What is a SHOT?

With Deb Kamal Ganguly
16th April, 2024 ; 14:30 to 18:30 IST_Online

Duration: 4 hours

COURSE OVERVIEW:
What is a shot?
Though the definition of ‘a shot’ may seem quite obvious to most to begin with, the session would contain ideas and examples of various figurative, communicative and aesthetic aspects to ponder over the concept of a shot, primarily as a ‘cinematographic act’. Some of the key pointers would be to consider the dynamics of the shot in terms of relationship between framed and beyond-frame cinematic spaces, kinds of movements and modulations of those through the length of the shot, relationship of clock time and temporality (feeling of passage of time) within the shot, possibility of shift from external movement to internal movement, variation of volume through out a shot, shift of cinematographic parameters within a shot and so on. The main objective of the session would be to make the participants sensitive to the idea that a shot, the basic unit of cinema can acquire a unique autonomy to manifest a pro-filmic experience of a significant transformation, not just being an audio-visual replica/representation of a fragment of the pre-existing reality before the camera.

MODE OF TEACHING:
In the session, sequences from the film will be shown and discussed in depth.

PARTICIPANT PROFILE :
Participants are welcome who carry a critical and creative urge to relate to the world of documentary and its relation to different aspects and nuances about the reality, we are immersed in.

FACULTY PROFILE:
An alumnus from Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI), Kolkata, Deb Kamal Ganguly is an independent filmmaker, researcher and teacher of cinematic arts. He has taught for 08 years (2012-2020) and designed curriculum in Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune,  in the departments of Film Editing, Film Direction and Screen Studies; and as a guest faculty in National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, Flame University, Pune, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar. Ganguly’s works have been published under special curator-ship from Lowave, Paris; his video art featured in the exhibition ‘Indian Highway’ and showcased in galleries of various cities of Europe and Asia. His films done in the capacity of editor, script-writer and sound designer have been shown in competitive sections of various international festivals and received recognition, including ‘Tiger Award for Shorts’ in Rotterdam (IFFR 2007). Ganguly has presented papers in various international and national seminars and conferences on various themes related to cinema, Deleuze studies, visual art, interfaces of art practices, translation studies, collective memory, Bengal studies, Media studies, pedagogy of cinema, film editing as a discipline, immersive sound etc including CARA-CILECT conference in Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg (2018), CILECT conference in VGIK, Moscow (2019), Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater (2019). He is a participant of an international project for artistic research involving BRICS countries, being the coordinator for India (2018).

CERTIFICATES:
Digital certificates of participation will be issued.

To register apply before 10:00 hrs IST, 16th April, 2024.

QUERIES:
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