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LAUNCHING CINE MEDIA GURUKULAM IN 2023!
Have you done the basic Smartphone Filmmaking Course under me.? If your answer is yes, then my next question is are you have you started...
Chandran Iyer
Jan 1, 20232 min read
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THIS CAN BE YOUR IKIGAI FOR THE YEAR 2023
The Best Gift that you can give yourself in the new year 2023 is a new skill. For better physical and mental health, you could make a New...
Chandran Iyer
Dec 29, 20222 min read
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PRESENTATION OF SMARTPHONE FILMMAKING AT PUNE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE
Senior journalist, author, and Director of Pune International Centre ( PIC) Abhay Vaidya invited us to the PIC secretariat to make a...
Chandran Iyer
Dec 28, 20221 min read
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HOW TO GET STEADY SHOTS WITH A SMARTPHONE
MICRO LESSON SEVEN SMARTPHONE FILMMAKING. USING GIMBAL TO GET STEADY SHOTS WITH A SMARTPHONE Imagine that you are walking on a beautiful...
Chandran Iyer
Dec 25, 20222 min read
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MICRO LESSON SIX SMARTPHONE FILMMAKING . VERTICAL LEADING LINES
This is my Sixth Micro Lesson on Smartphone Filmmaking. We are learning COMPOSITION and the Sub topic is LEADING LINES. In my previous...
Chandran Iyer
Dec 22, 20221 min read
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SECOND BATCH OF SMARTPHONE FILMMAKING AT PUNE UNIVERSITY
Happy to inform that Savitibhai Phule Pune University has decided to organize my Smartphone Filmmaking workshops on a regular basis....
Chandran Iyer
Dec 5, 20221 min read
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MICRO LESSON FIVE SMARTPHONE FILMMAKING .SYMMETRY COMPOSITION IN BOLLYWOOD MOVIES
In my last post on Linkedin we learnt the importance of Symmetry in Smartphone filmmaking and photography. A quick recollection of last...
Chandran Iyer
Nov 24, 20222 min read
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MICRO LESSON 4 SMARTPHONE FILMMAKING .SYMMETRY IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Look carefully at the photo of Taj Mahal. Why does it look so beautiful ? The reason is simple. There is symmetry in the photo. If you...
Chandran Iyer
Nov 21, 20222 min read
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LESSON 3 : LEADING LINE COMPOSITION IN SILSILA MOVIE
Those of you who have seen my earlier two posts must by now have got some idea about Leading Line Composition in Photigraohy and...
Chandran Iyer
Nov 18, 20221 min read
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LESSON 2 SMARTPHONE FILMMAKING CURVED LEADING LINES COMPOSITION
This is my Second Micro Lesson on Smartphone Filmmaking. We are learning COMPOSITION and the Sub topic is LEADING LINES. In my previous...
Chandran Iyer
Nov 18, 20222 min read
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LESSON 1 LEADING LINE COMPOSITION IN SMARTPHONE FILMMAKING
Knowing the passion me and my husband Chandran Iyer, for teaching Smartphone Filmmaking and Smartphone Journalism, one of my friend...
Chandran Iyer
Nov 14, 20222 min read
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THESE VILLAGE WOMEN CAN MAKE SMARTPHONE FILMS!!
Are you really going t to village women Pratibha? Do you think they will be able to understand the technical intricacies? These two were...
Chandran Iyer
Oct 13, 20222 min read
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WHAT IS A MASTER SHOT IN FILMMAKING?
Before I define what a Master shot in Filmmaking is ,try to recollect this ragging scene from the comedy movie Three Idiots directed by...
Chandran Iyer
Aug 20, 20222 min read
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WHAT IS STORYBOARDING IN FILMMAKING?
Storyboarding is an important component of filmmaking in the preproduction stage. Good storyboarding is necessary whether you are making...
Chandran Iyer
Aug 15, 20222 min read
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DON'T USE YOUR GOLDEN AXE TO CHOP WOOD
If someone gifts you with a pure Golden Axe what would you do with it? Would you use it to chop wood or to use it as an asset to generate...
Chandran Iyer
Jun 25, 20221 min read
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