Lights, Camera, Action! Heard these terms before? These are for aspiring filmmakers.

Considered as an art, producers and directors have well defined what film making is.  Lot of technical aspects are involved. It’s a tiring task to make a film. Certain guidelines on film making may definitely result in good films and movies. Students just entered the media industry or freshers may find this useful. Film making being a part of media, its study becomes essential. This area has a lot of scope and demand. The tricks would be as such:

1. Knowledge on camera handling is a basic and must. It’s a process and therefore obstacles if exist can be worked and should be worked out or else the entire efforts would be a waste. Lot of aspects like story, script, sound, music being involved are a must.
2. Not an easy task needs visualization and imagination. Good Stories and script making cant be made just like that.  If the moviemaker is a movie lover and has seen many movies in the past his imagination can be better.
3. Camera angles and direction which is commonly known can be the most common but crucial aspect in film making. For the entire consequence to happen needs patience and technical aspects as in working with softwares and all is time consuming.
4. It’s not in everybody’s ability and requires acting skills and other. Acting also needs to be decent depending on the character and nature of character. Very apt and interesting characters can be portrayed in a movie. Characters can be dull, aggressive, and enjoyable too. Just needs some thinking for the right kind of characters.
5. Recent movies like Delhi Belly and many other such movies have proved that filmmaking needs experimentation. Coming up with newer ideas every now and then can be a better aspect to cinema and cinema can be connected to some extent to filmmaking.
6. There are many such that are to be kept in mind while making a film. Audience research conducted at the beginning might help.
7. Target audience should also be kept in mind while making films for the right kind of audience. This helps in making the film a success and has positive consequencies.
8. Locations can also be the turning point in the movie. Beautiful locations exist and using them for short films is not a bad idea.
9. Some students now are going for a career in film making and various institutes now offermany courses like FTII, Pue ne and NYSA too. Getting one particular more intricate shot riht with the simultaneity of action in one space and time, with no comprise is a super high.
10. Film making encompasses so many art forms, be it literature, poetry, music, writing, acting, design, space, costumes and so many other aspects that you will actually learn a lot about yourself and in turn grow more rapidly than others.

It’s an enriching process it enriches your life. Future of film making will be a lot more global. There are already some glimpses seen of brilliance with movies like 3 Idiots. The newer guys in the film making industry are developing and are giving off small sparks. Our films are going to get noticed by the world. If filmmakers get together and make films that they believe in, money will follow. From the belief t o have fun, more ideas may arrive and improve the present scenario of film making.

Process of film making should be enjoyed. Film makers should not depend on Box office success and critical acclaim while they should have a personal growth. Having an experience in video making would prove to be better for any film maker.

It can also be called as a team effort and just 1 man contributing it would not work. Its also a collective effort and the vision of all members in the team has to be included or else it wont turn out to be a success and would not be that good. Co-ordination from every member of the team is very much essential or else thumbs down.

Hello All,

Here are the details of the Film Sharing event:

INSTRUCTIONS

• Mail Entries to: connect@bmmbox.com
• Subject Line: Movie title, College name
• Mail Body: Your name, names of your team members, current college year of each member (if in TY mention specialization), theme of the movie, mention subject and term in which movie was made (eg: Understanding Cinema, 3rd sem)

RULES

• Movie length: 5 minutes or less
• Students who don’t follow the above mentioned instructions will be disqualified
• ONLY BMM students can participate in this event
• Send movies in .avi format
• In case of huge file size, use file sharing site ‘wetransfer.com’

You can ask queries and doubts by messaging us on our Facebook page

What are you waiting for? Start sending in your entries ASAP!

Here are the deets of the Kolkata Shorts International Film Festival:

Can Produce: Short Films, Animations, Documentaries & Music Videos

Festival Date: 19 Aug 2012

Regular Deadline: 30 July, 2012

Entries Open For: Students & Professionals

Filmaker’s Premier League Kolkata:
5ShiftsFilmProject- Make a short film in just 5 Shifts.
21DaysAnimationProject- Make an animation movie in just 21 days

Film Business Exchange Center:
Short films Funds upto Rs.1 Lac*
To Apply & download entry form kindly follow the link-
http://miniboxoffice.com/submitmovie.aspx

For further queries please email us at info.kolkata@miniboxoffice.com

Do you have a story to tell? Directing a movie/play/short film offers the chance to tell your story the way you imagine it. Directing movies is exciting and artistically fulfilling but it can be a tiring. Directors are responsible for turning the script or story into a sequence of shots. They also guide the actors and crew on-board who help turn their creative vision into a final tangible product. Because of the amount of influence a director exerts over the final product, having a good director is extremely important for the success of a film.

If you wish to be a director, then these are the top 10 things you need to bear in mind.

1. Cultivate a personal interest in films: This is the first thing you must do, if you wish to be a director. Develop a personal interest in the workings of this industry. Watch new arrivals, movie trailers and study the trend.

2. Study people: You should inculcate the quality of studying people and observing them. Study the gestures and postures of the people around. How they react to the certain things and what they think about it. Based on the instances you see around you, you can try to glean storylines out of them.

3. Mute and watch: Switch on a movie channel and mute the volume. See the visuals and study the directions and camera angles used in the film; comprehend the way a film is shot.

4. Pen your thoughts down or Act: Be it a simple story or a poem, you must write it down. Think about how the scene and the dialogues complement each other and how they should be shot. You can even act or perform a small skit with the help of your friends and shoot it with your mobile. This may sound weird, but it prove helpful.

5. See old movies: Lot of modern movies make use of computer graphics and camera tricks. If you want to study real direction, then you must watch old movies. In these movies, storyline and direction were the main components of the film and not the graphics. This will be a great learning experience for you.

6. Read books: Believe it, to be director it’s very essential to read books that talk about direction. Here are some books which we recommend that will prove helpful:  Directing Features Films by Mark Travis, Five C’s of cinematography, Shot by Shot, Film Directing Fundamentals, Making Movies by Sidney Lumet.

7. Visit movie sets: If you really want to be a director you must try and make it a point to visit movie sets. Seeing it all happen live will help you understand what goes into making a film. This will surely be a great learning experience.

8. Enrol in a training program for directors: Sign up for training programmes or courses in college that will help you study the theoretical part of directing.

9. Think small at first: Start small and be dedicated to your work. Don’t think you will get a break directly with a big production company. Work your way up the ladder and make the journey a fun learning experience.

10. Be on time and be prepared: Inculcate the quality of punctuality in you. Be ready to work long hours. Spot boys and director are the first ones to arrive on the location and last ones to leave. So be prepared to display such intense dedication to your job.

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