The movie buff in me from time to time is active after brief periods of hibernation. If I were to describe in one sentence the kind of movies I enjoy for most of the times I would say - "Any story which reflects the director's excellence". This perhaps speaks for why I enjoy a lot of art films or maybe commercial cinemas which are based on some real incident. I am not saying I am a judge of good movie direction neither do I claim that all art movies are directed well.
Of late I have been watching a lot of Bengali films - I have liked all the movies by Satyajit Ray and Rituporno Ghosh I have seen so far. This weekend I grabbed a few VCDs - Antareen(The confined), Sati (The Ritual) and Juganto(End of an Era). These are delicacies by Mrinal Sen and Aparna Sen. I watched Antareen. Its a simple story, there is nothing very elaborate about the sets, it has only ten characters in the film, there are a total of three different locations in the film and yet the film was not seeming slow paced, it kept me engrossed till the end. Most of the films by these directors are made such. Their unique selling point undoubtedly is their story line and the subtle, intricate moves in movie direction.
Of late I have been watching a lot of Bengali films - I have liked all the movies by Satyajit Ray and Rituporno Ghosh I have seen so far. This weekend I grabbed a few VCDs - Antareen(The confined), Sati (The Ritual) and Juganto(End of an Era). These are delicacies by Mrinal Sen and Aparna Sen. I watched Antareen. Its a simple story, there is nothing very elaborate about the sets, it has only ten characters in the film, there are a total of three different locations in the film and yet the film was not seeming slow paced, it kept me engrossed till the end. Most of the films by these directors are made such. Their unique selling point undoubtedly is their story line and the subtle, intricate moves in movie direction.
I have been born and brought up in Calcutta and when I was young I remember my Father going to watch a lot of Bengali films in the theatre. One of the movies he was once trying to convince my Mother, my sisters and myself into watching was Unishe April(19th April). I think the movie had just released then. Obviously none of us agreed - I think because we were lured into watching movies with extravagant sets, good music, known actors.
I am sure it is not easy and I don't know whether I would be really doing it, but I am truly inspired to shoot a short documentary film (may be ten minutes long). It would require immense expertise I feel. I will surely think over it at least. Or is that the maximum I will do?!
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How about a short silent movie for starters - 'A day at the office', or 'A walk along the railway track' or maybe 'Watching traffic while sipping coffee in a coffee shop'?..or 'Reflections on Hyderabad from the top of the Birla temple (or the huge red walkway in Begumpet)'...Just rambling...
I remember attending some programme on short movie taking. The topic was to shoot a scene where a boy walks on a road.The start and end point being two pillars. It would take 3 minutes to travel that distance.
How would one shoot it and show the action in minimal time? Obviously you cannot make it a 3 minute scene.
quite nice....so did you watch Unishe April finally? Its a great movie.
Hope your dream of shooting comes true :)
thats quite interesting - being a non bong - u can appreciate those quality movies - I would suggest - join some short fim course - or atleast start reading about film making on net - then i am sure you would be able to touch your dreams - BEST OF LUCK
By the way - have you seen 'Unishe April' at last- if yes - do write how u felt about that movie in one of your blog posts - will be waiting for that
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