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The Process of Writing Lyrics - Tanveer Ghazi, Indian Poet and Lyricist
Essentially a Poet, Tanveer Ghazi flits across between poetry and lyric writing with great ease. In this conversation, he talks about his...

Kriti Agarwal
Nov 2, 20211 min read


How I Made It: Trees Under the Sun (2019)
Trees Under the Sun (2019) is a story about a Dalit family and their experiences, struggling to survive and make ends meet. The film also...

Kriti Agarwal
Oct 28, 20214 min read


Shorts TV: The Global Home of Short Form Entertainment
Shorts are big today to the extent of having their own TV Channels and platforms globally. Where does it leave the Short Filmmakers? Is...

Kriti Agarwal
Oct 26, 20211 min read


A Director is Required to Bring Out the Essence of the Performer - Jeffrey Brown, Director
Academy Award winner Jeffrey Brown shares his experience and views on the craft of film direction, with an emphasis on why he moved...

Kriti Agarwal
Oct 19, 20211 min read


How I Made It: Remember Our Dance (2020)
Remember Our Dance (2020) is the storytelling of falling and betrayal of love and friendship. Most of the film takes place in a studio in...

Kriti Agarwal
Oct 14, 20214 min read


Bringing Sarbjit to Life - Omung Kumar, Indian Film Director
Directing biographies require careful research not only in scripting but almost each aspect of filmmaking. How does a competent Film...

Kriti Agarwal
Oct 12, 20211 min read


How to Make Good Scripts Great | Max Timm, International Screenwriters Association
Writing Good Scripts requires understanding of a few basic concepts. Max Timm, Director of Education, International Screenwriters...

Kriti Agarwal
Oct 5, 20211 min read


Roundtable - Cinematographers as Directors
Cinematographers have turned into successful Film Directors worldwide. Do they visualize better and hence its a natural career...

Kriti Agarwal
Sep 28, 20211 min read


How I Made It: Profondo (2019)
Leonardo is a fifty-year-old photojournalist. A very reserved man, timid towards his neighbor and now disillusioned with life because of...

Kriti Agarwal
Sep 23, 20216 min read


Inside Story of Sports Films ft. Robert Miller, Renowned Hollywood-Bollywood Sports Coordinator
'Chak De', 'Bhag Milkha Bhag' and '83' have one thing in common, Hollywood Stunt Director and Sports Coordinator Robert Miller. Watch him...

Kriti Agarwal
Sep 21, 20211 min read


Abbas Tyrewala's Process of Writing Characters for Films
'Maqbool' to Munnabhai MBBS' to 'Main Hoon Na' and 'Bang Bang', he has written all. Iconic Screenwriter Abbas Tyrewala conducts a Master...

Kriti Agarwal
Sep 14, 20211 min read


How I Made It: Fire of Teak Flame Of Chinar (2020)
The film explores the friendship and love that develops between two people from different places of turmoil, who try to seek refugee in...

Kriti Agarwal
Sep 9, 20214 min read


The Art of Voice Acting and Directing: Mona Shetty
'Ek Chutki Sindoor ki Keemat' dialogue's Voice, Ace Dubbing Artist Mona Shetty who has dubbed for top Bollywood-Hollywood stars right...

Kriti Agarwal
Sep 7, 20211 min read


Who is a Film Editor? - Career Guide
A Film Editor is responsible for giving face and shape to the visuals in the director's mind and thus constitutes as an extremely...

Kriti Agarwal
Sep 2, 20218 min read


World Cinema is about Telling True Stories: Omung Kumar, Film Director - Mary Kom, Sarbjit
Directing biographies require careful research not only in scripting but almost each aspect of filmmaking. How does a competent Film...

Kriti Agarwal
Aug 31, 20211 min read


Top-Up your Filmmaking Game with these 13 Amazing Apps!
With the help of these free and paid filmmaking apps, you are ought to make cinematic, professional films no matter where you are on your...

Kriti Agarwal
Aug 26, 20215 min read


How an Actor turns into a Director: Deepak Tijori shares his Journey
An Actor with 59 credits and a Director with Nine credits and a Producer with 5 credits, Deepak Tijori enters a conversation at Diorama...

Kriti Agarwal
Aug 21, 20211 min read


Who is a Casting Director? - Career Guide
A casting director is to a film what an HR is to a corporate company. They recruit and manage talent, and decide on their compatibility...

Kriti Agarwal
Aug 19, 20216 min read


How I Made It: Where I Come From (2020)
“Where I Come From” is a story of unconditional love between a young girl Mambi and her broken widowed father who is a gambling addict....

Kriti Agarwal
Aug 14, 20214 min read


Advertising aka Cinema of the Sellers: Storytelling in 30 Seconds
Making Advertising Films involves the same in-depth planning and pre-production as a Feature Film. Writer, Director and Advertising Guru,...

Kriti Agarwal
Aug 12, 20211 min read
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