<%@LANGUAGE="JAVASCRIPT" CODEPAGE="1252"%> GONE : Credits

TIM CHEY (Director, Screenwriter)

Tim Chey set a cable network record for "Fakin' Da Funk", a film that was shown on USA Networks over 14 times in one year, eclipsing all other films in repetition for a single year. The film stars Pam Grier, Margaret Cho, Bo Jackson, Tone Loc, and Ernie Hudson and won several awards at various top film festivals, including Hampton's Film Festival, Urbanworld, Ft. Lauderdale, London Film Festival, and San Francisco's Film Festival. "Fakin' Da Funk" was Chey's writing and directing debut for a motion picture.

Chey has also written several other screenplays that have all been optioned to various studios, includingSony Pictures and MGM. He wrote the sequel for the 'Warriors of Virtue' for MGM.

Chey's work has been seen on E! Entertainment, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, Vibe TV, MTV, Daily Variety, Hollywood Reporter, TNT, USA Networks, the Christian Times, the

 

Dove Awards (PAX TV), the MOVIEGUIDE AWARDS (PAX TV), People Magazine, and The New York Times.

Chey has also directed several commercials, including ones for Revlon. He acted as Chairman of the Student Awards Committee for the Director's Guild of America and is active in helping new filmmakers gain a voice.

Chey was born in Los Angeles, California and received his education at Harvard University, Boston University School of Law, and USC. He is also a member of the State Bar of California and has worked as a volunteer lawyer for several organizations, including the Union Rescue Mission. He is active in several Christian organizations, including outreach/fellowship programs involving filmmakers for Christ. He believes strongly in the commandment of Jesus to ‘Go out into all the world and spread the gospel to every creature’.

His next project ‘Escape’, a documentary film, is slated for a 2003 theatrical release.

 

LEO VILLALON (Executive Producer)

Starting a small movie house back in the early years has left an indelible mark on him as a budding entrepreneur and film connoisseur and the success of his other business ventures such as the Nationwide Telecommunication Marketing leader, SEMICON nothwithstanding, Sir Leo's passion for the movies has never waned.

It did in fact grow into an obsession that has resulted to the creation of what is now deemed as one of the pioneers in digital film production in the country, SCENEMA CONCEPTS Intl.

An accomplished Electrical Engineer, Inventor, and businessman, Sir Leo synchronized the potentials of modern technology with the potency

of creative filmmaking and almost singlehandedly made headway towards the fruition of his revolutionary ideas and innovative concepts in the realm of local film industry. Under his helmsmanship, SCI is set to become a force in the field of worldwide moviemaking in the years to come.

 

LEONARD VILLALON (Executive Producer)

In business, more particularly, showbusiness, the possibilities are as limitless as the imagination. It is here where the creativeness of youth is almost at parallel with technological capability in terms of potential and innovative advantage.

With the capable administrative acumen inherent within him, Leonard injects much exuberance and dynamism within each project, thereby

complimenting Scenema Concept's leadership in a positive way.

Leonard's penchant for the artistic and his passion for film and the creative aspect of the industry fuels his motivation in realizing the potentials of the film as both an entertainment medium and a vehicle for aesthetic expression.

"Gone is one of the most ambitious films we've had so far. Its success would therefore guarrantee more of the same kind of movies coming from SCI in the future."

 

JASON "JOC" CAHAPAY (Editor/Technical Assistant)

Joc started as Editor / Technical Assistant for Scenema and has since been a familiar fixture to the Scenema family. His jolly personality easily overshadows his serious demeanor whenever

work is to be done and he is known for his hard-nosed approach to every task at hand.

As the head of the first-ever HD Center, Jason singlehandedly mans the digital audio-video editing of SCI's films. He supervises all the technical aspects of the movie's final postproduction stages, and even has a hand at some of the more creative phases of the film. "I really think that this project (Gone) when done correctly is ambitious and imaginative enough for SCI to get the necessary attention it deserves."

Aside from GONE, Jason also edited SCI's previous projects such as the thriller SOLITAIRE, RAGE TO KILL and was an assistant editor to the Manhattan Films venture, MGA BATANG LANSANGAN NGAYON.

 

SHERWIN "CHECK" CASTILLO (Musical Director)

 

Formerly a member of the Scenema Creative staff, Check is known to his friends as "Check Williams", in recognition of his immense adulation of John Williams the famed composer of "Superman and StarWars themes.

Honing his skills as a music composer while on board as the former sound technician of Scenema, Check eventually moved on as a Musical Scorer of films such as the SCI projects, HUBAD SA SIYUDAD, RAGE TO KILL and of course, GONE. He also scored several other film projects for different film outfits and even composes original music for locally known singers under various Recording outfits.

