The Mayon Volcano gets its name from Darang Magayon, a legendary princess who lived in the Bicol region. It was a great challenge to distill the traditional long version of legend into 3 minutes. I chose a narrative style that could handle the fairytale beginning of the story as well as the violent ending. The first half of the story is told in a traditional storybook voice-over style with explicit Disneyesque overtones, and anime-style images, with dramatic music and sound effects tell the tragic second part.
Written and directed by Isaac Kerlow
Layout and Background Painting by Nguyen Thi Nam Phuong
Produced by Earth Observatory of Singapore
