One Night Stand is over !
Thats right , my short film 'one night stand' is completed .It took around 4 months ! Ohhhh .. Thats just for a 12 min short film . I cant imagine what will happen when i make a feature film !
And i need to thank several people (and almighty)here . If i start to list them , i am sure i will miss some one . So if you are reading this and if you know that you have helped , please take my sincere thanks . I would not have reached here without you .
I am thinking about how to proceed . I am financially stuck ,so i would need to wait till next month to make proper DVD copies and stuff . , but before that i will have to send copies to all my well wishers .
If you ask me whether i am happy - I am . It was my big , long time dream . But then again , i am not satisfied with the film as such . I have made several mistakes and frankly , its not an impressive movie . I dont know why i am degrading my own movie , but whats the point in over hyping it just like all other film makers ? Black is black and white is white ,even if you defend it .
But having said that , i think this is an impressive effort from a person who have absolutely no experience in film making . I have really struggled in the making , of all sorts , and i am happy its visible .., some how .
Confusing post ? I am a confused man . So live with it !
Monday, August 17, 2009
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Scared of laziness
I wrote half of this post before 2 weeks and was so lazy to complete it and post it .
Now start reading .
Everyday i sit back and say to myself ., DONT BE LAZY -THIS TIME WILL NOT COME BACK.
But still , i feel i am getting lazy . Well , i was always lazy ., i was never that hardworking geek .. But that cant be an excuse now , i am already too old (going to be 25 this september - thats another thing that scares the shit out of me) , and i am nowhere near my targets (Thats not true , i am somewhere in the picture) .
So i need to start several things
-Utilise most of the time in productive purposes (Reading, Blogging,Film making ,Studying)
-Reduce the time spent to watch/read porn (I have promised my galfrnd that ,post marriage this time can be utilised for more 'productive' purposes )
-Sleep the right amount of time (Sometimes i sleep less , sometimes too much)
-Exercise every day
-Join a Yoga class or more preferably a place where they teach Bhagavad Geetha
-Reduce smoking
Many more things , but as always, i dont remember them all .
Achumama is complaining that i am not posting much in my blog , so even though i know that this is a boring post , i am posting it .
Muaaah !!!
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What the fuck was that ? A kiss ??
Now start reading .
Everyday i sit back and say to myself ., DONT BE LAZY -THIS TIME WILL NOT COME BACK.
But still , i feel i am getting lazy . Well , i was always lazy ., i was never that hardworking geek .. But that cant be an excuse now , i am already too old (going to be 25 this september - thats another thing that scares the shit out of me) , and i am nowhere near my targets (Thats not true , i am somewhere in the picture) .
So i need to start several things
-Utilise most of the time in productive purposes (Reading, Blogging,Film making ,Studying)
-Reduce the time spent to watch/read porn (I have promised my galfrnd that ,post marriage this time can be utilised for more 'productive' purposes )
-Sleep the right amount of time (Sometimes i sleep less , sometimes too much)
-Exercise every day
-Join a Yoga class or more preferably a place where they teach Bhagavad Geetha
-Reduce smoking
Many more things , but as always, i dont remember them all .
Achumama is complaining that i am not posting much in my blog , so even though i know that this is a boring post , i am posting it .
Muaaah !!!
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What the fuck was that ? A kiss ??
Monday, June 22, 2009
The Struggling Film maker -
Before 2-3 months ,i was on a chat with my friend 'invent' ( ofcourse all about films and film making ). I told him about one of my stories 'One Night Stand' and before i finished , he told me .., "Lets make it , i will share half the production cost " .
That's how it started , and here i am 2-3 months down the line , with almost 70% of the film done.I'm happy that i have reached so far , and i am sure that i will go ahead and complete it no matter what comes ahead ., but still i feel a bit down due to all the unnecessary yet inevitable delays (contradicting eh ? let it be ).
So here i go , i am going to share with you on all my experiences till now and what happens to my short film ..(whatever may it be ) .
Episode 1 : The Beginning - Script , Screenplay and DP
To start with , i consulted a few of my friends who have experience in film making , and asked them whether i am capable enough to direct a short film . And with all the confidence they gave , i decided to give it a shot .
Me and Invent went to visit a studio which he knew , and then discussed about the cam and other costs . We planned the whole thing and our cost came around 15 K . That's great ," i can spend 7.5 K ", we both said together ...
OK ,now i had the task of writing script and screenplay . It took me around 10 days and about 150 cigarettes to complete a 14 page screenplay (may be the font size was large) . But still i had a proper screenplay , with even cam angles !
