KNOWING WHAT YOU WANT - 2

Though i started my mainstream education in Mechanical Engineering and ended up doing Master's in Computer Science, i.e Software Engineering, I have much affinity towards Art. Right from my childhood days i used to very much get connected with art in whatever form it may be, like Drawing, Painting and Crafting. I dont know how the hell it happened but i was very much inclined towards Art. Since Art requires imagination, I started imagining things, which would rather be impossible in practical world. This Imagination grew along with me And my imagination overtook all kinds of art persisting inside me upto an extent where i felt i should now move on to something bigger than what i was doing. I was running out of ideas, as i already put everything i imagined or liked or got impressed with, on paper either using pencil and Sketching them, or by using brush to Paint them. But that wasen't enough. I started writing stories, which was infact because, i wanted to say something, which i was not able to draw or paint.I always felt like i would need a much more expressable medium where i can project my thoughts.

Not to exaggerate but it was true that i was very good at sketching. I can prove this by one incident. Now it becomes bit complicated as the context of this article may divert. Though, i continue, So when i was persuing my B.E, I never participated in any of the competitions where Art was invovlved except in my Final year. I didnt participate in any of those earlier was just because i was in my own world of fun and never seriously concentrated on my skill. But in my final year of B.E, it happened so that i was compulsed to participate in a Art Competition for reason one being that i never did it, and the second reason was to just get some prize for our class, as my friends felt that we should get awarded in all the competitons somehow. Though i didnt have any practice for years, i went and drew something out of my imagination, and won the first prize. And funniest part is while sketching my piece of art, i also helped my friend in sketching his art, and he won the second prize in the same competition. Though he was a brilliant artist, i dont mind taking bit of pride in what i did.

Now coming back to where i left, I was kind of saturated in my mind about what i was doing long back, And it was the same time, i started watching movies. I used to watch movies earlier too, but under the gudiance of my parents (PG only). But when i started going to theatres along with my friends on my personal interest, I changed my overall point of view on movies. I started wondering about everything that happens, not on the screen, but off the screen. Like for example i remember that i used to wonder how the music is been synchronised with the video of the film. Like wise many doubts started arising in my mind and consequently i my self found answers for them, by repeatedly watching movies, following the film news and especially following interviews of film personalities.

Now one can say that anyone of my age back then would have done the same. I give a "HELL NO", for it. Because, i know that everyone constantly follow the last page of the newspaper, before even looking at the headlines. But what i used to absorb from it totally different. I say this because, most of the people under the tag of Filmbuff, follow movies, movie news and interviews not just because to get regular updates and but also to share it with others so as to prove everyone that know better about films. And some people are genuinely interested in films, confining it to some genres, or some actors, or some directors etc. Even iam the one of this kind.

But my intension behind every thought i used to think, every observation i made and everything i perceived from whatever source i had which are related to movies, was to know how an film is made?, or put it this way, What is Film making?

When my friends used to watch the trailer of any particular interesting movie, they would get excited and curious about watching the movie the first day itself. They also used to discuss about the trailer and also about how the movie would be till they go and watch the movie. But i many times used to wonder at how they would have designed the trailer not only to attract the audience before the movie is released, but also to make them go crazy about it. And biggest wonder for me was how the Director can make so many audience bound to their seats for two and an half hours taking them or making them invovled in a completely new world he had created. I started observing a lot, and many times used to derive solution for the doubts arised in my mind. In other way i started understanding the magic of Film making, to which i feel iam greatly connected with. Thats how i came to know what i really want.