Did any one of you hear of "Lensight" ? if not, its a collection of beautiful short movies by FTII (Film & Television Institute of India) graduates, released under the title "Lensight" (http://www.televisionpoint.com/news2008/newsfullstory.php?id=1199266477).
I got hold of this DVD the day before yesterday, jumped upon it immediately , watched all the shorties and loved almost every film.Wow !! what an experience was that,a beautiful break from full length feature films and plunging into an ocean of creativity.Movies are in Hindi, English and in regional languages but with subtitles for audience's comfort. Each movie is fresh, innovative, gripping and tell stories in a novel style and make you feel that yes future of cinema in India is bright..A few are experimental movies , which choose abstract and symbolic stories with unreal and unique camera movements, but as a student and a cinema lover it is a treat and an enriching experience to see and analyze the art of story telling , editing, cinematography and script writing.
its an encouraging ,commercial and mutually beneficial venture both for students and banner.For cinema lover,they get to see around 20-25 brilliant short movies in one DVD and on other hand, students work gets a bigger and better exposure.I am sure, if the banner does proper marketing and promotions , it can generate good revenue out of the DVD sales.This is the high time that cinema, in its all form, should get more and more promotion and exposure as audience are growing big both in size and their receptiveness and are searching for different ,abstract and novel stories. This poses a big responsibility as well as gives a golden opportunity to students to explore the medium and develop new styles of cinema. Being a students gives one an invaluable chance to conceive the bizarre looking concepts, on screen and reap benefits from their success or failure, and its this trial of thoughts which improves and grooms them and cinema inside.
With this small article, i congratulate and wish FTII grads a bright future and lot of success in future.
© Ajay kr Saxena
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