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25 June 2010

Irritant people and show off..

The culture of showoff had reached such heights that we take parties for granted.
A birthday party a few days back was more of a test for patience, a show of glitz and status than any enjoyable ceremony for the little one.
Personally speaking, there is a lot of fake faces put up in most of the parties, especially of those whom you know very little.
You just see the make-up covered faces of people who are as vulnerable and ordinary as any other inside.
There is nothing as ugly as a place full of fake and artificial smiles.
Thats precisely why I dont believe in such glitzy parties untill and unless its some close family/friend's ceremony.


And there are also those irritating, bugging people who give free advice to others as if they know each and every page of the Britannica Encyclopaedia.
And worse still, they even call them losers based on the path they are on[like "B.Sc/B.Com? oh..no. you should have done engineering/medicine"]. 
Let me be clear that they may be down for the time being, but not out.
Every day there is some goal. Sometimes we reach it, and sometimes we dont. But the beauty lies in the journey that we embark upon. 
As we get the feeling of achievement, the race towards our goal gets thrilling. It is similar to Cheetah's sprint in the wild plains of Africa.[The most thrilling scene that you can see in nature].
But in a rat race, many people compromise on many things to crook themselves into a hole and suffer the whole life.
So for those who think that I am out and done with, I guess they got the message across loud and clear.

22 June 2010

Congratulations to the winners!!

With the prizes of deccan herald short story contest having been announced, its heartening to see that so many people were interested in writing!
Congratulations to the winners and eagerly awaiting to read their works in the coming issues of Sunday Herald!
Its been a nice experience while writing the short story, and there was never a moment when it seemed boring.
In fact, the later script writing for our acting session also involved lots of corrections and learnt so many things as we kept putting details into the basic story and making it entertaining rather than a documentary work!
All of it was exciting and amazing to say the least!
Of course the bigger challenge will be to extract the performances out of everyone to make it look good on the screen.



With love.. Anil

03 June 2010

Lost in the ocean of Maya!

Not a day passes off without creative ideas coming up as to how the whole animation project[demo reel] can be shot!
A camera angle makes such a big difference that an ordinary looking scene can be made to look exhilarating and breathtaking!
This is where James Cameron's Avatar scores heavily over any other movie..Its not enough to just create lots of beautifull stuff in 3D.
It needs to be captured in all its visual glory whether giving the right lights at right places, bright colours or the camera movement and angles.
And one of the breathtaking shots of avatar is the shot where the birds dive down next to mountain heaven's height[during Jake's first flight]! Watching it on the silver screen, it looks like if they went crazy or what!! That shot shows the spirit, beauty of nature, energy and passion that the director had in his story!
Similar shot was in the all time master piece by the same director--Titanic. The shot where the ship races with the dolphins/killer whales takes the breath away and expresses the feeling of winning a race with the nature with the largest and most beautiful ship ever built then!
The camera again was spot on, giving thrilling moments to the audience!
It is shots like these that cant be missed when making a trailer! For now though, modelling keeps me engaged every moment!
The making itself is an experience to be enjoyed!


By the way, "New York" on max the other day was nice! Frankly speaking, I saw it without any great expectations, but the tale of 3 friends and the 9/11 effect was well told..
The screenplay was crisp and the movie moved at a good pace. And it was based on facts. A must watch movie for those who forget the other extreme of fighting terrorism-the innocents should never be hurt.


With love.. Anil

26 May 2010

Movies that really make an impact and entertain!


