{"id":2649,"date":"2011-07-16T13:46:27","date_gmt":"2011-07-16T08:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/?p=2649"},"modified":"2011-07-16T13:46:27","modified_gmt":"2011-07-16T08:46:27","slug":"the-thirty-day-project-day-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/2011\/07\/16\/the-thirty-day-project-day-10\/","title":{"rendered":"The Thirty Day Project \u2013 Day 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday was a strange day. a Good day but a strange day.<\/p>\n<p>Morning was lectures at Sophia&#8217;s&#8230;interactions this term is on &#8220;Features &amp; Opinions&#8221; and yesterday&#8217;s scheduled activity was film viewing. I had a list of serious documentaries to show them, but post the blasts on Wednesday, decided that the class needs to watch something lighter &#8211; something that will tell them about how to write or produce a light yet informative feature \/documentary.<\/p>\n<p>The film that was screened was the delightful short documentary called &#8220;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/welcometonollywood.com\/home.html\">Welcome to Nollywood<\/a><\/strong>&#8221; &#8211; the story of how Nigerian film makers use the art of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jugaad\">Jugaad<\/a><\/strong> to make extremely low cost and entertaining films for the local market. The film takes us through the making of one such film- Checkpoint &#8211; \u00a0and talks to the cast and crew.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"30 day Project Day 10 - film by calamur, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gargi\/5941999459\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6141\/5941999459_97fcde48b3_z.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"30 day Project Day 10 - film\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Films are made on digital video format &#8211; they started by shooting VHS &#8211; and are exceedingly popular amongst the audience. There is a lovely line towards the end of the film where one of the director says<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left:30px;\">&#8220;i cannot tell the White man&#8217;s story. He tells me his story in his own movies. It is still the same themes, love, action &#8230;but we are telling it our own way&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian film industry, btw is the 3rd largest in the world &#8211; after Bollywood &amp; Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p>The young ladies at Sophia loved the film. We had an interesting conversation, after the screening on their emotions vis-a-vis this film and the emotions of a film like <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0105208\/\">&#8220;Raam Ke Naam<\/a><\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately there is no point making distinctions like heavy content and light content &#8211; there is only content &#8211; and the job of the writer\/film maker is to get the audience absorbed in an unfamiliar subject.<\/p>\n<p>____________________________<\/p>\n<p>On the way back to the office I got stopped by a traffic cop. I had jumped a signal. The smiling policeman very kindly confiscated my licesne and gave me a parchi. Told me to drive carefully and told me that i could drive using that parchi, without the license for a fortnight.<\/p>\n<p>I have been stopped about half a dozen times since i began driving. I can tell from body language, when they expect a bribe. I haven&#8217;t paid while i have been driving. I paid for my driver once &#8211; and felt terrible about it&#8230; This man didn&#8217;t ask. i don&#8217;t even think he wanted one. He just smiled. a smile from the heart. I was talking to my father later on, and he shared a similar example. A cop stopped him and confiscated his license. dad tried to offer him money. The cop said &#8220;saheb mujhe pagaar milta hai&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>I smiled all the way back to the office &#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>_______________<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday was death by traffic. Between the drive in the morning and the drive in the evening -it was 6 hours behind the wheel of a car&#8230; bloody madness.<\/p>\n<p>While some of the roads &#8211; especially the intersections with interlocked tiles are damaged and cause delays &#8211; the bulk of it was by poor driving. Cars jamming into a one way from the other side. Refusing to give way to ambulances. High beaming. general wtf behavior &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>i finally dumped the car at home and went to ML&#8217;s house for a nice evening with some interesting people. Another thing that i had stopped doing -socialising &#8230;it is fun to catch up without agenda, just for company &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday was a strange day. a Good day but a strange day. Morning was lectures at Sophia&#8217;s&#8230;interactions this term is on &#8220;Features &amp; Opinions&#8221; and yesterday&#8217;s scheduled activity was film viewing. 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