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Bernal hopes to show Duterte's 'psyche,' patriotism in first SONA directing gig

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<p>MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s third State of the Nation Address will have a &quot;patriotic&quot; feel and a glimpse at the President&#x27;s &quot;psyche,&quot; director Joyce Bernal said Thursday as she went around the House of Representatives&#x27; plenary hall for an ocular visit.</p><p>Bernal, a known romantic-comedy film and television director, will direct the SONA for the first time, succeeding director Brillante Mendoza&#x27;s back-to-back stints in 2016 and 2017.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/05/18/brillante-mendoza-no-longer-directing-dutertes-next-sona">Brillante Mendoza no longer directing Duterte’s next SONA</a></li></ul><p>&quot;Let’s get into the psyche paano niya (Duterte) bibigay, ire-report &#x27;yung nagawa niya at mga gagawin sa Pilipinas. Gusto ko lang na patriotic,&quot; Bernal told reporters.</p><p>(Let&#x27;s get into the psyche on how he will deliver, report his achievements and plans for the Philippines. I just want it to be patriotic.)</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Bernal checking camera positions around the session hall <a href="https://t.co/U6uI5BdJxP">pic.twitter.com/U6uI5BdJxP</a></p>— RG Cruz ABS-CBN News (@1rgcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/1rgcruz/status/1017285904497405952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2018</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>&quot;Iniisip ko &#x27;yung pakiramdam paano [siya] magsasalita as mayor, as father, and as the president. Gusto nila [Palace officials] maramamdan &#x27;yun,&quot; Bernal added.</p><p>(I am thinking about the feeling when he speaks as a mayor, as a father, and as a president. Palace officials want to feel that.)</p><p>The director said she intends to use &quot;sequencing shots&quot; and &quot;warm lighting&quot; to capture Duterte&#x27;s patriotism on camera.</p><p>&quot;I want it warm and very open sana. &#x27;Yun po pinagaaralan namin kasi may limitations ang locations sa paglalagay [ng ilaw],&quot; she said.</p><p>(I want it warm and very open. We&#x27;re studying how to do that because there are limitations on lighting placements inside the location.)</p><p>The presentation of Duterte&#x27;s past 2 SONAs drew mixed reactions as Mendoza combined lens flares and slow panning with extreme close-ups and worm&#x27;s eye-view shots.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/focus/07/24/17/brillante-mendoza-draws-cheers-jeers-in-dutertes-2nd-sona">Brillante Mendoza draws cheers, jeers in Duterte’s 2nd SONA</a></li></ul><div><strong>- with a report from RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News</strong></div>

<p>President Rodrigo Duterte's third State of the Nation Address will have a "patriotic" feel and a glimpse at the President's "psyche," director Joyce Bernal said Thursday as she went around the House of Representatives' plenary hall for an ocular visit.</p>

President Rodrigo Duterte's third State of the Nation Address will have a "patriotic" feel and a glimpse at the President's "psyche," director Joyce Bernal said Thursday as she went around the House of Representatives' plenary hall for an ocular visit.