” My Advice to Young Filmmakers is This : Dont Follow Trends.Start Them!”
Frank Capra
Generally Chennai isn’t a place one would look forward to visiting in the month of May as the summer heat takes its toll on the city. But this time in the month of May, things are about to change as all roads will load to Chennai and IIT-Madras in particular.After playing host to the “Chennai International Screenwriting Workshop” ( presented by Kamal Haasan ) last May, the prestigious institution ( organised by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences – IIT Madras) now is all set to host a workshop “ Imaging Cinema : Emerging Trends in Filmmaking” from 6th to 10th May,2010. The workshop aims to explore recent trends in the areas of filmmaking, touching aspects like Direction/Story telling, Digital filmmaking, Interactive Video, Editing and Cinematography.
The participants of the workshop would be exposed to live interactive sessions, conducted by experts in the areas of direction, screenwriting, cinematography and editing from India and Canada. The experts handling the sessions include well known names like R.Balki, Alphonse Roy, Saurabh Shukla, Sreekar Prasad (Editor), Fowzia Fathima(Cinematographer), Nasser, Satish Kasetty, Abhishek Chaubey, Dibakar Banerjee, Santosh Sivan and Michael Filimowicz (Canadian expert in Digital photography & Interactive Video). The workshop will be chaired by renowned director, S.M.Vasanth. Talks are also on with a few more well known personalities to come on board to grace the workshop.The last date for receipt of applications is the 5th of April,2010.
There are a total of 200 seats open to those who are passionate about cinema, independent filmmakers, students and professionals in the area of media and filmmaking. Members representing NGO’s involved in using films as a medium to bring about social change are also encouraged to apply.20 seats have been earmarked for them with full fee waiver.
Applications are available online at the Workshop’s official website-http://www.imagingcinema.com/Also for further details one can contact : Dr.Aysha Iqbal ( Organiser )@ essaarester@gmail.com or Cell : 9444766000/9551783161
So Chennai indeed is now where the scene of action is going to be, as Imaging Cinema is coming up soon, very soon.
Originally posted in PFC- check it out here- http://tinyurl.com/y48mjav
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