Posts Tagged ‘Short Film’

  • The Best Camera & Post-Production Tools for the Short filmmaker
    A couple of pertinent discussions took place in the authors’ club which I am bringing out here so those looking for a few answers may benefit. If you are just trying to get your feet wet in filmmaking and attempting to make your own film, you often wonder what you need in order to do so. Hopefully you will find some answers here. What camera do I use? You always...
    by Vijay at August 30th, 2009 at 02:08 pm
  • An Interview with Cyrus Dastur
    The following post is an excerpt from telephonic interview with Cyrus Dastur. He is pioneer of short film club movement in India .He writes column for Mumbai Mirror, in addition to this he also acts and directs plays. He has acted in play such as God Said Cheers.Cyrus talks about Shamiana his short film club , there plans for expansion, the future of short films in India...
    by cinemausher at August 15th, 2009 at 10:08 am
  • For all the unlucky Pinki’s… script for a short film
    Prologue: This year, Smile Pinki (by Megan Mylan) got an Oscar for best short documentary. It was about a poor girl, Pinki, who got her cleft lip surgically corrected, thereby saving her from a lifetime of ridicule and ostracism.  http://passionforcinema.com/smile-pinki-2009-and-dr-murari-mukherji-a-pioneer-of-cleft-lip-and-palate-surgery-in-india/ Though I had felt...
    by Rahul Surendran at August 3rd, 2009 at 08:08 am
  • A storyline for a short-film…
    Intro: Female centric plots fascinate me. Unfailingly. So, when I landed this idea, about the chance meeting of two women, courtesy a conversation with one of my lady friends, it was irresistible. So much so that, I wrote it down, straightaway. It was then that I wondered if it couldn’t be made into a short film, and hence this article…  A disclaimer: This isn’t...
    by Rahul Surendran at July 16th, 2009 at 04:07 pm
  • MIFF entry opens
    Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short and Animation Films (M.I.F.F.) call for entries: M.I.F.F. is a biennial event. The 11th Mumbai International Film Festival (M.I.F.F. – 2010) is scheduled to be held from 3rd to 9th February, 2010 in Mumbai. The entry form, rules and regulations for M.I.F.F. – 2010 are available on website www.miffindia.in and...
    by Runumi G at July 3rd, 2009 at 01:07 am
  • Heartbreaking account of the journey of lifetime
    iView Author: Vishesh Agrawal (Ahemdabad,India) Email: vishesh[dot]agrawal[at]gmail[dot]com Heartbreaking account of the journey of lifetime This post was long due. Seriously. I had been on a trip. Without Ecstasy or LSD. Before you start thinking of directing me to some Anonymous group, allow me to explain what I have been upto. Or lets do it my way. Flash back to...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at April 3rd, 2009 at 01:04 pm
  • Chronicles of Transformation:Life to Movies
    *Disclaimer Number One: This post has no whatsoever connection with Chronicles of Narnia. ** Disclaimer Number Two: The post doesn’t talk about cinema, but my road to cinema, so those not interested, don’t scroll further. “All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in...
    by Jehan Handa at March 7th, 2009 at 09:03 am
  • Lessons on filmmaking : from the office peon
    iview Author: Hardik Mehta (Mumbai, India) Email: hardik.kalakar [at]gmail.com Content: Lessons on filmmaking : from the office peon Now we all know how in most cases a student fiction film turns out to be – it’s almost an exercise in testing a viewer’s patience – (except a few rare student films or filmmakers who have genuinely dished...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at January 20th, 2009 at 03:01 am
  • International Cell Phone Film Fest
    (This is an announcement I am forwarding for the benefit of those interested): Miniaturization is in vogue. Huge cameras on trolleys gave way to smaller cameras being carried on shoulders, which in time gave way to digital handicams. But the invention of cameras on mobile phones has revolutionized everything, and even filmmakers have begun using this format to create...
    by Runumi G at January 13th, 2009 at 10:01 am
  • FulMarxx Shorts Fest Ver 2.0 Announced
    An announcement that might be useful for many of our friends: FulMarxx Shorts Fest Ver 2.0 – India’s Largest Short Film Festival After the stupendous success of the first edition, FulMarxx is back with FulMarxx Shorts Fest Ver 2.0, India’s Largest Short Film Festival. The second edition promises to be a magnificent extravaganza wherein films of more...
    by Runumi G at November 7th, 2008 at 01:11 pm
  • GLOBAL MOBILE FILM FESTIVAL
    An announcement that might be handy to you: The GSMA, the global trade group for the mobile industry, and Mofilm, a pioneer of short films for mobile and on-line distribution, has announced the first Global Mobile Film Festival at the Mobile World Congress in 2009, with an official ‘call for films’ to international film-makers today. The Global Mobile Festival...
    by Runumi G at September 29th, 2008 at 02:09 am
  • 1 year – 1 story – 1 minute
    IView Author : Magik Email : magikworx@gmail.com Have been waiting for this day for what seemed like an eternity. Yay. A story that needed to be told, was ticking away within me, like a time bomb waiting to exlpode. I knew I had to make it. I knew it would be made. When? How? that I didn’t. Then last year, I came across PFCOne Film Fest. I promised myself that this...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at August 6th, 2008 at 03:08 am
  • India in Cannes: Hum Panchhi Ek Dal Ke in Short Film Corner
    Hum Panchhi Ek Dal Ke. No, not the 1957 film or the 2006 one. It is a short film made this year. Just 9 minutes long, dialogue less, in colour & B&W. Directed by Manoj Srivastava, who is known more in his avatar of a Deputy Director with the Directorate of Film Festivals of Government of India in Delhi, it was one of the Indian films that were entered in the...
    by Runumi G at June 5th, 2008 at 11:06 am
  • News of a Short Film
    I have been gazing at my navel really badly for the past few weeks and even my work life has been a little hectic. I have been hearing great things from production houses but none seem to take it forward. At this semi frustrating state, I decided to do what motivates me the most…A Short film over the Weekend..Yeah Baby..Yeah.. A short film over the weekend. This...
    by Thermoman formerly known as Deepak at May 9th, 2008 at 05:05 am