HUMALIT Boses Interpretative Essay Fi
Pauline Andrea Roncal HUMALIT EG
Wilean Jose B. Macalalad
Moises Emilio del Prado “Hidden voices” The film Boses is a story about how a mute abused child gained back his “voice” through music. The film started with an obscure atmosphere where Mang Marcelo, Onyok’s father, was arrested for child abuse and Onyok was found hiding in a cabinet in their house. He was brought to a shelter where he met Ariel, considered as “Mamang baliw” by the other children from the shelter, who had a great passion for music and violin. The first time they met, Ariel was furious with Onyok since he hated the children in the shelter. Later on Ariel discovered Onyok’s talent and before long Ariel taught Onyok how to play the instrument. Most of the events in the film happened in the shelter which was a valid setting for the film since it isn’t only about child abuse but the process of healing from the abuse. In addition, the film was presented through a third person point of view where the thoughts and feelings of the characters weren’t shown. Though the characters’ insights weren’t narrated in the film, they were effectively shown through the actions and dialogues of the characters. Also, third person point of view is an effective way of presenting the film since it doesn’t only show the opinion of one person on the different characters; instead it introduces all characters and shows their own background. Boses revolved around the relationship between Ariel and Onyok as teacher and student and also as friends. Both of them had their own problems which they needed to deal with. Onyok is still on the process of gaining back his trust in his father and Ariel is still moving on from his problem in the past that is haunting him until now.
The film’s title pretty much says a lot about how the elements are portrayed and how they come together to create a great film all in all. First, the characters’ colourful or rather deeply wounding background stories add up to the impact of
Wilean Jose B. Macalalad
Moises Emilio del Prado “Hidden voices” The film Boses is a story about how a mute abused child gained back his “voice” through music. The film started with an obscure atmosphere where Mang Marcelo, Onyok’s father, was arrested for child abuse and Onyok was found hiding in a cabinet in their house. He was brought to a shelter where he met Ariel, considered as “Mamang baliw” by the other children from the shelter, who had a great passion for music and violin. The first time they met, Ariel was furious with Onyok since he hated the children in the shelter. Later on Ariel discovered Onyok’s talent and before long Ariel taught Onyok how to play the instrument. Most of the events in the film happened in the shelter which was a valid setting for the film since it isn’t only about child abuse but the process of healing from the abuse. In addition, the film was presented through a third person point of view where the thoughts and feelings of the characters weren’t shown. Though the characters’ insights weren’t narrated in the film, they were effectively shown through the actions and dialogues of the characters. Also, third person point of view is an effective way of presenting the film since it doesn’t only show the opinion of one person on the different characters; instead it introduces all characters and shows their own background. Boses revolved around the relationship between Ariel and Onyok as teacher and student and also as friends. Both of them had their own problems which they needed to deal with. Onyok is still on the process of gaining back his trust in his father and Ariel is still moving on from his problem in the past that is haunting him until now.
The film’s title pretty much says a lot about how the elements are portrayed and how they come together to create a great film all in all. First, the characters’ colourful or rather deeply wounding background stories add up to the impact of