The Animation Workshop at the BIFFES

The Animation Workshop which was held by ANTZ in association with the Association of Bangalore Animation had begun on the 16^th of January. Few Dignitaries from the film and animation Fraternity gave their views on various issues. After the dignitaries finished their talk, they handed over the mike to the representative from ANTZ who were going to conduct the workshop. The workshop was a complete waste of time. I was sitting amidst people who had no technical knowledge of Animation. The representative's kept on speaking technical terms which no one understood which confused the audience including me. Mid way through, people started walking off. I followed their footsteps and walked off never to return.

 

4 day later, I heard reviews that it was a poorly conducted workshop and that there was no understanding between the people conducting the workshop. I had hopes of enlightenment from this workshop but unfortunately, it confused me of what I already knew.

Thankfully, I didn't attend the workshop and due to that I enjoyed the amazing films showcased in the FILM FEST even more.

3 Dimensional Work Using Maya and Basic Textures

BIFFES Inauguration Program

Bangalore International Film Festival kicked off on 15^th of January at the Chowdiah Memorial Hall. The Inauguration program started of late like all programs held in India and like most of the inauguration ceremony this one was also filled with flattering speeches after which followed the loud and annoying claps which I also joined in with.

It’s what happened after the pestering, that interested me. A dance program followed by a German film were presented after the film. The dance was very vibrant and colorful. It wasn’t like the normal cultural dance but still showed fusion of various cultural dances. The dance was a very delightful and an awakening experience after the boring speech.

It was getting late and they were supposedly to premiere “Seven Pounds” a film from USA starring Will Smith. But unfortunately due to technical difficulties they had to replace the premiere with a German film called “Yella”. The film was excruciatingly slow but the way the whole film was built was splendid. One very sad part of the movie is after you see through all the slow parts of the movie and you expect for something more, it comes to a sudden end which will irritate you. The shots taken in the movie are splendid especially the ones the beautiful landscapes and the very slowness of the movie actually gave a horrific feel to it. Maybe that’s why these films do better than internationally arena.

All in all, A good kickoff to a promising film festival.

BIFFES

Recently I attended the Bangalore International Film Festival and it was splendid. I'll be penning down a review on all the movies I've seen in the festival so stay connected.

Happy New Year 2oo9

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009.

Sorry but I guess its better late than never.

Dentist

Dentist are very cunning.

Trust me, this is experience speaking.

Every time I visit the dentist, it some how or the other reminds me of Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Looks are very deceiving and their apparatus look small but when you make yourself comfortable on their chair, it's a complete different ball game. First, it's their bright light pointing towards your face which blinds you a bit after which they bring their tools and start inspecting the mouth which you cleansed for 15 minutes before coming there. Then they tell you some big fancy words of theirs which in short means that their small cute little drilling machine of theirs has to go into your mouth.

Oh!!! Their drilling machine. The very small and tiny drilling machine of theirs are awesomely more powerful than many machines that has been seen to man kind(when I mean man kind, I mean what I've seen and not exactly man kind) and their drilling machines really give you the Goosebumps when they get started and when they are in your mouth, I'll keep it short and sweet, you are doomed to one and only one thing, PAIN.

Empire Of The Sun

'Empire of the Sun' is a Steven Spielberg film based on a novel written by J.G. Ballard. This film was released in 1987 and a famous actor, Christian Bale, made his first ever big screen act in this film.
The film had lows and they were intentionally done just to amplify and highlight the major sequences which followed the lows. Steven Spielberg's importance to music was again personified in this movie after he showed it in Jaws and Indiana Jones and many other films of his. Christian Bale's act is tremendous. The emotion he portrayed of the character he played was simply splendid. The actors played the parts to their best. The compositions of the some scenes were very pleasant and some sequences were very touching. To add to this serious movie

"To survive in a world at war, he must find a strength greater than all the events that surround him." - Empire of the Sun.