This sounds so interesting Shirsha! Am an ardent fan of Supernatural Fiction stories. Though, I don't subscribe to much of Indian authors, this sounds so interesting! True! Reading a story and watching the same story can never have the same impact! I usually refrain from it. I remember reading, 'The da vinci code' by dan brown and then watching the movie of the same name starring tom hanks! It was an incredible movie no doubt, but what that book made me imagine and feel and think, I cannot describe it! It also had a few supernatural elements and it was worth reading!
Well, on ITV, I do feel the audience is also at fault, not just the makers. There are just few people like us who are really bothered to observe such minute details like VFX, Costumes, makeup. Majority audience really doesn't care. Makers cater to urban as well as rural audience, you see! Am not on twitter thankfully,😆 but as much as I have read comments and reviews on youtube and instagram, large section of people are only and only concerned about their favorite actor and remaining, about the story and the characters! So, VFX really becomes secondary for them! Maybe, due to less demand they wouldn't be spending too much on it, as VFX really really takes days and days of hardwork! Frankly, VFX is the most difficult to create! I know a little bit about it! Example to create the illusion of bani turning into a snake, it would be taking a frame by frame work. Just One second is of some 30-45 frames! Imagine working on a 45-50 minute episode!😆 I had done a 5 minute short video not even this detailed, and it took some 2-3 days for me! Am new at it but still! Lighting and colour matching is different ball game altogether! As a layman we don't understand that much but its a lot of detailed work!
So, if people are not much noticing it, or aren't bothered much why would they take it into consideration so much hard work and money! In the west, firstly they have money ofc, so their basic VFX is our high level one!😆 But their the audience is really insightful towards the smallest of details! There are official channels who reviews and breaks down every episode of a show! Their bloopers and mistakes are critiqued immensely by the audience and media! So, you see its a necesscity for them to deliver high quality visual effects! Just like here, in our bollywood movies! VFX cannot be this sloppy as they are on TV right!😆 People will throw stone on the theatre screens!😆
Still, you know, I find naagin VFX wayyy better than another show I was watching recently! I won't name it here, as its a very famous show, maybe some fan would get offended!😆
But, I stopped watching primarily because of its storyline, but also because I couldn't take the horrible VFX!😆
PS: I'll surely give the book a read Shirsha! Thankful for this insightful info!🤗
The producer of Naagin 5 is extremely rich. She produces movies as well. I think she doesn't spend so much money on VFX because most of the viewers don't care. I'm a patriotic person. Therefore, I want to see ITV in a better position. However, many viewers are not demanding. Yes, you can read The Bagheera Chronicles:The Tiger King. You can buy the e-book on Amazon and then read it on Kindle. Indian authors also write good books. There are books written by Sahitya Academi winners and Booker nominated authors. Some Indian authors write horror and supernatural books as well. Neil D'Silva and Shweta Taneja write horror books. Shweta Taneja wrote Tantrik trilogy. I didn't read those books. However, I know she did a lot of rearch on tantra before writing those books. I read that in an article. I'm willing to read her book, The Ghost Hunters of Kurseong. I also want to read horror short story collection, Right Behind You written by Neil D'Silva. I know his name and the names of his popular books (Maya's Husband, Pishaach, Yakshini). I haven't yet read any of those popular books. Indrapramit Das wrote a book named The Devourers. It's a werewolf novel which deals with gender issues, cultures, bi-sexuality, identity etc. I read reviews of this book and it got a lot of appreciation from the readers.
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