"Music is an essential element in films. "He (Tim) wanted to incorporate melodramatic themes in the music to accentuate the "End of the world" premise of the film.

Tim and I worked for hours just to get the right sound and orchestration that would highlight each

scene's dramatic nuances to further deliver the message to the audience, and I think we've come up with a winner this time around."

 

JOSE (JOE JARDY) JARDINAZO (Unit Manager / Production Supervisor)

A battle-tested veteran when it comes to Filipino movies. Big Joe as his peers fondly call him is not only an old hand in terms of production work but is an accomplished character actor himself. With a track record of film work stretching well over 14 years, Big Joe started as a Unit Crewman moving on to Assistant Cameraman, to Laboratory Technician. He has ample knowledge in negative and positive processing, release and optical printing, and one time became Production manager for LVN Films.

His love for film even extended to the creative, when he started acting in bit roles, playing notable

characters in such noted local film classics as: KUNG MANGARAP KA'T MAGISING, KAKABAKABA KA BA? ITIM, INSIANG, MAYNILA SA KUKO NG LIWANAG, JAGUAR, and a slew of other projects under notable directors as Lino Brocka, Ishmael Bernal, Mike De Leon, Peque Gallaga, Pepe Marcos, Toto Natividad, Augusto Salvador, etc, etc. Clearly, Big Joe's deeply rooted love for films flows within his veins.

"In an ambitious project such as this (Gone) the success would boil down to our over-all effort as a team. No single individual should take the credit, it's all about our collectivity, a formula that seldom fails wherever it may be applied."

 

VANCE O NEAL(Line Producer)

Himself an accomplished director, Vance was in charge of SCI's two other projects namely,

SOLITAIRE and RAGE to KILL. In GONE, He takes a backseat to Tim and concentrates in the handling of production affairs thereby showing another facet of his pure versatility in production work.

"I have nothing but respect for Tim and his vision for this project. As I see it, the end of the world is a creatively demanding and challenging premise. As a director myself, I know that such a demand could be overwhelming for others, but obviously not for Tim."

 

JEREMY DALE ESGUERRA (Production Manager)

Jeremy is a relative newcomer in the film industry starting as Production Assistant for Scenema's previous offerings such as HUBAD SA SIYUDAD. He later, ventured into other technical aspects of film work such as Cameraman and Assistant

Cameraman for RAGE TO KILL and juggled Production Coordination roles for SOLITAIRE.

In GONE however, Jeremy gets his chance to try on the very demanding shoes of Production Management.

"It's nerve-wracking, even frustrating at times, juggling schedules and overseeing shooting requirements, but that is what film making is all about, creativity is not done overnight, it takes dedication and loads of hardwork and I'm pretty much proud of our accomplishment here."

 

JOEL DE GUZMAN (SteadyCam Operator / Director of Photography)

His boyish looks notwithstanding, Joel is already an old hand in films. Having worked for previous projects as RVQ, Millenium Cinema, and others,

He brings to Scenema his wide experience in camerawork.

"Personally, I was challenged by the premise of this project. Applying the right lighting and contrasts sets the mood for the apocalyptic scenarios in this film, especially with regards to the computer effects and everything, Tim and I had to re-take several times just to get it right and I think our efforts paid off quite well."

 

JEAN "JIKI" ANGELICA LIM (Production Designer)

With her creative and artistic skills as fresh as her disposition, Jiki is a natural as far as the challenging field of film design is concerned. A product of the University of the Philippines and honed under the tutelage of noted designers in the local circuit she unleashes her talent in this venture and judging by the outcome, her potential

is inherent and this film may well be a foretaste of more creative challenges to come.

"What I find most challenging about this movie (Gone) is the fact that everything is contemporary and yet, when the rapture hits, your whole backdrop changes dramatically even though it's still the same world, still the same time frame, but when the end of times hit, nothing is quite the same again and that was the look that I tried to approximate during the filming. It was fun to do."

 

MIKE TAN (Script Supervisor)

A journeyman in the field of writing, Mike has written 6 movies to his credit. He has also written for TV sitcoms, and Telenovellas, has written commercials as the creative head of CLV Ad Agency a tri-media agency, was a TV Segment Producer for the 700 club of CBN Asia, an Editor/ Columnist to several Publications and was a

former reporter for the TIMES JOURNAL Newspaper.

"When I first read Tim's script during the start of the n ew millenium, I recognized the potential of the project. It was timely and quite a challenge creatively and I was in favor of it. As for the religious undertones, some can't stand it I know, but like they say, when the chips are down, there are no atheists in a foxhole. People need to be reminded of these things and there lies the strength of this venture."