Comments on: Simply Ghastly http://calamur.org/gargi/2006/03/28/simply-ghastly/ A Point of View Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:24:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: gargi http://calamur.org/gargi/2006/03/28/simply-ghastly/#comment-1935 gargi Tue, 25 Dec 2007 01:51:36 +0000 http://calamur.org/gargi/?p=525#comment-1935 sure.....drop me a line when you are through... what will help is that if you showed it at the story / script stage itself..... you really don't need a film making course ... some of the best films i have seen are people with a passion for film making (not necessarily a degree in the same.... sure…..drop me a line when you are through…
what will help is that if you showed it at the story / script stage itself…..

you really don’t need a film making course … some of the best films i have seen are people with a passion for film making (not necessarily a degree in the same….

]]> By: nitin pegu http://calamur.org/gargi/2006/03/28/simply-ghastly/#comment-1934 nitin pegu Mon, 24 Dec 2007 09:46:04 +0000 http://calamur.org/gargi/?p=525#comment-1934 hello maam.i have made a first attempt on documentary film making. i m not doing any film making course. infact m an engineering student. i wud like 2 show my work to you once it is complete. would u agree?? hello maam.i have made a first attempt on documentary film making. i m not doing any film making course. infact m an engineering student. i wud like 2 show my work to you once it is complete. would u agree??

]]> By: Venkat http://calamur.org/gargi/2006/03/28/simply-ghastly/#comment-1027 Venkat Sat, 01 Apr 2006 16:40:28 +0000 http://calamur.org/gargi/?p=525#comment-1027 Absolutely.... Our concepts were accepted on an ad-hoc basis and that is something that baffled all of us. It was more of a "KC-is-doing-so-why-not-We?" exercise, that probably led us nowhere. I somehow felt tht instead of 2 movies, 1 would have been a much better option. Commitment would have been hell of a lot better and so would the effort. I think we erred badly on that count and this exercise surely gives us students a food for thought. Absolutely….

Our concepts were accepted on an ad-hoc basis and that is something that baffled all of us. It was more of a “KC-is-doing-so-why-not-We?” exercise, that probably led us nowhere. I somehow felt tht instead of 2 movies, 1 would have been a much better option. Commitment would have been hell of a lot better and so would the effort. I think we erred badly on that count and this exercise surely gives us students a food for thought.

]]> By: gargi http://calamur.org/gargi/2006/03/28/simply-ghastly/#comment-1026 gargi Sat, 01 Apr 2006 16:31:05 +0000 http://calamur.org/gargi/?p=525#comment-1026 Hi Venket am not sure whether we have met or interacted, tho' ur post leads me to believe that we have. I don't mean to be harsh on the students. I am sure that they don't want their efforts to be wasted. I am more critical of the lack of guidence. the first question that i invariably ask when someone comes in with an idea is - why will the audience want to watch. The process of answering this question - usually gives shape to the idea. If you can't think of a single good reason for why people will want to watch - then a new idea is needed :) Hi Venket
am not sure whether we have met or interacted, tho’ ur post leads me to believe that we have.

I don’t mean to be harsh on the students. I am sure that they don’t want their efforts to be wasted. I am more critical of the lack of guidence. the first question that i invariably ask when someone comes in with an idea is - why will the audience want to watch. The process of answering this question - usually gives shape to the idea. If you can’t think of a single good reason for why people will want to watch - then a new idea is needed :)

]]> By: Venkat http://calamur.org/gargi/2006/03/28/simply-ghastly/#comment-1025 Venkat Sat, 01 Apr 2006 15:34:13 +0000 http://calamur.org/gargi/?p=525#comment-1025 Mam, Thanks for the honest opinion you have given. I just managed to check out your blog and yes, even though it seems tough, I think youve been fair. According to me, we are surely lacking on some quality guidance, as you rightly mentioned and more or less that has been summed up in all our movies. It was more of a 'going-through-the-motions' time when we did the project than something we put our blood, sweat and soul on ! Unfortunately, our films were a reflection of our class. Totally disjunctive in thought and action, cliched to a large extent and last minute work. Hopefully, this post by you will spur those "wannabe" film-makers to go and do a better job and I am sure with ur guidance, it will turn into reality. Mam, Thanks for the honest opinion you have given. I just managed to check out your blog and yes, even though it seems tough, I think youve been fair. According to me, we are surely lacking on some quality guidance, as you rightly mentioned and more or less that has been summed up in all our movies. It was more of a ‘going-through-the-motions’ time when we did the project than something we put our blood, sweat and soul on ! Unfortunately, our films were a reflection of our class. Totally disjunctive in thought and action, cliched to a large extent and last minute work.

