Index

•       Difference between a direction and screenwriting.( Story writing and screenwriting)
•       Film appreciation class  for one week
•           Films screened in the institute.
•          How to analyze a story and how do the structure help
•          Little things about camera
•           Dialogues in the film.
•          Different types of shots and its use( why shots are used)        
•          American and Russian Editing

Difference between a direction and screenwriting

Direction:

Direction is basically managing people and the things which would lead to the presentation of the screenplay visually through the medium of camera. Hence, Director should be thorough with the script and should know all the characters and situations deeply to include his creativity visually. One of the examples which I saw in a recent film is Oscar nominated film Fences directed and acted by Denzel Washington.

This conversation between Troy and Rose has been taken from behind the iron mesh showing their developing distance in the relationship and was totally symbolic to their conversation.

All Hitchcock films are examples of direction and its projection in the screen such as Rear Window, Vertigo, strangers in a train, North by North west etc.

Screenplay writing

Screenplay is considered as the blue print which is always used as a reference throughout the film. Screenplay is the script of a film, including acting instructions and scene directions.

Example of a script format in Hollywood style

1 page is considered as 1minute standard time. Some software such as Cel tex, final draft, high land and fade in are used to structure the story in script format.

Examples

 At the 64th National Film Awards, the film won the National Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam  and  Syam Pushkaran  won the award for Best Original Screenplay.

Screenplay Writer (Adapted): Sanjay Krishnaji Patil for Dashakriya (Marathi)
Dialogues: Tarun Bhascker for Peli Chuplu (Telugu)

 

Maheshinte Prathikaaram (English: Mahesh's Revenge) is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film The film tells the story of Mahesh Bhavana (Faasil), a photographer, who attempts to defuse a conflict between his friend Crispin (Shahir) and a group of youngsters passing through their village, and is knocked to the ground. Defeated in the tussle and unable to fight back, he is embarrassed in front of his neighbours. Mahesh publicly vows that he will not wear his slippers again until he has avenged the humiliation.

After the cremation of the deceased, certain rituals are performed for the next thirteen day, as there is a belief that these rituals lead the deceased to Moksha i.e. salvation from the cycle of rebirths. Immersion of ashes is performed on the third day and the final round of rituals takes place on the tenth day. These rituals are to be performed on the banks of the Ganges, the sacred river. The emotionally vulnerable family of the deceased readily performs the rites as per the instructions of the Kirvant i. e. the section of the Brahmin community who is supposed to lead all the last rites and thereby earn their living. The Kirvants, looked down upon by the rest of the Brahmin community, exploit the emotions of the bereaved family to satiate their greed. The whole exercise is thus commercialized crossing all the limits. ‘ Dashakriya ’ ( The Tenth Day Ritual) profoundly depicts this harsh reality.

While revealing the disturbing reality around the last rites, their commercialization and the emotional exploitation of the bereaved family ‘ Dashakriya ’ focuses on how even the Kirvant kids mindlessly get involved in the business due to extreme poverty.

CREDIT NAMES

STORY based on BABA BHAND's novel ‘DASHAKRIYA’