There have been so many movies and so many more reviews, good or bad, or fair or unfair.
But there is one thing that Indian movies didnt try to do: welcome an innovative idea that tries to transform the common mindset.
When I say common mindset, it doesnt mean breaking our customs or forgetting our culture.
It means reminding ourselves of the fact that we are all humans before anything else.
We have the inherent urge to explore. We love. We hate. We are afraid. We fight back.
But we never had meaningless traditions by birth. Its all fed into us and brainwashed by our society and innumerable entertainment sources[even that is a part of the society].
For eg., with all respect to the makers of the early 1990s Telugu film "Chanti", which was aired on Gemini tv on tuesday evening, the movie had some terribly shocking scenes which insult the society in a very unrealistic way.
There are several ironies in the film some of which are even outright funny, but let me focus on one incident where the villains insult an innocent woman in the run up to the climax.
The whole village [numbering more than a hundred perhaps] become mute spectators to just 3 men who are seen as highly powerfull in the village.
I know this is a common sight in a zillion movies, but the most shocking depiction is when the same society pleads the woman not to go.
How the hell do they have the right to ask someone to stay back when they proved thenselves useless?
Do they want her to suffer the same thing again and again in the name of culture in the blind-deaf-dumb society like theirs?
Of course nothing is real in movies, but this scene is outright shocking because it goes to the extreme of unrealistic, sadistic, spineless depiction of society.
It shows how the entertainment media catch the weak point of the society and use it for their advantage/business.
And the censor board thinks that showing these scenes of insulting a society is better than showing heads rolling?
There have been so many paradoxes like Magadheera being given an A certificate despite not having a single scene of insult or shock.
Even the film "Mahatma" has been in the news last year because of a line in the song which says "Gandhi is not just a surname of Indira..Its ..."
The name Gandhi in fact stands for truth. It stands for more than a surname of some one, which is right and theres nothing insulting in it.

Some of the moments that really stir you up in some recent movies on set max are:
1. "Aaj main pehli baar ek angrej ko tiranga lehrate hue dekh rahaa hoon" the dialogue in Chak De when Kabir Khan sees for the first time an Indian tricolour being hosted by an Englishman during the women's hockey world cup campaign.
It makes a big impact on anyone who sees the movie. In fact the whole movie is one gem of a package from the director, who seems to have written the script not with a pen but with his heart and patriotism and love for hockey and sports in general!
Even the inspirational words from Kabir Khan to his team are amazing. They can be said in any situation to pump up your spirits in a big event like a WC final! One important feature of that dialogue is it never pleads you to do well. Rather just enjoy the game to the fullest during the whole game! Felt like giving a standing ovation for the whole team which made the movie!

2. So many dialogues in the movie "fanaa" are just so beautiful that they refuse to fade off ever! Personally the best was:
"Agar bhool se bhi humse koi bhool hui ho toh usko bhool samajhke bhool jaanaa. Lekin bhoolna bas us bhool ko. Bhool se bhi hume mat bhoolna!" cinematography and music are the strengths of the movie as well as the gracious depiction of love in this movie!
Taking all these factors together, its one of the most beautifull movies!

3. The camera work in the "haule haule" song of "Rab ne" is amazing and catchy.
The beginning shot showing SRK without any cut is probably the highlights of the movie!
The most important thing is the camera never loses its focus on the main character-Surinder singh! and follows him for quite a long time in the song..
It makes even the ordinary scene of the song look fabulous and attractive!
Even though Raj's character looks dumb, irritating and unappealing, it is Surinder's character that saves the day for "Rab ne.."


With love.. Anil

25 May 2010

Jumbling up of a movie by Max!!

Rarely has anyone seen such a big goof up by a top class channel like SET MAX.
On sunday "mera movie", fanaa was being aired and everything went fine untill probably the third or fourth break.
After 1 hour or so, there was a jumbling up of the movie. The 10 minute climax was shown at around 9.10pm, which might have confused most of us as to how come the 2.5 hr movie got shortened to just 1.5 hr!
Then came the slew of previous parts where the story went backwards and ended with Aamir khan being given shelter by Kajol!! What a gem of a fumble!
MAX--"Jumble" bana de!" would have been an apt tag line at that moment!
Guess the bosses at MAX noticed it and avoid any such goof-ups in the future!
 
With love.. Anil

The making of a 3D video:

Over the last few days, some interesting facts have been learnt regarding making a 3D video.
Let me tell you that creating the 3D effect is an art in itself.


Its not just enough to make a 3D movie by using stereoscopic camera and render it. You need to make sure that the audience feel the effect of 3 dimensional characters and environment.


And thats what was worked upon during the making of the "Anilmation-3D" video. When you watch a video, there are two things that effects your perception of the depth/3D:


1. Far away objects/environment.


2. Close by objects.




Its not as easy as you may think to create a good 3D effect all through the video.


