On the 6th of
September, 2016, Grade 7 had a film-making workshop with Mr. Ujjal Das, due to
our ongoing Digital Design unit; ‘Movie Making’. Mr. Das is the co-founder of
Shtick Films (P) Ltd and has 20 years of experience in making Advertising
films, documentaries and feature films. In Digital Design unit, we are making a
film on a particular global or national issue that is quite common in the
world. For example, racism, poverty, lack of education, gender inequality and
many more.
The workshop was conducted so
that we could understand the different techniques and stages film-makers go
through when they make a film. What better way to learn this, than from an
experienced film maker and industry-expert. We learnt many things in the
workshop, such as, the different stages to shooting a film, which are,
Pre-Production, Production and Post-Production. In the Pre-Production, we have
to plan the entire movie out to every small detail. It is important that we
keep a tabulated chart for our planning. The chart will include, things like
location/setting, date, crew for each scene’s shooting, requirement of props,
make-
up, camera etc., Cast, Cost, Budget and many more. Next, comes the
Production stage. This stage is basically the shooting process which is
relatively easy, thanks to the Pre-Production. However, what a film-maker must
know while shooting are the different shooting tactics used to express a
particular film’s meaning better. Some camera shots include, Close-ups, Mid-shots,
Wide-shots, Pan- from left to right, Dolley/trolley shot, Juxtashot and many
more. These techniques help in giving depth and dimension to the film. Lastly,
the Post-Production stage. There are 3 main parts in this stage, 1- Edit, 2-
Decision and 3- Creating a List or a Log. These are the main things that help
in making a film worth watching.
To conclude, it was a great
experience and we learnt so much. Everybody was so intrigued that we were all
taking down notes galore. One of the main highlights of the session was, that
it was very engaging. We would like to thank Mr. Das for his time and coming to
our school to conduct a very valuable session. Thanks to this, I am sure
everyone has a pretty clear picture of how their movie may turn out. Thank you Mr.
Ujjal Das!
