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Chris Nolan – Magician Of A Movie Maker
Editor’s Note : It has been brought to our attention that parts of this article is not original and has been plagiarized from different movie websites without giving the credit to the original author. There is no place for such articles on PFC, and it must be reiterated that any supplementary information needs to be acknowledged and due credit be given to the...
by Sanket Shetty at January 27th, 2010 at 10:01 pm
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Love at First Sight
Living with an ambition is great, but working towards it…cant be explained in words. I cant explain how much fun I had, making the ” Golden minute film ” for PFCOne 2010 ( Love @ First Sight ). I knew about the competition from the start. I had seen entries going from my friends, other contestants, all of them really creative and good . One day,...
by gokul chandran at January 26th, 2010 at 05:01 am
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Cinematographers to look out for : the South Edition
Cinematographers to look out for : the South Edition – Making things come alive on screen Never have I interviewed a Cinematographer nor have seen any interviews closely, what I can relate with them is the scene of the movie, more closely the impact he makes without the background music. A master who gives nature a different meaning and makes us believe that there...
by Sridhar Mayur at October 22nd, 2009 at 12:10 pm
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Guest Blogger Chirantan Das : Shooting Sankat City
Chirantan Das, (Chiru to friends, colleagues and family), is the cinematographer of Sankat City. For all your questions on cinematography, please feel free to pick Chiru’s brains. He’s one of the best in business. I’m glad Pankaj asked me to write about Sankat City and not speak because that would have been absolutely terrifying for me. Though the...
by PFCdesktop at July 1st, 2009 at 12:07 pm
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Caught in Prosopamnesia
Having a good memory is a pain This is not a review. This is a post about few movies I have seen long time ago and for some reasons could not forget. May be because I was premature ten years ago and the movies were complex for me to decipher, these movies had an unforgettable impact on me. Presently, I can only recollect the basic storyline and remember few isolated...
by ~uh~™ at June 29th, 2009 at 11:06 am
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DAMfest09 – Dibakar, Oye Lucky! Digital
Global warming has taken its toll even on our beloved film industry. With alarmingly declining green cover and rapidly multiplying population, dancing around the trees and fluttering translucent coloured dupattas in fertile fields is no longer an option for filmmakers. So what do they do? Tough to answer. After all, this is the phase in which Hindi cinema had been stagnating...
by DAMfest at January 23rd, 2009 at 09:01 pm
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RED announces ‘Scarlet’ and ‘Epic’!
Red has got loads of attention, without much publicity. The information comes from their website and spreads across rapidly to the people concerned without any advertising efforts. When RED one was announced, it was perceived as a scam. But now 100s of features are being shot including the world’s most recognized directors going for it. Few months back a weird announcement...
by Manjeet Singh at November 24th, 2008 at 08:11 am
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Shooting “Slumdog Millionaire”
I don’t claim to know much about cinematography. They say when you start noticing the technical details about a film, it’s not a good film because you’re distracted from the film itself. I whole heartedly disagree. If anything, I observe the actors way more, but when a film “looks” SO DAMN GOOD, you just can’t help but wonder how...
by striker at November 12th, 2008 at 01:11 am
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Random thoughts on NAMKEEN (1982)
Random thoughts on “NAMKEEN” (1982) Caution: Spoilers Ahead This is not a review kind of article but describes my random feelings and thoughts while and after watching Namkeen. Kartik has written an article on Namkeen but I must share my thoughts about this gem, – you have to tolerate this. Pardon me if some lines match with kartik’s article but this...
by Shailesh Limbachiya at April 10th, 2008 at 05:04 am
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Film & Cinematography : The Practical Illustrated Media Handbook
iView Author: Prabhu Jhingran (Lucknow, India) Email : mediamantra2000 [at] gmail [dot] com The Practical Illustrated Media Handbook : Film & Cinematography At the outset, we should not hesitate to admit that in several regions of our country, the standard of imparting media education is far from being satisfactory. The rush of young people towards the media-print...
by PROJEKT iVIEW at April 7th, 2008 at 04:04 am
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1971- Simply Superb!
