By Gasper Crasto, Kuwait
Kuwait July 24: Highly acclaimed Indian director T-Bush's full length feature film entitled 'BLACK Nhesop Atanchem Fashion' will mark a milestone in the history of Indian Cinema. It is the first ever Konkani E–Cinema to be made and released in Kuwait. The film produced by T-Bush International Films is set for a Grand Premier on August 10, 2007 at Al Masrah, Hawally Auditorium, Kuwait.
It is sure to be an entertaining film and certain to capture hearts of all communities. The most essential element that will make the film an even more rewarding experience will be the audio-visual effect synchronized into a 5.1 DTS sound. The E-Cinema will be screened on a wide screen with high quality 'E-Cinema Technology' projection.
You may wonder why there is this huge hype about BLACK being an E-Cinema. And what exactly is E-Cinema?
The Award Winning Director of the English short film, 'The Letter', T-Bush will use the Digital Cinema, electronic cinema or simply e-cinema - the latest buzz words that are used to describe this art. Briefly, Digital cinema is a movie using high quality digital projectors that are brighter and higher resolution versions of video projectors. Feature films with this technology are projected from a 'hard disk' based playback equipment instead of the traditional 'reel prints'.
If we look at the benefits by going Digital we learn that for a producer there are huge savings in the production costs. Whereas a prints cost huge amount of money, a set of DVD-ROMS will cost nominal amount. And what's more…every print is a perfect copy with better color grading, electronically. As the DVD ROMS cannot be decoded outside a Digital Cinema playback unit it provides a strong safeguard against piracy.
Digital production is faster from finish to release and any number of disks can be made in a day. What's interesting is the fact that multiple versions of a film can exist with different scenes or extra songs. Films can be edited accurately even after release - by remote control and multiple language sound tracks and multiple language sub-titles can exist at the same time.
To put it in a nutshell, E-Cinema is a relief format that allows extremely HIGH quality final output. The obvious advantage of E-cinema is better quality of images and the ability to calibrate colors.
Filmmaking, nowadays, takes place all over the world using different technologies and techniques, and is produced in a variety of economic contexts that range from government-sponsored documentary to profit-oriented movie making.
Commercial and adventure films employ a cast and crew of thousands and have complicated computer generated imagery, while a low-budget, independent film may be made with a skeleton crew, often paid very little.
Looking through the lens of a camera as actors bring to life a writer's story, the filmmaker is also peering into a world of imagination. The director, producer, actors, screenwriter, and film editor are all essential players in the journey from concept to finished film. In this remarkable process, thousands of small details and often hundreds of people come together to create a film.
T-Bush's award winning, 'The Letter' that won the Best Film at the London Film Festival has all the appearances of being shot in the United States. But the truth is that the entire movie was shot at locales in Kuwait. The new film 'BLACK' has a storyline based on a Goan backdrop and Indian traditions but T-Bush has used all the outdoor locales for the film in Kuwait.
The filmmaking production of any movie cycle consists of Development, Pre-production, Production, Post-production, Distribution, etc. Development is the stage where an idea is fleshed out into a viable script. The producer of the movie will find a story, which may be from books, other films, true stories, original ideas, etc. Once the theme, or underlying message, has been identified, a synopsis is prepared. Films rarely make a profit from the theatrical release alone, therefore DVD sales and worldwide distribution rights need to be taken into account.
On the release of BLACK, however, T-Bush has no immediate intentions of converting the movie into home videos which he feels will degrade the originality and standard of the movie.
Production of a Movie
In Production, the movie is actually created and shot. Each 'take' of a shot follows a slating procedure and is marked on a clapperboard, which helps the editor keep track of the takes in post-production. The clapperboard records the scene, take, director, director of photography, date, and name of the film written on the front, and is displayed for the camera. The clapperboard also serves the necessary function of providing a marker to sync up the film and the sound take. Sound is recorded on a separate apparatus from the film and they must be synched up in post-production.
In Post-production, the film is assembled by the film editor. The first job of the film editor is to build a rough 'cuts' taken from sequences (or scenes) based on individual 'takes' (shots). The purpose of the rough cut is to select the best shots. Once approved by the director, the picture is 'locked,' meaning no further changes are made. After the picture is locked, the film passes out of the hands of the editor to the sound department to build-up the sound track. The voice recordings are synchronized and the final sound mix is created. The sound mix combines sound effects, background sounds, and music. Finally the film is previewed, normally by the target audience, and any feedback may result in further shooting or edits to the film.