Hopefully, this post by you will spur those “wannabe” film-makers to go and do a better job and I am sure with ur guidance, it will turn into reality.

]]> By: gargi http://calamur.org/gargi/2006/03/28/simply-ghastly/#comment-1024 gargi Wed, 29 Mar 2006 13:52:18 +0000 http://calamur.org/gargi/?p=525#comment-1024 megha - i rest my case :) megha - i rest my case :)

]]> By: megha http://calamur.org/gargi/2006/03/28/simply-ghastly/#comment-1023 megha Wed, 29 Mar 2006 13:46:33 +0000 http://calamur.org/gargi/?p=525#comment-1023 HAA! I am so relieved. By the ways, Mr. Jagdish Ratnani from our college also shares the same views. He teaches us Internet issues and is really amused by the fact, that there is no internet provided to teach the subject. And he really frets and fumes when after asking all the permissions we do get a connection and, it takes half an hour to download a page. hehehe. HAA! I am so relieved. By the ways, Mr. Jagdish Ratnani from our college also shares the same views. He teaches us Internet issues and is really amused by the fact, that there is no internet provided to teach the subject. And he really frets and fumes when after asking all the permissions we do get a connection and, it takes half an hour to download a page. hehehe.

]]> By: Sriram Venkitachalam http://calamur.org/gargi/2006/03/28/simply-ghastly/#comment-1022 Sriram Venkitachalam Wed, 29 Mar 2006 13:27:09 +0000 http://calamur.org/gargi/?p=525#comment-1022 of course ur welcome mam. Abt college films. We were very enthu because at that time we wer actually being given a mesage, "what was only fun and timepass and extra curricular, the u can do it after u've done with everything else can now take centre stage." And that was very interesting. In our first year's summer vacation my pals and I used some internet lessons on short film making - script writing, story boarding and some technical stuff. We started making a film in the vacation and Madhavi mam helped us initiate. We din finish it. But we learnt quite a few things and had fun. And those internet lessons on film making really helped later on. And here it is if anyone's looking for it. <a href="http://www.exposure.co.uk/eejit/" rel="nofollow"> http://www.exposure.co.uk/eejit/</a> also visit, <a href="http://www.simplyscripts.com" rel="nofollow">simplyscripts.com</a> to download popular film scripts. of course ur welcome mam.

Abt college films. We were very enthu because at that time we wer actually being given a mesage, “what was only fun and timepass and extra curricular, the u can do it after u’ve done with everything else can now take centre stage.” And that was very interesting.
In our first year’s summer vacation my pals and I used some internet lessons on short film making - script writing, story boarding and some technical stuff. We started making a film in the vacation and Madhavi mam helped us initiate. We din finish it. But we learnt quite a few things and had fun. And those internet lessons on film making really helped later on. And here it is if anyone’s looking for it.

http://www.exposure.co.uk/eejit/
also visit, simplyscripts.com to download popular film scripts.

]]> By: gargi http://calamur.org/gargi/2006/03/28/simply-ghastly/#comment-1021 gargi Wed, 29 Mar 2006 02:38:10 +0000 http://calamur.org/gargi/?p=525#comment-1021 I think that Madhavi was quite wonderful. She attracted and retained some good teachers. I think many of us came in because of her and stayed on because of her enthusiasm btw Sriram - tnx - really nice of you. made my day :) I don't think that it is a question of a disaster, but of delivering what is promised. And ein the case of careers there better be delivery! I think that Madhavi was quite wonderful. She attracted and retained some good teachers. I think many of us came in because of her and stayed on because of her enthusiasm

btw Sriram - tnx - really nice of you. made my day :) I don’t think that it is a question of a disaster, but of delivering what is promised. And ein the case of careers there better be delivery!

]]> By: Sriram Venkitachalam http://calamur.org/gargi/2006/03/28/simply-ghastly/#comment-1020 Sriram Venkitachalam Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:24:53 +0000 http://calamur.org/gargi/?p=525#comment-1020 Ok, i really shud add Madhavi Tangella to that list of names. Ok, i really shud add Madhavi Tangella to that list of names.

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