Reverse shot also known as ‘shot reverse shot’ is a technique used in films where one character is shown looking at another character, and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character. Since the characters are shown facing in opposite directions, the viewer assumes that they are looking at each other. …
‘Well begun is half done’. Film-making doesn’t give you much scope these days. With the rapid exposure to all kinds of cinema, the audience is getting much more than expected. Every other week, some new film is churning out. Different genre, different language, different countries. As a result, the audience is turning astute. A little …
Pre-production has always been and will always be King. Before you go on floor with your film, make sure the pre-production is sorted. And pre-production doesn’t always mean just the script. It requires those late-night sittings in your room with your script working on some details. Every scene you write contains some details. Are those …
In early days of Cinema, when sound had not arrived, everything was shown visually. No synchronized recorded sound was used but only live sounds. Be it Charlie Chaplin, D W Griffith or Sir Alfred Hitchcock, every director was busy experimenting with visuals. With the advent of sound, it became an integral part of the films. …
Whenever we watch a film in a language unknown to us, what do we do? We might not get the meaning of what is being spoken but we still get a slight idea as to what is being shared between the characters. This is possible due to the different scales at which the dialogue is …
One of the most experimental and ‘different’ kind of film that I saw recently was ‘Oththa Seruppu Size 7’. The special thing about the film is that there is only one character visible throughout the film. The film starts gripping you right from the beginning and there is not a single ‘dull ‘ moment. The …
It was a bright sunny day at a private University and I was all excited, not because of the weather but for the reason that I was screening Vijay Anand’s musical thriller ‘Teesri Manzil’, that day, to the BJMC students. The atmosphere inside the class was electric as I had already pre-discussed about the film …
How Vijay Anand’s ‘Teesri Manzil’ lost one of its most important sequence? Read More »
No matter how many ideas you have or how many screenplays you can write. At some point, it comes down to the characters within your script. While writing I have observed many times that we tend to focus on one aspect only. If we are thinking about the structure of our film, we forget the minor details. Or may be, we only focus on our main …
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In visual arts and particularly cinematography, framing is the representation of visual elements in an image, especially the placement of the subject with respect to other objects. Framing can make an image more aesthetically pleasing and keep the viewer’s focus on the framed object. Anticipation– A feeling that something is about to happen. In cinema, we can …
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Recently, while taking a class on Direction, I was asked this question by a first year student of films. Though, it sounds crazy, but, to be honest, it is very much possible today. With the advent of technology and different smartphone manufacturers outsmarting one another, we have a bag full of opportunities. If you have …