Now the next task was to find a cameraman or DP or cinematographer or whatever you call that man who look very serious on set . I again went through my set of friends and saw a lot of profiles and checked out their works , . Thats how i came across CamSat . He was introduced to me by one of my friends Vicky . I arranged a meeting with CamSat and called up another friend ModAr , and we met up on one fine evening . I showed my screenplay to them . When ModAr , as expected was more into the production costs and the marketing stratergies and other things about how to sell this 'product' , CamSat sat back and quietly read the script . I kept looking at him , but he never looked at me , which made me happy ,as i knew he was still reading it .
Finally , he kept all the papers inside the file , and looked at me and said . "Thats interesting plot , lets do it " . I smiled , and ModAr shook his head .
When CamSat left , ModAr asked me a very important question . "He is a proffessional ,just completed a feature film as DP., doesnt he expect something ?I mean financially?" ... That question left me worried . I knew he was the guy who can do it , but my budget plan do not have a space called 'remuneration for cameraman' . I nervously called up CamSat and asked him politely . "Do you expect anything , ehh.. like remuneration" . He laughed for sometime and told me "Dont worry , lets do it , then if you find anything left in your budget , let me know "
I didnt know how to thank him ..,even at this point i dont know how to !
Next episode : Actor Hunt .
That's how it started , and here i am 2-3 months down the line , with almost 70% of the film done.I'm happy that i have reached so far , and i am sure that i will go ahead and complete it no matter what comes ahead ., but still i feel a bit down due to all the unnecessary yet inevitable delays (contradicting eh ? let it be ).
So here i go , i am going to share with you on all my experiences till now and what happens to my short film ..(whatever may it be ) .
Episode 1 : The Beginning - Script , Screenplay and DP
To start with , i consulted a few of my friends who have experience in film making , and asked them whether i am capable enough to direct a short film . And with all the confidence they gave , i decided to give it a shot .
Me and Invent went to visit a studio which he knew , and then discussed about the cam and other costs . We planned the whole thing and our cost came around 15 K . That's great ," i can spend 7.5 K ", we both said together ...
OK ,now i had the task of writing script and screenplay . It took me around 10 days and about 150 cigarettes to complete a 14 page screenplay (may be the font size was large) . But still i had a proper screenplay , with even cam angles !
Now the next task was to find a cameraman or DP or cinematographer or whatever you call that man who look very serious on set . I again went through my set of friends and saw a lot of profiles and checked out their works , . Thats how i came across CamSat . He was introduced to me by one of my friends Vicky . I arranged a meeting with CamSat and called up another friend ModAr , and we met up on one fine evening . I showed my screenplay to them . When ModAr , as expected was more into the production costs and the marketing stratergies and other things about how to sell this 'product' , CamSat sat back and quietly read the script . I kept looking at him , but he never looked at me , which made me happy ,as i knew he was still reading it .
Finally , he kept all the papers inside the file , and looked at me and said . "Thats interesting plot , lets do it " . I smiled , and ModAr shook his head .
When CamSat left , ModAr asked me a very important question . "He is a proffessional ,just completed a feature film as DP., doesnt he expect something ?I mean financially?" ... That question left me worried . I knew he was the guy who can do it , but my budget plan do not have a space called 'remuneration for cameraman' . I nervously called up CamSat and asked him politely . "Do you expect anything , ehh.. like remuneration" . He laughed for sometime and told me "Dont worry , lets do it , then if you find anything left in your budget , let me know "
I didnt know how to thank him ..,even at this point i dont know how to !
Next episode : Actor Hunt .
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
I was Busy !
Long time , since i have written anything in here , but seriously , I was very Busy
Do i have another post just like this one ?Damn !
Ok , alright ., so as you would have read in the previous post , i had been behind that goose most of the time . And fuck , she hides well (If i make the goose a 'he' , i may sound gay) .
I started making a short film , after that long wait . But it is still incomplete . I will write another big bloody post about all the struggles and fun and diarrheas that i had to face in the process
I am wondering whether i am becoming normal in my personal life . I no longer spend days and months thinking about how to flirt and have sex (though i have hardly succeeded) . I recently went out on a date with a gal , and gosh! ., i was so bored . The same dialogues , the same places , the same style . I am seriously bored of this ..
There is another romantic part that is developing in my life . Fuck , i dont understand why these things are happening to me !I was not like this last time i wrote a post in here .
Did some one do an Illunga surgery on me ? Or is it just that i am getting older ?
Anyways , as my editor always says , lets keep it short ! I will come back with other great stories later :)
PS: There is nothing called as IIIunga surgery , i just used the toughest word in english so that you people would go crazy about it !
http://www.proz.com/forum/linguistics/22232-illunga_tops_ten_toughest_words_that_leave_translators_tongue_tied-.html
Do i have another post just like this one ?Damn !
