Cinema – The Mirror to its Times

Cinema – The Mirror to its Times

In view of the ongoing protests against colour discrimination in the United States of America a lot of content has been pulled down across online streaming platforms. The reason being that, in the said content the people of colour have not been represented in line...
A Whole New World of Sounds

A Whole New World of Sounds

We had the fortune of spending a week’s time with Walter Murch, an American Editor & Sound Designer. He is a two-time Oscar winner, having worked on projects like The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, The English Patient etc. He was at our film school to teach us. He was...

ದೈಹಿಕ ಆಪ್ತತೆಗೊಬ್ಬ ನಿರ್ದೇಶಕಿ!

ಸಿನೆಮಾದಲ್ಲಿ ಇಂಟಿಮೇಟ್ ದೃಶ್ಯಗಳು ಅನೇಕ ಬಾರಿ ಅಗತ್ಯ ಬೀಳುತ್ತದೆ. ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಅನೇಕ ರೀತಿಯ ಮುಜುಗರದ ಸಂದರ್ಭ ಎದುರಾಗಬಹುದು. ಈಗ ಅಂಥಾ ದೃಶ್ಯಗಳನ್ನು ನಿರ್ದೇಶಿಸಲು ವಿಶೇಷ ರೀತಿಯ ನಿರ್ದೇಶಕರು ಬರಲಾರಂಭಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಆರೇ ಇಂಟಿಮೆಸಿ ಡೈರೆಕ್ಟರ್ಸ್. ಈ ಕೆಳಗಿನ ವೀಡಿಯೋ...
Sound in Cinema | Part 2

Sound in Cinema | Part 2

There are two distinct aspects of Sound Design in films. They are Diegetic and Non-Diegetic Sounds. Diegetic Sounds are those which emanate naturally from the sources that we can clearly see on the screen. For example, it could be the creaking of a door, sound from a...
Sound in Cinema | Part 1

Sound in Cinema | Part 1

I squirm a little whenever I hear someone say “Cinema is a visual medium”. Cinema is an Audio-Visual Medium. Sound Design in itself is a distinct science in the art that is cinema. Even though there are a few Indian films of late, which have used it effectively,...