As many of us know, to create a 3D movie, we need 2 cameras capturing the action from slightly different angles/positions.


To make close-by objects have the 3D effect, you need to decrease the coaxial seperation[one of the many attributes of a stereoscopic camera, which simply means the distance between the right camera and the left camera]


so for the close-up shot in the anilmation video where the letter "A" is shown, this distance was kept very low[approx. 0.3 units]


And in the same shot where the camera rotates and focuses on the other letters, the seperation has been increased slowly to a higher value as the main focus would be on farther objects[or letters]


In the case of the following shot where the camera runs through the tunnel, the sepeartion was kept to a much higher value, so that we can feel that the letters are coming closer and going farther. This is a challenge as we need to make sure we dont make a fuzzy video without clarity!


Overall, it does seem to be an exiting feature of Maya 2009 using which we can explore a whole new world of possiblilities in 3D movie making!







With love.. Anil

24 May 2010

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21 May 2010

Unveiling of the "Anilmation" logo animation video!



After considerable amount of delays and lots of scripting, the Anilmation logo videos are now live on Youtube!
This gives an unique identity to all the videos created by me, including the ones already created [like the lamp animation and dragon flight].
The art of animation as a whole has such a large scope that there are virtually no limits to what we can create! The making of 3D animation is also such an exciting one and its only fitting that the "Anilmation" logo is shown zooming around in 3D!
There are so many ways of creating the 3D effect, and one of the easiest ways is by taking 2 images of the same object(s) from slightly different angles.
And once we can cross our eyes and adjust to the image, it can create that effect of objects coming out of the screen!

And coming to the learning aspect of this video, its been completely done using scripting, which is based upon maya embedded language.
Everything including the glow of the characters in the end is done using expressions/code which is really interesting and one of the most powerfull features of the maya software!




With love.. Anil

20 May 2010

UV Unwrapping-- A kind of puzzle!

Yesterday, working on the project, unwrapping was a thoroughly enjoyable experience.

Its more like solving a puzzle full of lines and putting them together to create a good layout for applying colors using photoshop later.

Unwrapping of the forest landscape and 2 of the floating mountains is complete and probably the more challenging part comes in the character modelling and giving the right textures to them!

For those who doesnt know about UV unwrapping in animation, it is the process by which all objects in a 3D environment are converted into a normal 2D plane so that applying colours to them using external files could be easy.

Once the objects are all unwrapped, they could be editied in any image editing software and reapplied to the object with all the colours.

With love.. Anil
 

17 May 2010

The business of movies on tv!!


There is an exciting line-up of latest movies coming soon on Telugu channels! Leading the pack is Maa tv which acquired the satellite rights of 6 new movies, followed by gemini!
Simha- Maa tv
Namo Venkatesha- Maa tv
Adurs- Maa tv
Leader- Maa tv
Josh- Maa tv
Kedi- Maa tv
Aarya2- Gemini tv

With no doubt the most exciting of the lot like including "Leader" will be on Maa tv, except for Aarya2.
Probably Ramcharan's upcoming "Orange" is going to Gemini's kitty, though there is no confirmation about that.
It would be really interesting to see what Zee Telugu will be upto as it had the rights of as many as 24 latest movies in 2009!
With HD services coming up in India in a big way, one thing that would really spice up things would be a genuine HD version of Telugu channel like maa tv.
It would enable in experiencing movies like Magadheera in the best quality possible and give a theatre like feel!
Talking about Magadheera's premiere on Maa tv, it was surprising to see how quick the movie returned after a break[ranging from 4 minutes to 9 minutes] as well as the countdown that started 1 minute before the movie resumed! [most channels take atleast 10-15 minutes of break!]
Of course the experience of watching it in theatre is the best, and cannot be compared to watching on the small screen!



With love.. Anil

14 May 2010

A team of creative talent: "Creative Cruisers"!!


 new team of animators has been created with the title "Creative Cruisers" on monday[10th may 2010].
The aim of this 9 member team[including me] will be to produce a small film/video complete with live action and special effects using software like Maya, Adobe After Effects, Photoshop[for texturing] and probably some software to edit audio.
And the team's logo has already been designed, with the script in the development stage.
So a small beginning has been made to understand the process of film making and learn the art!
All the best to our team!!



