Caloocan Campus
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Communication Arts
A Film Analysis submitted to
Prof. Efren C. Gimoto Jr.
In Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirements
In CA211 Communication Theory
By
Vergel de Dios Jr., Vergel V.
October 2011
Movie: Mamarazzi
I. Synopsis
The movie opens focusing on Violy’s everyday life as a manager/make-up artist at her very own funeral parlor named Funeraria Langit; To Die For. It shows how she manages and handles every customer’s desire and almost crazy request for their deceased love ones such as doing a make-over on a dead gay, comforting an old woman who’s crying over the coffin of her husband on the age of twenties calling him “babe” and making a cadaver smile. The scene was cut when the maid called Violy because of Dingdong (AJ Perez+) who again gets imprisoned because of trouble. She gets Dingdong out of jail and decided to go home riding their business’ hearse, which made Dingdong decide to just go home walking. This opens to another scene with Mandy (John Lapuz), a baranggay captain and Violy’s best friend, as they walk to the town hall, discussing Dingdong’s behavior. On the other hand, Violy sends her advice and tip to Strawberry (Andi Eigenman) who dreams to be a popular figure skater and even say “go skate somewhere else” to a skater who blocks Strawberry’s way. Unfortunately, Strawberry loses her balance and falls down, making the overreacting mother to help her out of the rink and protect her from Strawberry’s detractors.
On the parlor, Violy reprimands her staffs about their business and explaining how people made their life end easier and even mentioning their slogan “Habang may Patay, May Pag-asa”. Witty and clever Peachy(Andi Eigenman), Strawberry’s twin sister, then came home and discussed why she came late. Strawberry then explained that it is because of her boyfriends who can’t understand and even talk to her properly due to her high level of