Augast + Sept. 1st week : Final Script + Recce + Trial shots (lighting) (2 to 3 weeks)
Sept 2nd week - Sept end: Shoot (2 weeks)
Sept- October: Edit + Post production (4 weeks)
Saturday, August 6, 2011
INSPIRATIONS/REFERENCES
Film:
Still from a German Expressionist film.
Nosferatu (F.W.Murnau, 1979)
Evan The Terrible (Sergei Eisenstein 1944)
M (frit Lang, 1931)
Still from a German Expressionist film.
Nosferatu (F.W.Murnau, 1979)
Evan The Terrible (Sergei Eisenstein 1944)
M (frit Lang, 1931)
Film References:
German Expressionism
1. Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari
2. Nosferatu
3. M
4. Metropolis
Blood of a poet (Jean Cocteau)
Films By Amit Dutta
1. Kshatragya
2. Man's woman and other stories
3. Kramasha
Bill Viola
Stan Brakhage (I dream, Mothlight, Black Ice)
Maya Deren
Andrei Tarkovsky
1.Mirror
2.Evan's Childhood
3.Stalker
Paolo Pecora
1.Short films especially Ocho
2.A dog's dream
Animation:
Ryne - Christ Landerth
http://www.nfb.ca/film/ryan
Books:
1. Carl Yung : I. Notes on shadows II. Anima and Animus
III. Memories, Dreams and Reflections.
2. Bearing witness to Life.
3. Film as a subversive art.
4. Light and Film
5.Poems by Ted Hughes (the book - Crow)
7.G.A Kulkarni
8.Arun Kolatkar
9.Alejandra Pizarnik- http://pages.slc.edu/~mnegroni/pizarnik/drawing6.html
Sound
1.Brian Eno
2.Amon Tobin
3.Sun Ra
4.Hiromi
5.Thom Yorke
6.Boards Of Canada
7.A to Z
8.Trilok Gurtu
9.Telefon Tel Aviv
10.Russian Circles
11.The Cinematic Orchestra
12.Philp Glass
13.Mulatu Astake
14.Aphex Twin
15.Ali Farka Toure
16.Art Zoyd
17.Steve Reich
18.Hussain Alizadeh
Friday, August 5, 2011
PHORM AND FOTOSHOP
Once the video was shot, it was converted into still images (25 frames per second)
After painting all the images individually, they were recompiled into a video again.
Trial I.
HOW
ref.http://www.widescreenmuseum.com/oldcolor/handtint.htm
Approach:
The story does not follow a realistic approach. It deals with absurdity,
but this absurdity has a strong grounding of my own reality.
I believe absence is stronger than presence. Presence of absurdity makes the reality even more present and personal since the interpretation of reality is then left to the viewer.
What i want to show in my work is the idea which hides behind so called reality. I am seeking for the bridge that leads from visible to invisible.The Magic of dreams as means of revelation and personal (hence social) liberation. -Amos Vogel (Film as a subversive art)
Visual Treatment:
Visual treatment of the film originates from its content.
Since the film revolves around the play of light and shadow, to accentuate it, the film will be shot in black and white.
Usage of colour will be limited as an added layer and it will change according to the narrative demands.
In early days, before colour stock was developed, black and white films were hand painted, each frame individually,these colour films do not have a realistic look but visually they are extremely striking.
Film will follow the same method only images will be painted digitally.
WHAT AND WHY
Once upon a time crow was a colourful stunning bird. His beauty knew no boundaries. But the crow was unaware of his looks. His only friend was his shadow,until the day came when the world discovered his sublime form and started worshiping him. crow then became famous and he liked it. He fell in love with his own colourful attire.so much that he forgot his own shadow. As the time passed people got used to the crow and eventually forgot him. Famous crow then lost his charm and became very lonely. His colours stopped shining. Crow then remembered his shadow and went looking for it. He searched every where but never found it. He did not give up though. The more he searched he realised the shadow had never left him,it had gotten lost in his colours. Slowly one by one all his colours wore off and he became black. Some say that was the day his shadow came back to him, some say his shadow never came back to him so he himself turned into one, but till date no one knows if the real crow is his shadow or if the shadow is his actual self.
As a kid this was my bed time story, this is where my fascination for shadows first originated. As I grew up it became denser.
Physical description of a shadow limits itself as a darker body produced by light, If gone deeper shadows for me is the counterpart of a being. Our shadows symbolise our subconscious and hidden desires we ourselves are unaware of.
My diploma project is short fiction film about a girl who's hunger produces a shadow that starts eating everything. In short the synopsis of the story is,
A 22 year old girl lives with her room mate. In order to stay thin she throws up anything and everything she consumes. Her room mate is addicted to the television. She never steps out of the house. Both the girls are in a constant state of hunger. Protagonist's hunger comes from lack of food and low self esteem and for her room mate it is in the form of a virtual lifestyle. Protagonist's hunger produces a shadow that starts consuming everything around her. Her habit forces her to throw up everything shadow consumes.Initially protagonist tries to control and avoid the shadow but soon the shadow becomes stronger and the situation goes out of her control. Ultimately she is forced to face her hunger, in order to get rid the shadow.
'It is the face of our own shadow that glowers at us across the Iron Curtain.' stated swiss psychologist Carl Yung once. My project comes from a very personal space. It originates from the kind of lifestyle i live and constantly observe around me. The shadow in this film is my personal take on consumption. Today as I live life, at its every step I am forced to make choices. From buying a soap wash to applying for higher education I am constantly offered uncountable options and I am asked to make the choice but occasionally I get confused and most of the times even after making the 'right' choice I still feel unsatisfied. The 'other option' always seems better.
Shadow in my film deals with this hunger that has no end. The protagonist in the film lets the consumerist industry make all her choices. Her shadow represents a part of her that has been disregarded and repressed for a long time. Apart from the shadow and the girl another important character in the film is the room mate who is addicted to television.TV is a byproduct of the same consumerist industry the protagonist belongs to. TV is the root cause for the industry to expand so vast so fast. TV addiction has made her (room mate's) life extremely passive and vicarious. There is no difference between herself, her life and television. Her passiveness has lead her to a stage where she is not aware of her shadow that is her own existence.
I have been addicted to television and I have seen a lot of people from all age groups addicted to it. It bothers me and I feel the need to counter question it.
Everything in the film ultimately comes down to making a choice. Protagonist has to make a choice whether to let the shadow take over her life or to take control of her own existence. The room mate has to make a choice whether to continue living a virtual life or step out and experience it for real.
This film is my way of dealing with having to face a new choice relentlessly. Everyday.
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