With love.. Anil

Over reaction and immature media


As expected, the media is heavily agog with criticism of Indian cricket team. But how much of it is fair?
The other day, star news aired a program titled something like "Sharm ho.." Some of the comments like the above are highly objectionable.
No doubt, the team has havily under-performed, decisions on the field backfired, and lots of mistakes happened. But its too foolish of these so called pillars of democracy to show them as some kind of villains or careless people. They need the support when things go wrong.
As supporters of Indian team, its our duty to be with the team during crisis or bad times rather than spew venom like hyper-aggressive beasts.
The players have complete freedom to give importance to whatever they want.
If they think IPL is more important to them, then they have complete right to do so.
All that they need to do is take a firm decision like Sachin, who has decided not to play international T20s more than a couple of years back.
There has been many blunders beginning from the selection of WC team before the IPL even began.
Some of the best Indian players in the IPL have been resting at home whereas underperformers went to the windies with the comfort of past performances.
No doubt media is meant to collect, analyse and present news to the public.
But at the same time, its important to give a constructive feedback and not to always create "bouquets or brickbats" situation.
We are with you Team India. We have a world winning team and all it needs is the maximum utilisation of our resources!



With love.. Anil

10 May 2010

How to save yourself the horrors of Indian WCT20!

For those who is breaking their heads watching the batting of Indian side in WCT20 2010, some simple tips to save yourself those horrors
1. Temporarily shift your team to the opposition. Since almost the whole life you are going to support India, it does no harm to support the opposition for a match or two. Bet on the other team..If opposition wins, you win quick bucks. Else, India wins! :). So its a win-win situation for you!

2. If you get goosebumps to see the batsmen coming and going like a procession, switch to another channel and avoid any Indian news channel, as they will be concentrating on the scores all the time! Atleast for the next 1-2 days, alienate anything related to cricket!

3. Turn off the tv, take a deep breath and practise yoga even if it is 11pm!

4. Watch the horror movies like "Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna", and other dumb KJohar movies which are much horrific than India losing in cricket. You will get fed up of those movies soon and will surely feel better once you come back to the match!



With love.. Anil

07 May 2010

Big movies coming soon!!


Many big movies are coming up this summer like Iron Man-2, Prince of Persia, Rakta Charitra-1 and 2, etc..
Having a look at Rakta Charitra's trailer on Maa tv yesterday evening, it seems to have lots of politics apart from the expected gory scenes, but all of that create lots of curiosity about the movie which is a great package for promotion. One thing is unique about this movie--Never did we see a movie trailer coming with part 1 and 2 names at the same time! Of course the movies will be released with gap of few months, but their trailers with strong narration create a powerfull feel and make us guess what to expect from them!
And yes..today is the release of the Iron Man-2 and its fans can hardly wait for it!


With love.. Anil

06 May 2010

Magadheera..The Blockbuster..on May 15[Maa tv]!!

Finally the suspense over Magadheera's Satellite Premiere is over and its coming to your Maa tv on May 15th!


Its been more than a month since promos have begun on Maa tv. Similar to the movie's mega success, this premiere too will surely be the most exciting one for a lot of people. Ironically, Telugu movie is coming on Maa tv while the tamil version[dubbed and re-shooting a few scenes] hasnt released yet!
The movie has that look, feel and awe that makes you go to the theaters and watch it rather than take a DVD.
Remembering the time when I watched it in a theatre nearby, I was blown away with the experience after deciding to watch it on the big screen based on a small preview! You may say "wow!..it looked so good on DVD. Why not see it in theater?" and thats exactly what worked in the movie's favour- Bringing people to the theatres in this age of cheap DVDs.
Its story may not be too fresh, nor is there much of comedy, but the cinematography, action, and entertainment factor rocked big time and the passion of the director Rajamouli is clearly visible. 
Coming to the visual effects, its hard to find out which part of the frame is VFX and which one is real, and that is something we may not have seen in any Indian movie yet.
Hats off to all the team of Magadheera for their spectacular work. 
Eagerly awaiting for the satellite premiere on May15th!

