nothing beats a short film!!

The thing about a good movie is that it will always grip you. Right from start till the very end. Be it a comedy epic like Monty Python and the Holy Grail or a 15 minute short film like My Love by Aleksandr Petrov'. It will tell its story, like it is wound up tightly in celluloid. As it unravels, you unravel. That is what cinema is all about. And to do the same in a shorter amount of time is the wonder of Short Films!

Short films are rather challenging. Imagine taking a compelling 400 page story & reading it within 10 minutes. Impossible, isn't it? Well not with film it isn't. All you need is a good cast & a director with a vision & great story telling ability. Time is of the essence & so is the plot. Phew! What a fine line the poor fellow must toe. But if done well, with a good pace & clever editing, the film could be magical, enigmatic even!

Take the show Gateway for instance, just the other day it featured a short movie by one of the participants. Was called 'An Evening O Like Yesterday. The execution was crisp & thus the story that came through was pretty good for an amateur. Am sure the guys there can do much better. But it being their first week & all, guess they do deserve a break. :)

Can't wait for the day when I make my own flick. Working on a couple of short films myself, a few scripts that I'm toying with. Will keep you guys posted on the progress. Till then, why don't you check out Right here. Right now, by Anand Gandhi. A masterpiece which gives short films the true credit of genius they merit.

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My Father taught me to weigh my words carefully, and speak up only when I had something insightful to add to the proceedings, or something really funny to say. He also taught me that if I couldn't be that kind of guy in real life, that I could earn a healthy living pretending to be that guy in the movies – particularly when paired up with a long haired stoner.


directing short films is my passion...

the thing about a good movie for me is ist soul purpose.that is of evoking an emotion in ones mind.