In most of the suspense thrillers and mystery films, the script revolves around information. As an audience, sometimes we are ...
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We have already spoken a lot about the direction of Gully Boy and how director Zoya Akhtar worked on the ...
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When, Ashutosh Gowarikar directed, ‘Lagaan’ went to the Oscars as one of the nomination for Best Foreign Language Films, a ...
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We often underestimate the power of strong visual set-up in films and mostly concentrate more on the dialogues or camera ...
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The song ‘Ye Dil Deewana’ is one of the iconic songs to be shot in Bollywood (composed by Anand Bakshi ...
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Earlier, the use of sound in films was underestimated by a lot of people. For them, visuals were always had ...
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Based on a Chetan Bhagat novel ‘The 3 Mistakes of My Life’, Kai Po Che tells the story about three ...
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Recently, while taking a class on Direction, I was asked this question by a first year student of films. Though, ...
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In visual arts and particularly cinematography, framing is the representation of visual elements in an image, especially the placement of ...
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It was a bright sunny day at a private University and I was all excited, not because of the weather ...
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One of the most experimental and ‘different’ kind of film that I saw recently was ‘Oththa Seruppu Size 7’. The ...
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Whenever we watch a film in a language unknown to us, what do we do? We might not get the ...
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In early days of Cinema, when sound had not arrived, everything was shown visually. No synchronized recorded sound was used ...
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Pre-production has always been and will always be King. Before you go on floor with your film, make sure the ...
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‘Well begun is half done’. Film-making doesn’t give you much scope these days. With the rapid exposure to all kinds ...
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Time.. One of the most important factor in storytelling. There have been filmmakers who have used time with utmost care ...
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It has been 7 years since Anurag Kashyap’s gangster epic ‘Gangs of Wasseypur 1 and 2’ released and took the ...
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So finally it’s a wrap ! The feeling of having completed your short film is something that can’t be described ...
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As a screenwriter, an important question arises - "how to engage your audience?". Today I am going to discuss a ...
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As a kid, we are always fascinated with the fantasy world of magic. Isn’t it? Once I went to watch ...
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A lot of my students come up to me to discuss their story ideas. While some of the ideas are ...
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A conflict in our life gives us a motivation to reach a specific goal. Similarly, a conflict is the driving ...
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A film is nothing but an arrangement of different sequences put together which in turn are made up of different ...
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How many people do you need to make a film? 100..? 70..? 20..? 2..? Two.. Well.. but how? Kshay is ...
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No matter how many ideas you have or how many screenplays you can write. At some point, it comes down ...
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I still remember it was 1st March 2003. Arch rivals India and Pakistan were all set to clash in the ...
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