Ok , alright ., so as you would have read in the previous post , i had been behind that goose most of the time . And fuck , she hides well (If i make the goose a 'he' , i may sound gay) .
I started making a short film , after that long wait . But it is still incomplete . I will write another big bloody post about all the struggles and fun and diarrheas that i had to face in the process
I am wondering whether i am becoming normal in my personal life . I no longer spend days and months thinking about how to flirt and have sex (though i have hardly succeeded) . I recently went out on a date with a gal , and gosh! ., i was so bored . The same dialogues , the same places , the same style . I am seriously bored of this ..
There is another romantic part that is developing in my life . Fuck , i dont understand why these things are happening to me !I was not like this last time i wrote a post in here .
Did some one do an Illunga surgery on me ? Or is it just that i am getting older ?
Anyways , as my editor always says , lets keep it short ! I will come back with other great stories later :)
PS: There is nothing called as IIIunga surgery , i just used the toughest word in english so that you people would go crazy about it !
http://www.proz.com/forum/linguistics/22232-illunga_tops_ten_toughest_words_that_leave_translators_tongue_tied-.html
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
The Wild Goose Chase
I am sitting in my office , 5.30 AM in the morning waiting for my shift to end.I am back to night shifts after what they call as the honeymoon (training) period .
Oh did i tell you that i am finally on to a new project ? Its a different thing from what i have been doing for past 2 years , but i am happy that i at least have a job to go to .
So coming back to the topic.,I am wondering what all i want in life . The dreams are big and many . I want to be very very rich , i want to make wonderful movies , i want to tell beautiful stories , i want to be a good network engineer , i want to blog ,i want to have sex with a european woman , and finally i want to discover a meteorite which will crash on earth and we all get fucked !
Many people tell me that i am in a wild goose chase . And i agree .I am chasing a wild goose ., not just one , but many . And i have two explanations why i do it
1.I believe life is all about Karma Yoga . I dont want to lead a normal life and then when i become 60 , look back and think how stupid it was not to follow my passions when i was 20 .
2.Wild gooses are chase'able . All you need to do is a couple of months of jogging practice.If you don't trust me check this out
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greylag_Goose .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greylag_Goose .
So let me continue wild goose chase .(My only worry is whether Menaka Gandhi and co. wouldfile a case on me . )
PS: I am not able to change the font of this post !
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Im Very Busy !
Yes , Im very busy these days and 'Im lovin it' .
Lot of things happened in between ,headlines are as follows-
'I DID IT' - After a wait of 24 long years
I recieved a lot of applications to join Sree Purusha Blogger Sena . If at all i had thought about this a bit earlier , SPBS could have had a seat in the parliment this time .
I have plans of making a short
My job is under a lot of pressure
Couple of my friends who recently became followers of this stupid blog , has asked me to write about them . Achayan and others , dont worry , i will write about you .
I even have a couple of posts ready to publish , but i feel this is not the right time . I will be back full fledged soon , c ya then .
:)
Lot of things happened in between ,headlines are as follows-
'I DID IT' - After a wait of 24 long years
I recieved a lot of applications to join Sree Purusha Blogger Sena . If at all i had thought about this a bit earlier , SPBS could have had a seat in the parliment this time .
I have plans of making a short
My job is under a lot of pressure
Couple of my friends who recently became followers of this stupid blog , has asked me to write about them . Achayan and others , dont worry , i will write about you .
I even have a couple of posts ready to publish , but i feel this is not the right time . I will be back full fledged soon , c ya then .
:)
Thursday, March 19, 2009
My Story in passionforcinema
My story got published in passionforcinema .
http://passionforcinema.com/hmmm
I know its not that much of a BIG deal , but , it still makes me a lot happy to see my article among authors like Anurag Kashyap , Nasuridheen Shah etc . And more over , i think it is the first story to be published there .
I wrote this story , on a chat session with my friend Aishu . She just wanted me to tell her a story , and since i was jobless at office , just went on writing . I think she stopped listening after a while , but i didnt :P . And thus the story 'Hmmm' was made .
Check it out !
:)
http://passionforcinema.com/hmmm
I know its not that much of a BIG deal , but , it still makes me a lot happy to see my article among authors like Anurag Kashyap , Nasuridheen Shah etc . And more over , i think it is the first story to be published there .
I wrote this story , on a chat session with my friend Aishu . She just wanted me to tell her a story , and since i was jobless at office , just went on writing . I think she stopped listening after a while , but i didnt :P . And thus the story 'Hmmm' was made .
Check it out !
:)
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