Posts Tagged ‘Teaching Film-making’

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    Ye Wo Manzil to Nahin (1987) :: Sudhir Mishra’s first and best!
    We think that what we do, is like walking on the sand of sea beaches where sea water waves will remove the signs of our feet, but no, existence has damn good memory and everything is registered there. Our past hankers after us and never leaves us free from the ghost. Deep down our psyche registers what we had done in the past and if we try to conceal it from others then...
    by Rk at February 6th, 2007 at 04:02 am
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    The OST Scene in India
    It has been a while since we have had OST’s being released for songless Indian films. The examples have been Black Friday, Sarkar, White noise, Bhoot, Black and more. The masters of the game are Indian Ocean, Salim-Sulaiman, Ashutosh & Dhruv, Midival Punditz, Amar Mohile, Nitin Raikwar, Monty, Sandeep Chowta etc. since Indian films have THE SONG has an indispensable...
    by Tushar at January 31st, 2007 at 07:01 pm
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    Masterclass With Syd Field Part 3
    Q&A round with Syd Field… Q:f I have an ensemble film which has 3 main characters, how can I have a plot point involving all 3 of them? SF: You still have to have one main protagonist in your story. One main character to anchor the film. Q: Then how do you explain films like ‘Crash’ and ‘Love Actually’ ? SF: ‘Crash’ didn’t...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at January 18th, 2007 at 05:01 am
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    Suraj R Barjatya and The Ramayana Connection !
    With Vivah,  Suraj sheds the shadow of Salman from his directorial shoulders. Now his creation – the character Prem, is again under his full control and he can mould it in any way he likes. He made Maine Pyar Kiya in 1989 and MPK made Salman a rising star overnight and after the super blockbuster success of Suraj’s second film Hum Apke Hain hain Kaun, Salman Khan...
    by Rk at January 17th, 2007 at 05:01 am
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    Masterclass with Syd Field Part 2
    Taking off from where we left last time… Craft of Screenwriting: • It’s like building furniture. It’s a craft where pieces must fit in place. • Mastering the 3 act structure, making it natural and invisible is the trick to screenplay (S.P.). • “You have to learn it and then unlearn it. Or you have to learn it and disguise it so the audience never sees...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at January 14th, 2007 at 10:01 am
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    BAISCOPE presents… with Nikhil Advani
    Here’s an event for PFC-ites in Mumbai… a few months back I had given an introduction to Baiscope Entertainment, an NGO designed to benefit fledgling filmmakers and others interested in film and the industry. Now they’re back with an event in Juhu and the director of the upcoming Salaam-e-Ishq will be in attendance. Highly recommend those of you in...
    by striker at January 12th, 2007 at 02:01 pm
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    MasterClass with Syd Field Part 1
    Ronnie Screwala recently organized an exclusive 2 day intensive screenwriting workshop with Syd Field, ‘the most sought after screenwriting guru in the world’ (Hollywood Reporter) and “the guru of all screenwriters” (CNN) for some of the important writers, directors and actors in Hindi films associated with Utv. The guest list for this entry-by-invitation-only...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at January 11th, 2007 at 10:01 am
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    Bhagam Bhag – Not so bad
    All the talk about BB being not a good film makes me wonder. I went into it with the least of expectations, having heard of all the noise about it being unfair to Govinda, showing signs of a tired cast, a not funny Paresh Rawal, and this and that… Let me say this, I haven’t seen a better handled comedy flick this year, save Khosla Ka Ghosla, a you-blink-you-miss screenplay,...
    by Tushar at January 1st, 2007 at 08:01 pm
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    2007 : Looking Good…
    OK I know that this is very predictable and clichéd but let me do it…. Its that time of the year when we look back and look ahead. There are no doubts about this year being one of the happiest for the industry in terms of commercial success. Hits were galore, and the cash registers kept ringing Friday after Friday. Whatever came our way we took it to the top and no...
    by Tushar at December 29th, 2006 at 06:12 am
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    Size doesn’t matter!