"In the Film editing the important thing for me is timing," says T-Bush speaking about the post-production, "because the film is really fast-moving and you have to have time to allow the audience time to make sense of what they are watching. Creatively speaking, the biggest challenge is not shooting the movie, but to make all the transitions flow into each other so that the viewers would move from scene to scene with their emotional commitment unimpaired. The time-space continuum gets taken right off its hinges without anyone really noticing -- but at the same time it is important not to lose the breathless, driving edge of the story or to allow it to appear as an end in itself."
Life, T-Bush feels, is the biggest teacher. "What you go through in your life in terms of pain, sorrow, difficulties, etc, changes your perspective to life. Today I'm different. It's a process of growing up which reflects in your work. There was a time when a 'masala' film would excite me. Now I think of them as an awkward thing. Now I am more interested in finding out what makes people tick, much more interested in why people live in continuous anxiety. Now I feel stories are about people and their angst. The audience has to know the tragedy of the main characters in any movie. Otherwise you are not involving the audience in your story."
With the introduction of hi-fi technology, the means of production have become more democratized. Filmmakers can conceivably shoot and edit a movie, create and edit the sound and music, and mix the final cut on a home computer. However, while the means of production may be democratized, financing, and marketing remain difficult. Most independent filmmakers rely on film festivals to get their films noticed and sold for distribution. However, the Internet has allowed for relatively inexpensive distribution of independent films; many filmmakers post their films online for critique and recognition. Although there is little profitability in this, a filmmaker can still gain exposure via the web.
The short film in English, 'The Letter' is the only movie that T-Bush has to his credit, but that seems to be enough. 'The Letter' turned out to be an International winner among world's renowned directors. The film won the young director 3 awards at the London Film Festival as Best Director, Best Technical Award and Best Film from among hundreds of directors of International fame and repute. Except for the actors, Grips (helpers), Spot Boys, lyrics and music, the entire production is handled by T-Bush. He is the Writer (dialogues and screenplay), Director (art, costumes, action, cameraman, etc), Editor (sound recordist and special effects) and the Producer of the movie.
T-Bush adds, "In any film, the director's vision shapes the look and feel of a film. He is the creative force that pulls a film together, responsible for turning the words of a script into images on the screen. Actors, cinematographers, writers, and editors orbit around the director like planets around the Sun."
No cinematographer or film editor, no matter how gifted, can turn a terrible performance into a great one. The right actor can give a screenwriter's words exciting new depth and dimensions. Actors are essential for conveying emotions to an audience, for bringing the words and ideas in a script to life.
As actors, they must be able to become many different people. In order to make a character come to life, they must bring to the role those parts of themselves that are similar to the character. Memorizing lines without understanding the role is of little help to the actors. T-Bush has groped in the best Indian talent available in Kuwait to add essence to the characters and presence on the screen.
BLACK is going to be a delight for the audience – an experience for any community, any nationality to come and watch – not just as an entertainment but to see how the movie is actually devised. In a working country like Kuwait where there are few professional Indian actors available, T-Bush has gathered a crew to make a film of international recognition. During the stages of shooting, by and large, it was always the case of someone missing or some actor either out of town or on vacation. If T-Bush had to 'wrap' up the shoot for non-availability of artistes on the sets, the movie would never be complete. Then, how was the director able to complete the movie? That's the area of expertise and hallmark of the T-Bush who is equipped with the latest know-how in the trade.
The young Indian director who is passionate about film making with his adept and innovative ideas is optimistic about 'BLACK' being an 'extraordinary movie' not just for its story but the way it is portrayed. He says, "The whole story has a simple plot. But for all the briskness of the plot, quite a lot happens."
Synopsis of BLACK:
The movie revolves around a musician who is involved in trivial assignments of traditional music. Culture and music means everything to the self-born maestro who just cannot give up on his passion for music. His effort to persuade the young genre to keep the art living in the face of fading tradition runs to an emotional zenith as the movie unfolds."
Behind the scenes and Post Production
In movies, the stars who grace the screen are the most popular faces, but what about people behind the scenes? A film is the result of the blood and toil of more than one person. Usually one only sees the people on the screen and has no ideas who all make the film happen. Right from conceptualizing the idea to transmitting it on the screen a lot of people participate in the filmmaking.
