AWARD-WINNING Italian soundtrack and score composer Franco Eco recently conducted a seminar-workshop during the staging of the Italian Cinema: From Venice to Manila, which featured selections of movies from the Venice International Film Festival.
According to Eco, who tackled the subject of composition and significance of music in films among young student-artists at the School of Design and Arts (Cinema) of De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, “Music is a universal language; it explains itself.”
His talent and versatility has left a mark in renowned movies, musical plays and documentaries, including a project on the sanctification of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II, which are produced by Vatican TV and SKY.
The series of master classes, likewise, featured cinematographer Davide Mancori, who discussed the direction of photography in the art and craft of being the author of film images, as well as filmmaker Paolo Bertola, who lectured on the inclusion of special effects on small-scale productions.
The Italian Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines, the Philippine Italian Association and the Film Development Council of the Philippines jointly presented the event.