    I love short films. They’re perfect for when you’re in the mood to watch a film but don’t have the time. Hell, I even try to catch a couple here and there during the day at work. Sadly, the market for short films is just not there with the masses. Unless a Darna Mana Hai or Darna Zaroori Hai comes along with Ramu’s banner behind it, the audience...
    by striker at December 27th, 2006 at 11:12 pm
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    Filmmaking – Shoot Real Film
    Filmmaking – Shoot Real Film by Sam Longoria Peeved filmmakers ask, “How can I afford to shoot “Real Film?” I shoot mostly 35mm four-perf, flat or scope, but I have shot VistaVision (8-perf 35mm going sideways) and 5, 8, and 15-perf 65mm. (Todd-AO, Dynavision, Imax). I have a 65mm camera I built that will pull those formats. I shoot 4×5 and...
    by Sam Longoria at December 17th, 2006 at 06:12 am
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    Hazaaro Khwaahishen Aisi, Ghalib and more…
    A lazy afternoon in near-weekend desperation, no mood to check out any new film from my pending DVDs(BRAZIL/FELLINI/and some hard to pronounce films), sipping beer, I stumbled yet again on a rerun of HKA. With no mood initially to revisit it, I could not resist getting hooked to it, yet again. I saw Hazaaro Khwaahishen Aisi some 6th time today. The scene was when Shiney...
    by Tushar at December 14th, 2006 at 09:12 am
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    What happened to Chandu & Adi?
    Vivek Oberoi stormed the industry with his impressive performances in Company & Saathiya. And a promise was born. He showed some continuity of that pattern in Home Delivery, Road, Darna Mana Hai, Dum & Yuva. As of now, he went on a self-destructive trip and created this envelope of haughtiness around him, so much so that all the characters he plays look nothing...
    by Tushar at December 12th, 2006 at 09:12 am
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    Music Interpretations – Omkara & RDB
    Continuing my inspired works based on music from films, here is some more stuff…. Omkara Omi lives Tej thaa jhonka kya karoon Out I take my gunpowder and there you go down I will not get any better now Now that I have tasted it once I am addicted till I die These blue sheets below me and the sodiums do no longer any good The make up looks a shade less real in the...
    by Tushar at December 10th, 2006 at 01:12 am
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    Song Project – Part I
    A recent post by HG on musicals reminded me of a project that I did few months back. It was based on Exploration of the Song in the Hindi film. The project was called Are You Song For It/Whose Song Is It Anyway? I plan to share some of the text from that project here in a series of articles. Here I go again. Bollywood. Songs. Dreams. Exploration of thought. Tradeoff of...
    by Tushar at December 10th, 2006 at 01:12 am
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    Investment Analysis : New Age Decisions
    It’s ironic that a country that boasts of being one of the leaders in Software and Development still has a movie industry that solely rests on age old tools of decision making. Every Friday decides what producers and financiers will invest in, for the next 500 Fridays. Fashion and In Vogue may be the new buzz words but their meaning is the same old – look what...
    by oz at November 30th, 2006 at 03:11 pm
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    Kundan Shah Retrospective
    Kundan Shah, the inimitable genius and creator of Nukkad, Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron, Kabhi Haan Kabhi Na, is coming to Bangalore this weekend for Eye for India, a film screening program for Indian directors done by the Bangalore Film Society. For this weekend’s event, BFS is collaborating with Collective Chaos and Films for Freedom. The program would include screenings...
    by Tushar at November 29th, 2006 at 12:11 pm
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    SATYA- the true story PART 1
    There never was a bound script..i did not write the whole film..nobody did..there is a whole lot of myth surrounding the film..it happened..like every other great film..like sholay happened..no individual created Satya..passion did..most of which came from ramu..his being open to moments, ideas, to instincts, created it..it was a different time..it was a different Ramu.. How...
    by Anurag Kashyap at November 25th, 2006 at 11:11 am
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    Water: still waiting…
    (It has been an year since I saw the film Water, and probably the same time since I heard the mesmerising music. I was happy to hear that the film and music are gonna release in India. But now it seems noone is bothered about the release. Meanwhile, I still go back to the music time and again. I recently wrote my lyrical/poetic interpretation of the film GURU. Based...
    by Tushar at November 23rd, 2006 at 10:11 am
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    No Smoking on sets Coverage….How it started!
