DANIELLE ANNE C.

TERNIDA
BA-Broadcasting 2-3
Media Ethics
Prof. Ara Caliraya

1. Were there any objectionable scenes? Explain your answer.

2. Enumerate what makes each scene objectionable?
3.If taken out would the film still be intact?

Role of a lifetime: Euphoric Imprisonment

“Bliss" is a film by Jerry Tarog, combining two storytelling conventions. The film's chosen
vehicles for conveying its message are dreams and cycles. Where dreams and reality overlaps
because of excessive diversion of her mind to her work and the pressure that she deals with her
environment.

Jane, played by a talented actress, Iza Calsado, is the reflection of any of us. Some of us
can be pressured by their loved ones, the standards of the society, the toxic culture that we had and
still living in the present and tragic phenomenons that causes us to shatter and leads us to insanity.
The pressure that we are dealing with on a daily basis can lead us to our own traps that would be
hard for us to escape. Jane Ciego (Iza Calzado) began performing at an early age, according to the
synopsis for "Bliss." She intends to make her own film in her 30s in order to gain respect in the
industry. However, things do not go as planned, and she is left paralyzed due to an accident on
location. When the time comes that Jane awakens, unable to move and stranded in her own home,
a vast house filled with weird noises and individuals who may wish to harm her. She faced her icy
husband Carlo who treated her tremendously and aimed for nothing but her money. In addition,
she also met her sadistic nurse named Lilibeth, a nurse wanted by authorities for sexually abusing
a patient, who eventually molested her while she was in the state of coma. However, Lilibeth
appears out of nowhere in Jane's life but quickly begins to have an impact on her dreams as well
as her waking life.

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DANIELLE ANNE C. TERNIDA
BA-Broadcasting 2-3
Media Ethics
Prof. Ara Caliraya

There was a scene where Jane describes and retells a recurring childhood dream in which
her mother Jillian (Shamaine Buencamino) teases her with an empty box. Her mother, on the other
hand, would entice her with the gift in such a way that she would be compelled to accept it. She
would even injure her mother out of frustration, only to be met with the gaping emptiness of her
wish when she eventually received the box. There will be people in our lives that can manipulate
us by playing and holding unto our emotions, and Jane is a perfect persona of people that lived
their life while following what other people will say. There will be deceptions that will push us to
our limits just like what happened to Jane’s dream, there will be a time that the thing that we are
fighting for just because somebody told us to fight for it is not worthy of our strength and is beyond
our capabilities.

It's an enchanting and melancholy metaphor for the hollowness of popularity, as well as a
profound warning against excessive ambition and the loneliness of success. Jane is depicted not as
a helpless victim, but as someone who is partially responsible for her own inhumane conditions at
this moment, one of the few in the film. The other side of "Bliss's" assertion, that it is an exposé
of the entertainment industry's "cycle of abuse," is evident. The 'cycle' is ruthlessly rubbed-in with
Jane's literal enslavement. The halo image is more subtle: actors, actresses, performers and artists
are easily valued as blessed individuals in the public eye, but the limbo of mistreatment they
occupy is often overlooked.

If this film will be taken out in the big screen, considering that we have Movie and
Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB), national agency mandated to supervise
and regulate the public exhibition of motion pictures, television programs, and publicity materials
under a regulatory framework guided by the constitutional norms of respect to the dignity of the
person together with utmost respect and protection for vulnerable sector of society such as women,
children, Persons With Disabilities (PWD) and senior citizens, among others (Energy Regulatory
Commissions, 2022), there will be scenes that will be censored or worse, be edited out in the movie

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DANIELLE ANNE C. TERNIDA
BA-Broadcasting 2-3
Media Ethics
Prof. Ara Caliraya

because of restrictions. With the fact that the objectionable scenes empower and build the
foundation of the characters and the movie itself, it will be difficult for the audience to grasp the
message that the film wishes to convey.

Therefore, the character of Jane depicts a persona that deals with every challenge that we
encounter as individuals. This film will be an eye-opener to every viewer, from the life of an artist,
performer, actors, actresses, to the life of a citizen that lives under pressure. Understanding and
recognizing that we all have objectionable life battles that we have to deal and fight with every
day. It is empowering that the entertainment industry is slowly getting out of their comfort zone,
as they use our resources and the technology that we have, to show and emphasize what reality,
lifestyle and culture that we have and live in today.