Kun Maupay Man It Panahon or Whether the Weather is Fine is a Philippine film produced in 2021, directed by Carlo Francisco Manatad with its main cast Daniel Padilla as Miguel and Charo Santos-Concio as Norma. The film revolved around Miguel looking for her mom, Norma. It started with a full shot of Miguel laying down in the middle of the mess that the typhoon left with them which was really powerful because it explained a lot about the emotions and decisions of the characters. The shots were well thought of and I noticed that there were a lot of dolly and wide shots. The wide shots explained how the characters were still in shock after what had happened to them and the dolly shots brought the audience to the characters' emotions as if they were being put in the same position as the characters. For the wide shots they used it a lot to show what has happened to the character because with production design and the use of shot size explain a lot to the audience. Their use of shot size determined up to how big the production design would be. The production design and cinematography were major factors in this film.
Because of these, the title explains that in Philippine culture, no matter how badly we have been hit by typhoons, we are always expected to be resilient in our own little ways may it be our faith in God, or surviving on our own just like how they showed it in this film that people were getting aggressive already because they didn't know how to survive anymore and that indeed they need help instead of expecting them to just be resilient. The most important scenes were the first one, when Norma asked Miguel to hit him just so she could see his father, and then the last scene because these scenes explained so much about survival in times of need.
The film was different from other generations' films because in this one, even though they discussed such a heavy topic, they used a different approach in terms of the scoring. The scoring was just light and as if I was just in a dream which could probably explain some scenes wherein people would dance and scenes wherein Norma was sort of hallucinating. This factor could relay the message as to how typhoon victims (represented by Miguel and Norma) feel that they don't know how to differentiate dreams from reality anymore because if everything was just a dream maybe they still have their houses and they could still have the lives that were lost.
Overall, with the dolly shots and scoring, this film made me closer to the characters' emotions. The film made me feel even more devastated for the typhoon victims and how they're expected to just be resilient and survive on their own. The film's story, production design, cinematography, directing, acting and scoring collectively worked together to be able to produce a good film like this.
Because of these, the title explains that in Philippine culture, no matter how badly we have been hit by typhoons, we are always expected to be resilient in our own little ways may it be our faith in God, or surviving on our own just like how they showed it in this film that people were getting aggressive already because they didn't know how to survive anymore and that indeed they need help instead of expecting them to just be resilient. The most important scenes were the first one, when Norma asked Miguel to hit him just so she could see his father, and then the last scene because these scenes explained so much about survival in times of need.
The film was different from other generations' films because in this one, even though they discussed such a heavy topic, they used a different approach in terms of the scoring. The scoring was just light and as if I was just in a dream which could probably explain some scenes wherein people would dance and scenes wherein Norma was sort of hallucinating. This factor could relay the message as to how typhoon victims (represented by Miguel and Norma) feel that they don't know how to differentiate dreams from reality anymore because if everything was just a dream maybe they still have their houses and they could still have the lives that were lost.
Overall, with the dolly shots and scoring, this film made me closer to the characters' emotions. The film made me feel even more devastated for the typhoon victims and how they're expected to just be resilient and survive on their own. The film's story, production design, cinematography, directing, acting and scoring collectively worked together to be able to produce a good film like this.