NAGPUR: Sometimes there is more drama and emotions involved in making a film rather than in the film itself. It is these moments which filmmaker Piyush Pande has captured in a one-hour documentary 'Connecting the Dots', which will be screened on November 12 at a city hotel.
Pande has captured the 50 hours that went into the making of two films 'Footsteps' and 'Faulen' made as part of the Indian Film Project contest, 2017. Both the films were entries by Createwitty Media Motions, a Nagpur-based filmmaking group, and were made by Kundan Sad and Aditya Sharma. They won two awards last year also.
Termed as Asia's biggest filmmaking challenge, the competition involves making a film in 50 hours right from scripting, shooting, editing to uploading. The topic is given online to all the participants at the same time. This year, there were over 15,000 contestants from 25 countries.
"I thought that this would make for some riveting viewing as there is emotion, inspiration and motivation in this," says Pande about his documentary which has captured the effort put in by the ten-member crew.
"They worked continuously for 48 hours without eating or sleeping. The topic was given at 8pm and the first 20 hours were about throwing up story ideas. At least 10 ideas were discussed and their viability in terms of location and timing of the shoot was considered. The actual shooting began at 6am and finished at 12 in the night," says Pande, who shot this on his iPhone.
The documentary is in two parts, one is about the making of the two films and the other about the journey to Mumbai and winning the award. "I felt that this should be documented as there were many aspects to it. First, whether they will be able to make the film in 50 hours. Second, their travel to Mumbai for the award ceremony," says Pande.
The documentary has some very interesting moments like those when the crew, tired and hungry and without sleep began to get cranky after 40 hours of continuous work. "Then they travelled to Mumbai in sleeper class and stayed in a low-end hotel. Their anxiety at the award event and the winning moment when they bagged prizes for both their entries made for a very humane story which needed to be shared," says Pande, who had to wade through 120GB data he had collected over this period to make this documentary film.
Pande has captured the 50 hours that went into the making of two films 'Footsteps' and 'Faulen' made as part of the Indian Film Project contest, 2017. Both the films were entries by Createwitty Media Motions, a Nagpur-based filmmaking group, and were made by Kundan Sad and Aditya Sharma. They won two awards last year also.
Termed as Asia's biggest filmmaking challenge, the competition involves making a film in 50 hours right from scripting, shooting, editing to uploading. The topic is given online to all the participants at the same time. This year, there were over 15,000 contestants from 25 countries.
"I thought that this would make for some riveting viewing as there is emotion, inspiration and motivation in this," says Pande about his documentary which has captured the effort put in by the ten-member crew.
"They worked continuously for 48 hours without eating or sleeping. The topic was given at 8pm and the first 20 hours were about throwing up story ideas. At least 10 ideas were discussed and their viability in terms of location and timing of the shoot was considered. The actual shooting began at 6am and finished at 12 in the night," says Pande, who shot this on his iPhone.
The documentary is in two parts, one is about the making of the two films and the other about the journey to Mumbai and winning the award. "I felt that this should be documented as there were many aspects to it. First, whether they will be able to make the film in 50 hours. Second, their travel to Mumbai for the award ceremony," says Pande.
The documentary has some very interesting moments like those when the crew, tired and hungry and without sleep began to get cranky after 40 hours of continuous work. "Then they travelled to Mumbai in sleeper class and stayed in a low-end hotel. Their anxiety at the award event and the winning moment when they bagged prizes for both their entries made for a very humane story which needed to be shared," says Pande, who had to wade through 120GB data he had collected over this period to make this documentary film.
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