Kuwait July 24: Highly acclaimed Indian director T-Bush's full length feature film entitled 'BLACK Nhesop Atanchem Fashion' will mark a milestone in the history of Indian Cinema. It is the first ever Konkani E–Cinema to be made and released in Kuwait. The film produced by T-Bush International Films is set for a Grand Premier on August 10, 2007 at Al Masrah, Hawally Auditorium, Kuwait.
It is sure to be an entertaining film and certain to capture hearts of all communities. The most essential element that will make the film an even more rewarding experience will be the audio-visual effect synchronized into a 5.1 DTS sound. The E-Cinema will be screened on a wide screen with high quality 'E-Cinema Technology' projection.
You may wonder why there is this huge hype about BLACK being an E-Cinema. And what exactly is E-Cinema?
The Award Winning Director of the English short film, 'The Letter', T-Bush will use the Digital Cinema, electronic cinema or simply e-cinema - the latest buzz words that are used to describe this art. Briefly, Digital cinema is a movie using high quality digital projectors that are brighter and higher resolution versions of video projectors. Feature films with this technology are projected from a 'hard disk' based playback equipment instead of the traditional 'reel prints'.If we look at the benefits by going Digital we learn that for a producer there are huge savings in the production costs. Whereas a prints cost huge amount of money, a set of DVD-ROMS will cost nominal amount. And what's more…every print is a perfect copy with better color grading, electronically. As the DVD ROMS cannot be decoded outside a Digital Cinema playback unit it provides a strong safeguard against piracy.
Digital production is faster from finish to release and any number of disks can be made in a day. What's interesting is the fact that multiple versions of a film can exist with different scenes or extra songs. Films can be edited accurately even after release - by remote control and multiple language sound tracks and multiple language sub-titles can exist at the same time.
To put it in a nutshell, E-Cinema is a relief format that allows extremely HIGH quality final output. The obvious advantage of E-cinema is better quality of images and the ability to calibrate colors.
Filmmaking, nowadays, takes place all over the world using different technologies and techniques, and is produced in a variety of economic contexts that range from government-sponsored documentary to profit-oriented movie making.
Commercial and adventure films employ a cast and crew of thousands and have complicated computer generated imagery, while a low-budget, independent film may be made with a skeleton crew, often paid very little.
Looking through the lens of a camera as actors bring to life a writer's story, the filmmaker is also peering into a world of imagination. The director, producer, actors, screenwriter, and film editor are all essential players in the journey from concept to finished film. In this remarkable process, thousands of small details and often hundreds of people come together to create a film.
T-Bush's award winning, 'The Letter' that won the Best Film at the London Film Festival has all the appearances of being shot in the United States. But the truth is that the entire movie was shot at locales in Kuwait. The new film 'BLACK' has a storyline based on a Goan backdrop and Indian traditions but T-Bush has used all the outdoor locales for the film in Kuwait.
The filmmaking production of any movie cycle consists of Development, Pre-production, Production, Post-production, Distribution, etc. Development is the stage where an idea is fleshed out into a viable script. The producer of the movie will find a story, which may be from books, other films, true stories, original ideas, etc. Once the theme, or underlying message, has been identified, a synopsis is prepared. Films rarely make a profit from the theatrical release alone, therefore DVD sales and worldwide distribution rights need to be taken into account.
On the release of BLACK, however, T-Bush has no immediate intentions of converting the movie into home videos which he feels will degrade the originality and standard of the movie.
Production of a MovieIn Production, the movie is actually created and shot. Each 'take' of a shot follows a slating procedure and is marked on a clapperboard, which helps the editor keep track of the takes in post-production. The clapperboard records the scene, take, director, director of photography, date, and name of the film written on the front, and is displayed for the camera. The clapperboard also serves the necessary function of providing a marker to sync up the film and the sound take. Sound is recorded on a separate apparatus from the film and they must be synched up in post-production.
In Post-production, the film is assembled by the film editor. The first job of the film editor is to build a rough 'cuts' taken from sequences (or scenes) based on individual 'takes' (shots). The purpose of the rough cut is to select the best shots. Once approved by the director, the picture is 'locked,' meaning no further changes are made. After the picture is locked, the film passes out of the hands of the editor to the sound department to build-up the sound track. The voice recordings are synchronized and the final sound mix is created. The sound mix combines sound effects, background sounds, and music. Finally the film is previewed, normally by the target audience, and any feedback may result in further shooting or edits to the film.
