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“You have everything within you, you just need that spark” – Santosh Sivan
June 1, 2020Report by Diganta Debnath India’s top cinematographer shared his methods and knowledge with the film students and lovers. On 31 May 2020, Santosh Sivan, a Padma Shri awardee hosted by Canon in a webinar. Santosh Sivan was invited to talk about lighting and how it plays a crucial role in cinematography. The webinar was called […]
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Inside News Making: Scene Analysis of Spotlight
May 30, 2020Analysis by Malvika Chawla “They knew and let it happen!”“It could’ve been you,It could’ve been me,It could’ve been any of us.” -Sacha Pfeiffer Introduction Spotlight is a 2015 American biographical drama film directed by Tom McCarthy and written by McCarthy and Josh Singer. The film follows ‘The Boston Globe’s’ “Spotlight” team, the oldest continuously […]
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Web Report: From Books to screen- A real Challenge
May 25, 2020The webinar report prepared by R.B. Kavya on National level Media Webinar by Department of Visual Communication -VLB Janakiammal College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
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Between Dream and Reality: Parasite Climax Scene Analysis
May 24, 2020The analysis of climax scene or ending of Academy award wining film Parasite.
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Webinar Report: Documentary making for OTT Platforms
May 24, 2020Report by Shobhit Gupta The Media Studies department of Reva University, Bangalore organized a webinar on topic “Documentary making for OTT platforms”. The session was hosted by Prof. Manjunath M, Head and Reader of the department. The famous filmmaker Vrinda Samartha was the guest who explored the topic. Vrinda is an independent filmmaker from Bengaluru […]
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Scene Analysis of Blast off to space: Zathura – A space adventure
May 23, 2020Analysis done by Devyani Verma Introduction Zathura, a movie based on the concept of Robin Williams’ Jumaji (1995), is an English Sci-Fi/Fantasy movie released in 2005. Having a run time of 1 hour and 54 minutes, the film stars then child actor Josh Hutcherson and then teenage actress Kristen Stewart (the famous Twilight actress). The […]
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Covid-19 loses against the determination of filmmakers
May 20, 2020by Sonalika Singh Director Baltasar Kormakur and Producer Lucas Foster stand at the dawn of a new era of filmmaking. Both of them have resorted to strict and rigorous methods to battle against the spread of the Coronavirus in order to continue with the shooting of a Netflix series “Katla” and a horror movie based […]
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‘Filmmaking cannot be taught, but can be learned’ – Uma Vangal
May 15, 2020The report by Yash Mishra The internet is full of webinars since the lockdown. Out of all the Department of Media Sciences of Anna University College of Engineering organized an excellent webinar for film scholars and lovers. The guest speaker was Uma Vangal, a well-known filmmaker and a film critic. The topic was around “Cinema […]
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Mastering the master shot
March 5, 2018Scene 1 Shot 1 EXT Master Shot of the house …. Your basic scriptwriting or camera classes might have started like this. So, what is big deal with master shot and why understanding master shot is important? What is a master shot? Master shot in filmmaking is also known as establishing shot in which the […]
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