With love.. Anil

It was on September 15th that I watched Magadheera on the big screen streamed in high digital quality thanks to UFO[United Film Organizers] Digital Cinema which ensures only the best quality in every screening of the movie. Movies are beamed to theatre directly from satellite..somewhat like DTH. So it is after a gap of exactly 8 months that it is again coming from satellite directly to tv in digital quality!
Talking of Digital Cinema in general, it works something like below:

A phenomenon happening on twitter!!


Yesterday evening, got to know that someone is creating ripples in the twitter! He has got thousands of followers within the first couple of hours of joining it!
And it is the "Emperor of Cricket" and the ideal ambassador for cricket, and goes by the name- Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar!
Well, it would be like praising the greatness of sun's brightness, but let me tell you that he is the perfect example for not only aspiring cricketers but anyone who wants to achieve something in life!
Its amazing to see how a simple middle class citizen kept chasing his dreams and showing the world what could one achieve with perseverence and passion. And all that without much gimmicky and a cool manner!
Personally I feel he will have the most followers for any Indian, and up there with the most famous celebrities of the world!
Keep going Sachin!



With love.. Anil

05 May 2010

"Animators need to act!!"

The other day was full of fun and laughter as an acting session took place in the institute. Animators after all need to know the nuances of acting in much the same way as actors do, so that they can apply the same expressions and body movements to the characters that they create with a lot of hard work. Giving facial expressions is not at all an easy task! Avatar must certainly have had a sigh of relief as more than 95% of the performance has been given captured directly from the real actors by the special camera that was designed specially for the movie!
Coming back to the acting session, the dialogue "Find my angel of demon and kill him!" turned out to be funny..Funny, because it had a completely different kind of reaction from colleagues/friends who were present there! 


It was meant to be a serious dialogue where a king dreamt of an angel which is going to kill him and therefore he orders all his ministers to find that angel of death and kill him. 


[Similar to King Kansa who killed the elder siblings of Lord Krishna because he was told by a Goddess that he would die in the hands of his own nephew]


Later on, felt that it would have been more funny if the word "laka laka laka laka" from the popular 2007 film Chandramukhi [remake of a malayalam film] had been added to it!, which goes well with the king's order to kill someone who could end his life! "Find my angel of demon and kill him! Laka laka laka laka!"


With love.. Anil

29 April 2010

The Scroll of fun


Recently TRS celebrated its anniversary. what will be the main event in all their celebrations? Singing..Because they are Telan"gaana" Raastra samithi!..So now we also need to bear with KCR n co. as if Himesh Reshammiya isnt enough to break our heads and make all ppl mad!..uhhh..brace yourself for the torture!


Guess what Saakshi channel people will sing to compete with Himesh if he gives a live concert in Cuddapah [pronounced Kadapa]?..."Jagan ka surooooooooor!!" repeated a 1000 times, since they hardly know anything else to sing better! And by the time both their concerts end, they will be very popular among doctors. Why? because people forget everything due to severe brain damage and get admitted to the hospitals ;)
Our scroll sympathizes with all those who would have suffered!!

27 April 2010

Raavan music--An interesting and eclectic mix of energy!

Listening to the music of the much awaited "Raavan" which has been released on 24th April, it seems to be an interesting compilation of songs which gives an impression of an action packed movie with a fresh take on Ramayan!



The music has an exotic feel to it with A R Rahman's stamp all over, matching with the amazing visuals that we have already seen in it's latest trailers.

Music usually gives us a preview of what to expect in a movie[the general look and feel of the movie rather than the story!] so we can hardly wait for the movie releasing on June 18th!

The first track "Beera" and "Behene De" have that fresh feel to them which keep getting better with every listening!


For now, the music gives us a lot of imagination to guess whats in store from a maestro like Mani Ratnam! His "Bombay" was an amazing take on love and how it wins over everything else in the end. The best movie ever on religious unity of India. Sad that some narrow minded people made an issue out of it.


