Emoti Bond

Ten years back, dating someone was unacceptable. Much may not have changed in that regard, but dating is getting acceptance in the society slowly and steadily. With dating being an acceptable social activity, we have a lot of dating apps coming up. One such dating app, Aisle is exclusively made for Indians. In my radio clip, I have recorded a conversation between a hot-shot fashion blogger and her best friend. Her best friend envies all the perks she gets and the exciting events she gets to attend. The girl reveals she’s going out on a date. The conversation ends with she revealing that she’s going out on a date with someone she met on the dating app. I have attempted to remove the stigma dating has in the eyes of the older generation.

I shall not say that the title design of a film makes or breaks it. But one has to understand that a film/TV show begins with it. It has the power to create anticipation, suspense and excitement. If you think about, it probably puts the viewer in a positive or negative frame of mind, depending on the quality if it and that’s pretty much making or breaking of the film.

It is editing, they say, that makes or breaks a movie. Top notch footage, great actors, amazing sound designing can all come to waste if it is not edited into a good film.  Naturally, editing is also known as ‘film construction’ or ‘film sculpturing.’ It is literally cutting down of parts that are not required and showing the audience only the part that is important to the storyline.

Films communicate their message in a visual medium. Naturally, the camera works that goes into the making of the film are the most important aspect of any film. One such film that comes to my mind when I think of camera works is Schindler’s List.

Based in the 1940’s, during the outbreak of the World War II, the film tries to show the horrifying violence subjected on the Jews by the Nazis and how Oskar Schindler, a member of the Nazi party and businessman saves lives of hundreds of Jews. Considering the heavy subject matter of the film, Steven Spielberg chose to shoot the movie in black and white, with only a few scenes shot in colour. This gave the film a yesteryear look and muted down the gory violence in the film at the same time.

If you’re anything like me, you’re probably wondering what’s sound design, how does one ‘design’ it and why is it so significant in the making of a film? Let me begin by answering the last question. Replay any film you can think of. Now imagine without any sound. Not only do you lose on the dialogues, but you also lose out on the sounds that set the backgrounds of the movie.  If you still don’t get it, imagine the typical scene where a plane takes off in the movies or lightening striking. Would it make any impact without the sound? Films and TV shows are primarily visual but they’re down to nothing when it comes to visuals without sound, you have close to nothing.

In the words of the dictionary, the production design is the overall look of the film that illustrates the setting and visual style of the story. It includes the design of the sets, the location choices, costumes and the choice and supervision of props.  But in my understanding, it is everything that our subconscious mind sees and then perceives. Let’s take the example of one my favourite films and the one of the most popular sci-fi films of all time – Avatar.

Fashion in the Elizabethan Era

The Elizabethan Era was marked in history from the period of 1500-1600 in the Western Europe. The clothing in this era was marked by increased opulence. The garments consisted of contrasting fabrics, slashes, embroidery, applied trims and other forms of surface ornamentation.