Archive for the ‘ Films ’ Category
Hi Anurag Kashyap, Dev D was an amazing movie and available for me at a very correct time in life. You put so much love into the movie, it seemed that you carefully added little nuances whether or not the viewers would grasp them. Like Thumbs-up Coke. How come there is always [ READ MORE ]
Today I went to another studio, one called EyePost on King STreet East in Toronto, along with the students of the Film classes I am attending. We went to a studio called Technicolor, 2 weeks ago. Once a guest lecturer came to college and spoke to us about film-making. He appeared casual and not like a cabbage [ READ MORE ]
Today I went to Technicolor as part of my film workshop classes. Its a company where film-makers, people who shoot TV commercials and music videos leave their tapes for post production services. Some of these services are film processing, tranfers to better video quality, editing, printing, digital imaging, dvd authoring and audio solutions. Parts of movies like [ READ MORE ]
When you are the producer, director, camera person and editor I have written this as a film student and an appreciator of good movie-making - Steps to shooting - Decide what you want to shoot. Have a story. Write the story in detail dividing it into shots. This is called Storyboarding. Each shot must be decided [ READ MORE ]
When you are the producer, director, camera person and editor I have written this as a film student and an appreciator of good movie-making - Shots - WS – Wide shot. it is taken from far away and shows a place. Often used at the beginning of scenes to show the context of the scene. [ READ MORE ]
When you are the producer, director, camera person and editor I have written this as a film student and an appreciator of good movie-making - Tips - Never cut wide shot to wide shot, change angles if you must [ READ MORE ]
(Poster from bollywoodmantra.com) Ok, so its been quite a while since Chokher Bali made news, got reviews and I am presuming you have no problem if I reveal turning points in the story. The movie is based on a book written by Rabindra Nath Tagore and is full of complex characters and relationships within a family. The [ READ MORE ]
I have been looking for the lyrics of the song “Soni de nakhre” from the film Partner. It looks like the song is very popular but no one really knows what it is! A guy at NIFT explained to me that “Popping up the chain” is a special dance move and he spent a long [ READ MORE ]
Ahaa! Now that was a good movie. When I went to watch Chak De I kind of knew what to expect – rivalry in the team, one killing loss in the game, injury of a good player which gave a lesser player an opportunity to prove herself, an inspiring coach speech. I must say the movie [ READ MORE ]
Picture taken from www.Osians.com Attended half of OSIANs film festival, from the 20th to 25th of July. I would wake up and really get cranky about procuring food. I had nothing to do and no will to work, having just finished my internship. The only highlight in the day was the time spent in Audi 1, [ READ MORE ]