"In the Film editing the important thing for me is timing," says T-Bush speaking about the post-production, "because the film is really fast-moving and you have to have time to allow the audience time to make sense of what they are watching. Creatively speaking, the biggest challenge is not shooting the movie, but to make all the transitions flow into each other so that the viewers would move from scene to scene with their emotional commitment unimpaired. The time-space continuum gets taken right off its hinges without anyone really noticing -- but at the same time it is important not to lose the breathless, driving edge of the story or to allow it to appear as an end in itself."
Life, T-Bush feels, is the biggest teacher. "What you go through in your life in terms of pain, sorrow, difficulties, etc, changes your perspective to life. Today I'm different. It's a process of growing up which reflects in your work. There was a time when a 'masala' film would excite me. Now I think of them as an awkward thing. Now I am more interested in finding out what makes people tick, much more interested in why people live in continuous anxiety. Now I feel stories are about people and their angst. The audience has to know the tragedy of the main characters in any movie. Otherwise you are not involving the audience in your story."
With the introduction of hi-fi technology, the means of production have become more democratized. Filmmakers can conceivably shoot and edit a movie, create and edit the sound and music, and mix the final cut on a home computer. However, while the means of production may be democratized, financing, and marketing remain difficult. Most independent filmmakers rely on film festivals to get their films noticed and sold for distribution. However, the Internet has allowed for relatively inexpensive distribution of independent films; many filmmakers post their films online for critique and recognition. Although there is little profitability in this, a filmmaker can still gain exposure via the web.
The short film in English, 'The Letter' is the only movie that T-Bush has to his credit, but that seems to be enough. 'The Letter' turned out to be an International winner among world's renowned directors. The film won the young director 3 awards at the London Film Festival as Best Director, Best Technical Award and Best Film from among hundreds of directors of International fame and repute. Except for the actors, Grips (helpers), Spot Boys, lyrics and music, the entire production is handled by T-Bush. He is the Writer (dialogues and screenplay), Director (art, costumes, action, cameraman, etc), Editor (sound recordist and special effects) and the Producer of the movie.
T-Bush adds, "In any film, the director's vision shapes the look and feel of a film. He is the creative force that pulls a film together, responsible for turning the words of a script into images on the screen. Actors, cinematographers, writers, and editors orbit around the director like planets around the Sun."
No cinematographer or film editor, no matter how gifted, can turn a terrible performance into a great one. The right actor can give a screenwriter's words exciting new depth and dimensions. Actors are essential for conveying emotions to an audience, for bringing the words and ideas in a script to life.
As actors, they must be able to become many different people. In order to make a character come to life, they must bring to the role those parts of themselves that are similar to the character. Memorizing lines without understanding the role is of little help to the actors. T-Bush has groped in the best Indian talent available in Kuwait to add essence to the characters and presence on the screen.
BLACK is going to be a delight for the audience – an experience for any community, any nationality to come and watch – not just as an entertainment but to see how the movie is actually devised. In a working country like Kuwait where there are few professional Indian actors available, T-Bush has gathered a crew to make a film of international recognition. During the stages of shooting, by and large, it was always the case of someone missing or some actor either out of town or on vacation. If T-Bush had to 'wrap' up the shoot for non-availability of artistes on the sets, the movie would never be complete. Then, how was the director able to complete the movie? That's the area of expertise and hallmark of the T-Bush who is equipped with the latest know-how in the trade.
The young Indian director who is passionate about film making with his adept and innovative ideas is optimistic about 'BLACK' being an 'extraordinary movie' not just for its story but the way it is portrayed. He says, "The whole story has a simple plot. But for all the briskness of the plot, quite a lot happens."
Synopsis of BLACK:
The movie revolves around a musician who is involved in trivial assignments of traditional music. Culture and music means everything to the self-born maestro who just cannot give up on his passion for music. His effort to persuade the young genre to keep the art living in the face of fading tradition runs to an emotional zenith as the movie unfolds."
Behind the scenes and Post Production
In movies, the stars who grace the screen are the most popular faces, but what about people behind the scenes? A film is the result of the blood and toil of more than one person. Usually one only sees the people on the screen and has no ideas who all make the film happen. Right from conceptualizing the idea to transmitting it on the screen a lot of people participate in the filmmaking.