Lensing and Lighting workshop WITHOUT Tanmay Agarwal
When this sem started we were given a schedule. It was a difficult schedule. Back to back workshops were lined up. We were excited. In the big list somewhere in the middle was the "Lensing and Lighting Workshop". We presumed we were going to learn about lights and lenses. Then came Tanmay Sir and we got wrapped up in a magic created by him. We learned not only lensing and lighting we learned to be a film maker. He took us to a level where films were not merely a camera pointed at subjects and text book correct set of rules to follow; it became the magical experience it is supposed to be. He pushed us and pushed us so hard.....we stumbled but he would pick us up again and still make us go some more. He trusted us.
Sir doesn't like when we go on and on about how we like the workshop or subjectively describe it. He wants actualities. But today, I would go a little beyond that.
Last three days were the shoot for Hari, Sreecheta and Mainak. I just want to repeat what ever was said in the begining when they walked out of the workshop. "They just didn't get IT". We seven have gone through a curve and the changes were right in the face....we have practically changed our life style up and down. Right now I am sitting in my room alone and instead of doing facebook or chatting with random people, I am actually writing the blog, not because it is a homework or not because Sir had asked me to. I am writing this blog because it gives me a sense of happiness...perhaps a sense of being me.
They way they shot was so different from what we have imbibed in us through this workshop that it as a huge jerk(rightly put by Sumana). They still thought it was about getting their work complete. They still didn't give space to actors to get themselves in a zone. Still there is no trust or sync among the crew. And lighting and lensing......well.......I can't really comment on that.
It started with Ground Rules but Sir always wanted to set us free, free from our own demons. It has been a hell of a journey. A journey so great that it does not seem like just 2 weeks. Today Sir leaves but does the journey continue? YES. It's bigger than the resounding yes that I voiced when I said that I trusted him and I am so happy that this time I know that there will be six more voices echoing it.
It would be a great challenge to exercise all that we have learned and retain the things but what the hell, I am sure we can do it!
There was a big fuss about the fact that Sir had asked us to salute him. It was compared to anarchy, fascism and what not. But today I salute Sir from the depth of my heart. For making Himel find friends. For Sumana and Ashok grow. For making JJ patient. For making Hindol believe. For making Kirti open up. For making me close to myself.
Thank you Tanmay Sir!
Last three days were the shoot for Hari, Sreecheta and Mainak. I just want to repeat what ever was said in the begining when they walked out of the workshop. "They just didn't get IT". We seven have gone through a curve and the changes were right in the face....we have practically changed our life style up and down. Right now I am sitting in my room alone and instead of doing facebook or chatting with random people, I am actually writing the blog, not because it is a homework or not because Sir had asked me to. I am writing this blog because it gives me a sense of happiness...perhaps a sense of being me.
They way they shot was so different from what we have imbibed in us through this workshop that it as a huge jerk(rightly put by Sumana). They still thought it was about getting their work complete. They still didn't give space to actors to get themselves in a zone. Still there is no trust or sync among the crew. And lighting and lensing......well.......I can't really comment on that.
It started with Ground Rules but Sir always wanted to set us free, free from our own demons. It has been a hell of a journey. A journey so great that it does not seem like just 2 weeks. Today Sir leaves but does the journey continue? YES. It's bigger than the resounding yes that I voiced when I said that I trusted him and I am so happy that this time I know that there will be six more voices echoing it.
It would be a great challenge to exercise all that we have learned and retain the things but what the hell, I am sure we can do it!
There was a big fuss about the fact that Sir had asked us to salute him. It was compared to anarchy, fascism and what not. But today I salute Sir from the depth of my heart. For making Himel find friends. For Sumana and Ashok grow. For making JJ patient. For making Hindol believe. For making Kirti open up. For making me close to myself.
Thank you Tanmay Sir!
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