Raavan though is said to be an inspiration from Ramayan with a twist in the tale!
Just got some of the lyrics[for the favorite songs "beera" and "behene de"] from the net!: Enjoy!
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Song : Beera

Music : A R Rahman
Lyrics : Gulzar
Singers : Vijay Prakash & Mustafa Kutoane
Annkhon mein jaan
O ho ho o ho hohooo

Beera
Beera-Beera Beera Beera
Beera-Beera Beera Beera Beera
Beera-Beera Beera Beera Beera
Beera-Beera Beera Beera
Beera-Beera Beera Beera Beera
Beera-Beera Beera Beera Beera
Beera ke dus maathe
Beera ke sau naam,
Chede jo beera ko
Dhama dham dham dham
Beera Beera Beera Beera Beera
Are beera uthi aandhi
Beera ek Toofan
Saansan mein ugle angi
Beera jalti jaan
Jalti jaan jalti jaan jalti jaan
Janam na pooche
Jaat na pooche
Poocho jo pehchan
Beera ka abhimaan hai
Abhimaan hai abhimaan hai Beera
Beera Beera Beera Beera Beera
Dhana dhan dhan dhana dhan dhan
Beera-Beera Beera Beera
Beera-Beera Beera Beera Beera
Beera-Beera Beera Beera Beera
Beera ke dus maathe
Beera ke sau naam,
Chede jo beera ko
Dhama dham dham dham
Beera Beera Beera Beera
Beera-Beera Beera Beera
Beera-Beera Beera Beera Beera
Beera-Beera Beera Beera Beera... (2)
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Song : Behene De
Music : A R Rahman
Lyrics : Gulzar
Singers : Karthik & Mohamed Irfan
Are aankh se boond gira koi
Chingari ka tukda jala koi
Umeed ko aag laga zara
Sehra ki pyaas bujha zara
Umeed ko aag laga zara
Sehra ki pyaas bujha zara
Ghan itna baras ke galne lagoon
Mein paani ke upar tarne lagoon
Behene de mujhe behene de mujhe
Behene de mujhe behene de
Ohhh
Behene de mujhe behene de mujhe
Behene de mujhe behene de
Behene de ghangor ghata
Behene de paani ki tarah
Saagar mein jaa girna hai
Behene de nadiyaan ki tarah
Shart lagi hai mar jaane ki
Jeena hai toh pyaar mein
Dil kahin bhi ho mera
Jaan rakhi hai yaar mein
Behja behja hai saagar ka kehna
Behja behja hai nadiyaan ko behna
Patte se tapakti boond ki awaaz sunai di thi
Nadiyaan mein tapak aur gum ho ja
Beh gaya beh gaya jo reh gaya reh gaya
Beh gaya beh gaya jo reh gaya reh gaya
Behene de mujhe behene de mujhe
Behene de mujhe behene de
Ohhh
Behene de mujhe behene de mujhe
Behene de mujhe behene de
Behene de ghangor ghata
Behene de paani ki tarah
Saagar mein jaa girna hai
Behene de nadiyaan ki tarah
Mera pal pal ang ang bhar diya
Tune jaan pe junoon saa kar diya
Mera hai kya jo mein haar du
Jaan teri hai tujh pe vaar du
Doob gaye jo suna hai saare
Tere dere aatey hai
Dil ko chulu mein bechare
Doobkiyan ghante khaate hain
Beh ja behja chal todh kinaare ko
Behja behja dhar le majhdhaare ko
Chingari udha ke raakh se
Ek boond gira ke aankh se
Chalne ka ishaara kar gaya
Kar gaya kar gaya sab bhar gaya bhar gaya
Kar gaya kar gaya sab bhar gaya bhar gaya
Behene de mujhe behene de mujhe
Behene de mujhe behene de
Ohhh
Behene de mujhe behene de mujhe
Behene de mujhe behene de
Behene de ghangor ghata
Behene de paani ki tarah
Saagar mein jaa girna hai
Behene de nadiyaan ki tarah
Behene de mujhe behene de mujhe
Behene de mujhe behene de
Ohhh
Behene de mujhe behene de mujhe
Behene de mujhe behene de
Behene de ghangor ghata
Behene de paani ki tarah
Saagar mein jaa girna hai
Behene de nadiyaan ki tarah
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Raavan Album Art



--With love.. Anil

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A small note!!--

The other day, KCR called CPM "Communist Party of Muurkhulu!" Probably he didnt realise that people call TRS "Telangana Raastra Somaripothula" Party!!