I've been in India for a few months. I can't watch any Netflix stream here. I can't watch Hulu. If I wanted to, I would have to go through a US proxy server that slows things down tremendously and even that does not work for Netflix. If the...
Topics: Distribution, Movies, Technology

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The final session was about the Industry Aspects of writing. Anjum and Atul, both of whom have been instrumental in crafting a standard contract for writers in the Bombay film industry led this session. They talked through the writer's rights - fees,.
Topics: Anjum Rajabali, Atul Tiwari, Chennai, Chennai International Screenwriting Workshop, DesiPundit, Filmmaking, IIT, K. Hariharan, Madras, Technology, Writing

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The day kicked off with an introduction by Kamal Haasan. He put the entire workshop together to make screenwriting more accessible to aspiring writers. ... He also introduced the rest of the presenters for the workshop - Hariharan, Director of the L.V....
Topics: Anjum Rajabali, Atul Tiwari, Chennai, Chennai International Screenwriting Workshop, DesiPundit, Filmmaking, IIT, K. Hariharan, Madras, Movies, Technology, Writing

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Can you imagine a movie almost entirely in close-ups? Would you feel claustrophobic? Want to shove your elbows outward to create some breathing room? Stand up and stretch and take huge, gasping breaths? Or perhaps even hit pause and take a walk...
Topics: Carl Theodor Dreyer, close-ups, Maria Falconetti, NYU Tisch, Perspectives

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Watch this film for the Odessa steps sequence - which is stunning, disturbing and consuming. Watch it for the camera placement and how he builds tension. A must-see for film students it is the first real use of montage in film making.
Topics: NYU Tisch, Quick Review

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