Sathyan

what I have learned from my experience is that an independent film-maker should atleast have his own camera. which one is better for a man like me whose budget is around 500 dollars?

You had some nice locations, some nice shots, but I wasn't a big fan of the editing (for example: the wipe transition in the beginning) or the sound editing (which made the transitions really rough).

 

The first minute is just a black screen with a voiceover. Now, this is my personal opinion, but for me, if a short film doesn't hook me pretty early on, then I won't really care about it because I've seen enough short films to know that only a small percentage are actually good. Many of them are decent or bad, but when I get done watching even a decent short film, I think "that's not bad", but it's not something I really enjoyed watching. So, the black screen with the voice over didn't create a hook for me because there was nothing for me to connect the voices to.

 

I think that this short film was unnecessarily slow...a film can be slow, and that works if there's a reason for it to be slow. With your film, I don't see a reason why the run time is seven minutes because the time wasn't used to build characters or advance the plot. You also have to give people a reason to care, I didn't have one.

 

I've made some of these mistakes myself, it's good to make them now before you put more money into a film.

 

-Roland Zágonyi

Mr.Roland Zagonyi has done it and has come up with some sharp critical explanations. but you forgot the fact that my intention was to hit on the politics of watching a cinema. ie how a viewer watches a cinema? there is no need to expect for a character or a plot when you are watching a film. Unknowingly, zagonyi's comments mark the success of my film.

just watch and say "oh! it's horrible" or "it's boring" or something like that

I am an independent film-maker from India. one of my film, nature, is put on the youtube( shot in a digital camera). just search the following: 'nature sathyan palakkad' in the youtube browser. duration 7 min.

kindly watch the film if possible. comments are welcome.

I could only watch it without sound because my computer has no speakers and I had to skip past the black in the beginning-I thought the person sitting by the water was interesting,- I couldnt tell what he was saying to the camera though-

some nice shots-

sir,

thank you for watching the film. you should have watched with the sound on and shouldn't have skipped anything; but never mind. the communication is through dialogues between director of the film (me) and a viewer in the past and my aim was to hit on the politics of how to watch a cinema. thank you very much for your comments.

Mr ramakanth,

India is a country with 70% of the population below poverty line and more than half the population is illiterate. why can't you study about our country and make films on the experiences of our people? why are you planning about u.s. film industry?

I am an independent film-maker from India. one of my film, nature, is put on the youtube( shot in a digital camera). just search the following: 'nature sathyan palakkad' in the youtube browser. duration 7 min.

kindly watch the film if possible. comments are welcome.

Please go to My Controls and change your screen name to your real first and last name per the rules of this Forum.

my real name is Sathyanarayanan itself with an initial A.J.

Is there any need to add those initials also in the display name?

Here's a suggestion that won't cost extra: when editing, convert your footage to black and white. The noise you'll encounter on your footage from shooting in low light on a handicam can be passed off as "artistic grain" in black and white.

 

Limitations breed unexpected creativity.

thank you for your comments. we are waiting for the unexpected to happen. what is your opinion on usage of

filters? also we are not having a crane or trolley or any other equipments except the camera and a stand. kindly come forward with a

few more suggestions to maximise the beauty of our cinema within the limitations. we are planning to take hand held shots and are less

worried about camera- shakes. is there any other ideas?

we are planning to take a short film this month with a mimimum budget. the whole cinema is to be taken in low light condition. our technical knowledge is very less. most probably a handicam is going to be used (budget shortage).

we have to work inside all kind of limitations both technical and economical sides. suggestions are welcome.