1971- Simply Superb! When I was a kid; I used to like watching Ramayan, Alif Laila, Krishna and all those stuff made by Sagar brothers. But at the same time; I did not like their terrible technical ignorance and over over over the top acting. Can you imagine a camel cart with rubber tyres in age of Alif Laila or that typical hindi filmy back ground music in Ramayan. In...
by Shailesh Limbachiya at March 19th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
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Wonder-ing how to??
I chanced upon this site a few weeks back and to say its been a great find would be an understatement, especially after what i found today… Thanks to wonderdude Mike Goedecko.. Everything you have ever wanted to know about the RED ONE CAMERA. We try to answer the questions before you end up on the set wasting valuable production time. Many thanks to Indie Rentals,...
by DPac at March 4th, 2008 at 03:03 pm
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This Manjha comes with a sharp edge
54. That is the number of films that I and two of my co-jury members watched in just five days at the 10th Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short & Animation films (MIFF). The festival was held over seven days, from February 3 to 9, but the films in the Indian competition section (in which I served on the critics jury chosen by the Indian chapter...
by Runumi G at February 25th, 2008 at 04:02 pm
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The Changing face of Cinematic Beauty
iView Author: MITHUN GANGOPADHYAY (Los Angeles, USA) Email: mithun.gang [at] gmail [dot] com The Changing face of Cinematic Beauty One of the greatest works of art to celebrate the female form in my opinion is Goya’s masterpiece “The Naked Maja”. Scores of art critics as well as art aficionados have been totally bewitched by the comely lady in the years...
by PROJEKT iVIEW at January 14th, 2008 at 01:01 am
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Making of a PFCOne Movie
Movie making is not easy, man. Making the PFCOne movie is a big lesson to many armchair critics here including me who wax eloquently on where a movie worked, where it didn’t, blah blah blah…I made a couple of movies which are now listed among the entries. It was my first time that I ever attempted making a movie of any kind (excluding random home movies) and it was...
by Anand Bharadwaj at November 8th, 2007 at 09:11 pm
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Introducing Vibhu ‘Chabi Wali Pocket Watch’ Puri
In the hype surrounding the controversies relating to the 53rd National Film Awards, the mention of a special jury award to FTII graduate Vibhu Puri’s Chabi Wali Pocket Watch in the Non-Feature category almost went unnoticed. Well, the fact of the matter is, most of the awards in the Non-Feature section go unnoticed by the media these days, as both channels and newspapers...
by Runumi G at August 20th, 2007 at 09:08 am
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Way of seeing
Way of seeing Francois Truffaut once said, “Every subject is a subject for cinema. It is only a matter of choice which subject suits which director.” It’s same with photography too. Everything that lies before my eyes is a possible subject of photography. I pick and choose what suits me. What is suitable for me may not be suitable for any other person. What suits...
by PROJEKT iVIEW at August 2nd, 2007 at 08:08 am
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‘The Sheltering Sky’ – Painting With Light in the Sahara
At the heart of the human condition lies a vast emptiness. An emptiness that we try to fill with the things of life….actions,events,people,memories…. Here on the physical plane, the closest manifestation of that endless expanse is the desert, where shamans, mystics and truth seekers of all persuasions have gone since the beginning of time to be one with...
by PROJEKT iVIEW at July 27th, 2007 at 05:07 pm
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NAQAAB-DISGUISED INTENTIONS
NAQAAB-DISGUISED INTENTIONS Director: Abbas Mustan Karan(Bobby Deol) and Sophia (Urvashi Sharma) live together as friends and lovers in big house of Karan. After a song with bambaiyaa romance, Sophiya falls in love with Vicky(Akshay Khanna). Vicky is working for a man called Rohit who forces him to be in love with Sophia. During whole film somebody catching romance of...
by Shailesh Limbachiya at July 16th, 2007 at 10:07 pm
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God of Small Things
I read santosh Sivan’s post on PFC and read comments from PFCers on how his frames invoked nostalgia. In my memory if there is one movie maker and cinematographer who could evoke such strong nostalgia, it would be , without a doubt Balu Mahendra. The camera movements and the frame composition in the movies he cranked would speak volumes of the mood and setting than...
