Random Strokes

Lights, camera, action… These are  the three words that capture all the attention for an outsider. Well, we'll  check for the middle one first. Camera… We'll go for types of camera angle and  types of coverage shots in this post. And in part 2 we'll study how camera  angles define or reflect the need of the scene. So let's not waste the time  and start the thing of concern. Physically camera  angles can be of various types (that we'll see in part 2) but theoretically  they are of three types. Objective, Subjective & Point of view. Objective angle is  the most common one that we see normally in any of the film. You watch the  film as in you are just watching it. It is the "fly on the wall"  viewpoint where the audience sees what is happening but feels safely removed  from the events as though they were there, but invisible. The actors must  never look directly at the camera lens for that will destroy the illusion of ...

Hi folks. As promised ago, I’m starting here some notes on Filmmaking related things. We’ll begin with introduction & as it is the first one, I’ll keep it very basic and fundamental. We will move forward in detailed things one by one. So let’s begin. In earlier days, Films were used to be silent i.e. only visuals, no sound. Then came talkies and it gave a meaning to the scene. So a film became an audio-visual presentation. But not every audio-visual is a film. A footage of a street with all background voices/noises or a video of a birthday party has both audio and video but it is not a film. So how films differ from these? Well, a film should convey a story. If that street or that birthday party is having a character that portrays some part of a story and then that footage has become a part of the film. Cool, so more or less a story is needed to be told. Now the way you convey the story is what we call a screenplay. I.e. how will the scenes be played on the screen? (N...

IPL is on. And the gentlemen’s game matters for 20 overs an inning. Ocean of runs and so of wickets resembles the unpredicted mode of life. Life changes the way game changes in a T20 match and so on. All is well for excitement and entertainment but at the end a fake image of what we think life is. Life ain’t always about all is well, it’s about… Let me elaborate it… While working with Metaphor of cricket for life, it’s neither T20 nor even one day match that suites perfectly. Life’s more about test cricket. Being a batsman you can’t hit boundary on every ball. You got to wait for right ball. You need to wait for bowler to make mistake and give you a chance to make runs. This needs patience and much much more patience what we call temperament. Circumstances may go tougher day by day, it’s your vision and endurance of not losing wicket that keeps you in the match called life. Now certainly T20 has got limited overs so chances of losing game in different conditions increases but on ...

General Vijay Kumar Singh PVSM, AVSM, YSM, ADC, the 24th Indian General of the Indian Army and current Chief of Army Staff, is in the media nowadays. Breaking News, headlines, he’s at all those places where channels claim to be first while showing the news. But they all are fascinating enough for comments of the individual personas. So who’s gonna tell you the story beneath? Certainly it’s the place where you are currently. (Self praising isn’t a bad act when confessing the truth.) Well, we’ll narrate a screenplay that can ease you to understand the scenario. Let’s begin. Disclaimer: All the characters in this movie are real. Some assumptions were taken to bridge the gap. No animals were injured during the making. (Some may get injured after reading the post. But Author is not responsible for suicidal acts like reading Random Strokes… ;>) Story goes non-linear. Fade in: June 2011 Int. General’s Office. Day. General receives a fax regarding his retirement. WT…Hell. He goes ...

Post of February. The month that we remember for a date, the 14 th . And posting on leap day should contain the equivalent data of other three years. (On the note it should balance the last boring and lengthy Ghost/Soul fame scientific horror post…!!!) So here we go. This post is actually sequel of the post #38:  Friends, Life, Dreams and… and here is the aftermath of and… (The remaining fourth, last and most important element) #45: It’s in the air. Yup, it’s love. What to write? Too much literature is available on love and all have failed to exemplify it too. It’s not just biochemistry of hormones. It’s a bit more. It’s not a subject to study yet it’s an unrevealed… I guess I’m doing what others have done by far so let’s not go into the structural behavior of love and the assumptions and presumptions associated with it. Let’s just feel the feel of love. Feel… Perhaps it is what love is meant for. But post #38:  Friends, Life, Dreams and… was written to relate the common...

Again a Random Topic. What else Random Strokes are meant for? Discussing Soul, Ghost & Reincarnation and that too technically*…! (*All technical aspects are imaginary and states concepts only) What…? Don’t get scared. This won’t be scary. But common statutory warning is still there: “The following article can be boring. Read at your own risk. Reader’s discretion is expected.” Along with a serious statutory warning like: “The following article does not claim existence of ghost or reincarnation. Thoughts are penned just to convey concepts if they really exists.” All formalities are done. Let’s start getting bored. Soul. We’ll begin with soul. Because ghost and reincarnation are different status of soul in the manner what happens to it as per common definitions. So once done with it and it’ll be easier to understand other two. What is soul? More alike energy. Consider a TV or computer. Electric energy is what makes it run. A Car. Chemical energy converted into heat energy and ...