Aspiring director Alden Richards on directorial debut, how to use tech in filmmaking

MANILA, Philippines — Alden Richards has already finished his directorial feature starring Heaven Peralejo, praising his lead star for her brilliance in the film that is set to be released on a streaming platform this year. 

"Working with Heaven is magaan. She's brilliant. She knows what she wants. She's very much a good listener. I think that's one of the key factors of a brilliant actor. You listen to your director, to your co-actor, and Heaven has that," said the actor to Philstar.com in an exclusive interview at his meet-and-greet held in Vivo's concept store in SM Megamall. 

Alden is looking forward to working with the actress after working with her in their movie with the working title "Out of Order," produced under Viva. 

The bedimpled actor also shared a little about his directorial debut, and how technology has helped him finish his first film. 

A good quality camera, the aspiring director said, makes any project look better. It is one of the key essentials for a director, and he made it a point that he had one, even a handy one on set. 

"Nung first time ko kasi mag-direct after directing the film that I finished, importante kasi na maganda 'yung quality ng camera so that you can angle... That's one of the obligations of a director e. You tell your people where to place the cameras depending on the shots that you want to see at depende per set up," Alden said.

"I think camera is really a necessity for directors. Of course with Vivo right now, which is powered by Zeiss, maganda 'yung quality ng registration ng mga locations. It's what we call in directing, we call it vista. The vista is the first thing that you see on the screen. So I think, a really good camera, which Vivo has, is one of the key essentials of a director, especially to a starting one like me," he said. 

Alden said he did use the technology on set, gushing about it further when he took shots per scene and the breakdown of each scene. 

"Per scene kailangan sine-set up mo 'yan depending sa location. Kailangan 'yung coverage, it's properly covered by the shots that you made and at the same time, 'yung angles, kasi minsan kasi, like this room right now, mahirap kasi siyang tingnan as is e.