Exploring Continuity Principles in Cinema?
30th April 2024, 14:30 to 18:30 IST _Online
OVERVIEW:
This session would illustrate the historical stages of development of various aspects of Continuity Principles, mainly practiced with great success in classical Hollywood era. These principles got gradually adapted, modified, challenged in other cultures of filmmaking in the world. It would be highlighted that Continuity Principles are not just series of rules or options, but those are representative of certain worldviews about the nature of perception of space, time and perceptions. Lastly in the sessions, the efficacy of these rules would be examined with respect to their applications in building up scenes in case of documentary cinema.
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.
QUERIES:
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