by V.P. Jaiganesh at July 15th, 2007 at 11:07 pm
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3 A’s of Filmmaking
Mcdonalds, Pizza Hut, Dominoes,Barista, Subway,Cafe Coffe Day–When these brands looked for franchise partners in India what was their main criteria for selection? Not the financial muscle,relevant experience,related expertise–nothing of that sort. In hospitality and leisure industry when five star or even budget properties are planned what is foremost on planners...
by krysh at July 4th, 2007 at 10:07 am
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SARFAROSH (1999) – ORIGINAL AND AWESOME
SARFAROSH (1999) – ORIGINAL AND AWESOME Perhaps all of PFC guys have shown this superb film but I want to discuss this film as this film has impressed me lot with respect to story telling, griping script, dialogues, characters, performances and music. Sarfarosh was John Mathew Mathan’s first film after making ads and in his first film he seems to be prominent director...
by Shailesh Limbachiya at June 22nd, 2007 at 05:06 am
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Turtles Can Fly – Unforgettable Cinema
Iranian filmmakers for long have thrived on their unmatched ability to reflect upon their times through the eyes of their children. Majidi is perhaps the finest examples of exploring the issue through the viewpoint of the children who live it, because they are perhaps the only ones who see the world for what it is. They don’t judge, they observe. They see it, and...
by Vijay at June 11th, 2007 at 03:06 pm
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Birth of Anti-Heroes.
German expessionism that gave rise to Film Noir, Horror and Detective genre. About a month ago I checked out a movie from my university’s library collection. This was a German movie that was released in 1931. It’s protagonist was a male serial killer and a “hinted” pedophile. Hinted for obvious reasons of the taboo of discussing Pedophilia that...
by Jateen at June 10th, 2007 at 01:06 pm
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Amu: Heart, Anger, and a Mirror
Orwell’s prediction of the horrors of 1984 would seem mellow compared to what humanity really saw. In Delhi at least, thousands were massacred, families destroyed forever, the scum of humanity exposed, as justice still remains to be served. It’s a disgusting piece of our history that our government, which still employs many of those directly responsible, chooses...
by Vijay at June 6th, 2007 at 12:06 pm
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The Layman’s POV
I guess this post is going to be a slightly intriguing one for me to think, write, read and digest. All so because, I had a little conversation with someone(I wouldn’t reveal the name) connected to Films and Theatre and I am registering this here. Some aspects are not acceptable to me as a cinema viewer, however I am going ahead and posting them as they are coming...
by V.P. Jaiganesh at May 23rd, 2007 at 09:05 am
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Life…In A Metro
“Will this survive the Kingfisher litmus test?” asked Oz as we inebriated ourselves while hogging on some butter chicken at Ambala Dhaba. I was hesitant to respond because Vijay Mallya’s concoction has a tendency to strip your tolerance levels considerably. The last film we saw under the influence (Nishabd) had us running to save our tender brains from...
by Vijay at May 12th, 2007 at 03:05 am
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A promising new hope for Independent film-makers: Digital Cinema by RED Camera!
Today’s technology is breaking new grounds. Cinema is just another field witnessing the winds of change. Films or rather movies (How can we call them films, when they are shot digitally ) like Collateral, Apacalypto, Star Wars, Sin City, 300…..being shot digitally. But is the present technology cheap? The above mentioned films used professional high end digital cameras...
by Manjeet Singh at May 2nd, 2007 at 03:05 am
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The Pool – An American Movie?
Amidst all the wonderful discussions about indie movies, we haven’t quite had the opportunity to talk about what is in my opinion, one of the best indie films this year – The Pool. If the credits were deleted, one would never in the wildest of their imagination believe that this is an American movie. Independent documentary filmmaker Chris Smith, famous for...
by Vijay at April 10th, 2007 at 11:04 am
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1/60 th sec ——> 24 fps
Don’t understand where to start with. Where does this urge to learn everything involved in film making comes from? Can I control it? Will it really help me in becoming a better director? Why does it keep bothering me? Why the heck I am writing this article? Am I trying to show off my mediocre skills or stupidity? Why do I have to convince people close to me that everything...
by Manjeet Singh at March 23rd, 2007 at 02:03 am