Synopsis
Ayesa (Carmina Villaroel) and Garam (Zoren Legaspi) escaped from Saladin, the world of wizardry where only men are allowed to practice magic. The couple decided to live with the mortals thinking that it was far enough to be discovered by the "salamankas" (magicians). But they were wrong.
Meanwhile, in Saladin, Markadam, who embraced black magic, tried to escape from the abyss of the ocean. The elders of the magic land presumed that it was Ayesa and Garam who tried to help Markadam to escape. The elders then summoned the "Umbras" (nymphs) to hunt Ayesa and Garam. The Umbras succeeded. In the land of mortals, Garam and his kids, Jimboy and Sara, were forcefully brought back to Saladin by the Umbras leaving his wife Ayesa and elder daughter, Sabina. The kids had no idea that their parents were magicians.
Flows of Flaws
Congratulations to GMA7! Though he pilot episode of Majika was not that impressive compared to the pilot episode of Mulawin and Encantadia, it's another laurel on the crown of GMA7. It's a work of art, indeed, that did not allow to sacrifice quality production.
The pilot episode of Majika was good, but not perfect. It had a few flaws. Compared to cinema, perhaps it's harder to achieve perfection in a TV production. But there are no excuses. If TV production in the USA like "Jesus of Nazareth" and "Roots" were able to achieve perfection, the Philippine TV also can. I'm sure that the flaws I noticed neither escaped the keen eyes of the people behind Majika. They won't allow these flaws to occur again.
The dream-sequence where Angel Locsin (Sabina) rides on a horse was okay. Angel, who is an amateur in horsebackriding, was good in that horse chase. There were few scenes, though, where the chase obviously didn't look like a chase at all. Editing and multiple angles could do the trick to make the chase look like it was really fast.
The pace of the scenes tend to drag at the early part of the episode. The excitement started to build up only towards the end. Magic is about speed; something to trick the eye. Yes, the special effects were impressive; but, I just hope that the magical effects would happen quickly instead of romantically. In some scenes, though, a romantic special effects is okay like in the scene where a whirlwind of leaves playfully surrounded Sabina. If a slow-motioned special effects will be constantly used, again it will tend to drag the story. Make that magic in a snap; that will surely give excitement to the visual mood of Majika.
Eric/Mac, the directors, perhaps didn't see in the director's monitor that it was clearly daylight outside the shanty house of Ayesa and Garam when it was supposed to be evening. They could have closed the window or cover it with black material to fake the night; or a digital brush could have painted it black during the visual editing.
Here's another careless directing. When the Umbras were forcefully pulling Garam into the magical picture frame, there was a struggle. There should be, of course. But, seconds before the application of special effects, Garam did not show any struggle at all. He was just standing still.
Overall, Majika will look good in the eyes of the children, the target audience. But for adults, like me, I would enjoy more watching Encantadia, especially, Book One, where the pacing was fast and there were a lot of twists. Most fight scenes were slow (except DingDong's); and that's a flaw.
And sometimes, the characters tend to be stupid rather than smart.
This is just the first episode. Let's wait and see how the future episodes will hit the interest of the televiewers. Congratulations to Carmina (Ayesa), by the way. She was good with her performance.
Ayesa (Carmina Villaroel) and Garam (Zoren Legaspi) escaped from Saladin, the world of wizardry where only men are allowed to practice magic. The couple decided to live with the mortals thinking that it was far enough to be discovered by the "salamankas" (magicians). But they were wrong.
Meanwhile, in Saladin, Markadam, who embraced black magic, tried to escape from the abyss of the ocean. The elders of the magic land presumed that it was Ayesa and Garam who tried to help Markadam to escape. The elders then summoned the "Umbras" (nymphs) to hunt Ayesa and Garam. The Umbras succeeded. In the land of mortals, Garam and his kids, Jimboy and Sara, were forcefully brought back to Saladin by the Umbras leaving his wife Ayesa and elder daughter, Sabina. The kids had no idea that their parents were magicians.
Flows of Flaws
Congratulations to GMA7! Though he pilot episode of Majika was not that impressive compared to the pilot episode of Mulawin and Encantadia, it's another laurel on the crown of GMA7. It's a work of art, indeed, that did not allow to sacrifice quality production.
The pilot episode of Majika was good, but not perfect. It had a few flaws. Compared to cinema, perhaps it's harder to achieve perfection in a TV production. But there are no excuses. If TV production in the USA like "Jesus of Nazareth" and "Roots" were able to achieve perfection, the Philippine TV also can. I'm sure that the flaws I noticed neither escaped the keen eyes of the people behind Majika. They won't allow these flaws to occur again.
The dream-sequence where Angel Locsin (Sabina) rides on a horse was okay. Angel, who is an amateur in horsebackriding, was good in that horse chase. There were few scenes, though, where the chase obviously didn't look like a chase at all. Editing and multiple angles could do the trick to make the chase look like it was really fast.
The pace of the scenes tend to drag at the early part of the episode. The excitement started to build up only towards the end. Magic is about speed; something to trick the eye. Yes, the special effects were impressive; but, I just hope that the magical effects would happen quickly instead of romantically. In some scenes, though, a romantic special effects is okay like in the scene where a whirlwind of leaves playfully surrounded Sabina. If a slow-motioned special effects will be constantly used, again it will tend to drag the story. Make that magic in a snap; that will surely give excitement to the visual mood of Majika.
Eric/Mac, the directors, perhaps didn't see in the director's monitor that it was clearly daylight outside the shanty house of Ayesa and Garam when it was supposed to be evening. They could have closed the window or cover it with black material to fake the night; or a digital brush could have painted it black during the visual editing.
Here's another careless directing. When the Umbras were forcefully pulling Garam into the magical picture frame, there was a struggle. There should be, of course. But, seconds before the application of special effects, Garam did not show any struggle at all. He was just standing still.
Overall, Majika will look good in the eyes of the children, the target audience. But for adults, like me, I would enjoy more watching Encantadia, especially, Book One, where the pacing was fast and there were a lot of twists. Most fight scenes were slow (except DingDong's); and that's a flaw.
And sometimes, the characters tend to be stupid rather than smart.
This is just the first episode. Let's wait and see how the future episodes will hit the interest of the televiewers. Congratulations to Carmina (Ayesa), by the way. She was good with her performance.
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