although sometimes the music overpowers the narrator and actors' voice, but the music definitely helped set the mood for specific situations.

 

I think one of the probable reasons that made the West notice a film from a third world country like the Philippines was because of the close relationship that the Philippines and the US had after the war. According to an article by Ferdinand Maquito, he states that this close relationship might have been one of the reasons for the golden age of the Philippines. He also states that the Philippine-US relationship could explain the predominantly American source of reference behind the movie. But I also think that one of the great reasons why Manuel Conde's work was noticed was because of it being an uncommon work of Filipino filmmakers. It was not the norm for Filipino filmmakers at that time to create a movie that was different from Filipino culture. They usually utilize the theme around romance/love, but Genghis Khan film had a different taste of it. And also Manuel Conde worked with limited resources because the budget or allotment of resources in making the film was sparse. But this did not let Conde settle for less, he instead used every available resource to create a great film and he did. This movie showed hard work and high-level collaboration which embodies Filipino quality. 

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