Saturday, June 23, 2012
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Imaging Cinema-IIT Madras- Screenwriting and Film Making workshop
The 10 day
training at IIT-Madras for the Film Making and Screenplay Writing workshop was very
informative and inspiring. Most of the eminent guests and speakers were from FTII Pune and L.V Prasad Academy of Film and Television,
Madras. The whole workshop of 10 days were divided in the following
capsules:
1.
Magic
of Cinema
2.
Mechanics
of Cinema
3.
Method
of Cinema
4.
Making
of Cinema :
48 hrs time given to participants to shoot in groups and Edit their film.
5.
Majesty
of Cinema
:
Screening of films made by participants
Magic of Cinema
1.
Elements
of Film Language by Mr.K.Hariharan, Alumni-FTII Pune, Currently working at L.V
Prasad Academy of Film and Television, Madras
2.
Insight
into Cinematography as a graphic art by Sunny Joseph. Alumni-FTII Pune
3.
Methods
to Deconstruct a Film- Examples : Sathyajit Ray’s Charulatha
and Guru Dutt’s Saheb Biwi aur Ghulam
Interactive
Session with Mr.Rohan Sippy (Director of Bluffmaster
and Dum Maro Dum), Mr.Shreedhar Raghavan (Screenplay-Bluffmaster and Dum Maro
Dum) and Screening of the film Dum Maro Dum.
Mechanics of Cinema
1.
Talks
and discussion on Cinematography by Ranjan Kothari- Alumni-FTII Pune
2.
Session
with Krishna D.K (Director
of Shor in the City), discussion on his
approach to make films and tell stories
3.
Session on Importance of Sound and Music in films. Instruments and
Gadgets used during the shoot and in post production
4.
Arun Bose : Sound Design and Mixing, working at Prasad Labs, Chennai
4.
Session on Editing by Ranjit Shankaran- Faculty at L.V Prasad Academy of Film and
Television, Madras
5.
Session
on Make Up : Krishna Rao, Faculty at L.V Prasad Academy of Film and
Television, Madras
6.
Session
on Sets and Costumes : By Salim Arif- Alumni-FTII Pune, Case Study- Shyam Benegal’s Machis and Sathyajit Ray’s Charulatha
7.
Process
of DI in Films – By Mohan Krishnan- Prasad Labs, Chennai
8.
Session
on Production Management : by R.N Subramanian, Prasad Institute
9.
Direction
– Non Fiction Films : by Shiva Kumar Mohan, Faculty at Prasad Institute
Method of Cinema
1.
Intro
to and elements of screenplay by Atul Tiwari, screenplay and dialogue writier
2.
Developing
conflicts and structure for a story, by Mr.John E
Making of Cinema
1.
150
Participants divided in Groups of 10 each and were asked to decide on stories
and write the screenplay, in consultation with the mentors and guides
2.
One
day for shoot was given with PD -170 Camera’s and Camera Assistants
3.
Half
a Day for Editing on FCP- with an Assistant Editor.
Majesty of Cinema
1.
Screening
of 15 Films
2.
Awards
Distribution
3.
Feedback
Session by Mr.Hariharan and Vote of Thanks by Mr.Atul Tiwari
Tamil
Cinema was extensively discussed. Films like KO, Aaranya Kaandam, polladhavan,
naan kadavul were amongst some which were discussed.
Some of the
guests who had visited for the interactive sessions over the period of 10 days
were
1.
Anuraag
Kashyap
2.
Habib
Faisal : Director of Ishaqzaade
3.
Thiagarajan
Kumararaja : Director of Aaranya Kaandam
4.
Sriram
Raghavan : Director of Agent Vinod, Ek Hasina Thi, Jhonny Gaddhar
5.
Rohan
Sippy : Director - Bluffmaster! And Dum Maro Dum
6.
Shridhar
Raghavan : Writer for Bluffmaster! And Dum Maro Dum
I
was in the Group-14, 10 members had collaboratively worked on the script,
Shoot and Edit. Our Team got the 3rd Prize for the Best Short film
amongst the 15 short films made and screened.
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