                After been on PFC for few weeks, I could feel the minds of other bloggers. I remember the days, when I use to chat on yahoo in Bollywood chat room hoping to find people passionate about cinema. I was able to find just one girl from Delhi on yahoo, who was doing Mass. Comm. We discussed quality film makers such as Sudhir Mishra, Anurag et al. She...
    by Manjeet Singh at November 22nd, 2006 at 02:11 am
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    Yamuna Gently Weeps(Documentary Review)
    (Guys, this is a small review/analysis of a documentary on a slum demolition in Delhi on the banks of the river Yamuna, titled Yamuna Gently Weeps. I met with the film’s director and shared his views, so would like to express my views on the documentary and also try and push the cause that it supports.) (From an Outlook book review) MAY 9, 2004—one day before the Lok...
    by Tushar at November 21st, 2006 at 07:11 am
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    No Smoking on Sets Part 3
    Its 12:00 am in the morning. The wrap up was supposed to be at 9:00 pm. John is giving a shot, suddenly gets aggravated and goes,” Don’t you know how to clap.” He walks off the shot and tells Anurag,” You know I got into an accident, my knees are paining. What is that guy doing?” The clap AD is Sunil. He is in a state of shock. Can not believe what has happened....
    by Manjeet Singh at November 21st, 2006 at 04:11 am
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    Gulzar in Guru
    (Here is a little analysis of Gulzar’s work in Guru. I have picked some tracks from the album and translated them and added to the imagery (in the under-running emotion of the song) at places.) The songs are beyond comparison. The words deserve a separate in-depth session. I just immersed myself in the music, and what I came up with is these words. If you see more images...
    by Tushar at November 20th, 2006 at 07:11 am
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    Film vs HD vs SD
    Of Folks, This is an attempt to go somewhere that I have never gone before, i.e. the technical aspects of filmmaking. As an aspiring producer attended the talk by the Manager of one of the oldest and most prestigeous labs in SF, Monaco Labs and wanted to share some info with you’ll. Expexct to be crtiqued on this one so please don’t hold back. The lecture dealt...
    by Vivek Kumar at November 18th, 2006 at 12:11 pm
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    No Smoking Coverage Nov16….I
    It was around 3:00PM, when I arrived on the sets, a penthouse on 31st floor of a tower in Worli. When we met Anurag was all smiles, and introduced me to various unit members as a member from PFC! Everyone was so nice that I felt I belong to this group in just a few minutes. Wow what a spectacular view!! One could see our beautiful Mumbai Nagariya’s coastline...
    by Manjeet Singh at November 17th, 2006 at 07:11 am
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    Guru’s Music
    Guys, GURU hits the stands tomorrow. While the reviews and responses have been mixed as is the case with all Rahman releases, this sure looks a winner, on the likes of Taal, Meenaxi & Iruvar. Gulzar has again come up with his inimitable knack of picking commonly unused words and created magic(hairat, beswaadi) There have been mentions of the detailed and never-before...
    by Tushar at November 17th, 2006 at 05:11 am
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    The 48-hour Film Project: what say PFC?
    Here’s another idea I suggested to oz, and he suggested I post it here and check out reader reactions. 2001 marked the debut year of the 48-Hour Film Project, “a crazy idea to try to make a film in 48 hours” brought up by Mark Ruppert and his filmmaking partner Liz Langston. Basically, the producers at the 48hr Film Project have a huge meeting on a friday...
    by striker at November 15th, 2006 at 10:11 am
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    Storyboarding : The Making of Rediff Bol
    I did my first ad film for rediff.com. The product was Rediff Bol the instant messenger. I wrote about 25 scripts till we locked on the one you will finally see (users in India can see it on television currently). The idea was to do the whole ad around the character of Raju and weave a limerick around him. The first one went something like this Ek tha Raju bada widwaan,...
    by Suparn Verma at November 13th, 2006 at 09:11 am
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    …And Justice for All(1979):Film Review
    Year: 1979 Cast: Al Pacino, Jack Warden, John Forsythe, Christine Lahti Duration: 119 minutes Direction: Norman Jewison At this point, I would just like to say that what this committee is doing in theory is highly commendable. However, in practice, it sucks… and I’m not going to answer any more questions. You’re out of order! You’re out of order!...
    by Tushar at November 10th, 2006 at 07:11 am
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    Umrao Jaan – Film Review
    (Hi! I am sorry to post yet another review on Umrao Jaan. It was way big to fit in the comment section. Moreover, my review didn’t get published anywhere!(sighs) :-( ) An Arabian mosaic, a female voice doing an ‘aalaap’, an Urdu script and ambience filling the screen, the scene is ready for remaking Umrao Jaan! Cheers! Enters an old dreamy realistic uncle (Bole to...
    by Tushar at November 4th, 2006 at 06:11 am
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