filmmaking | PRASHANTT RAI cinematographer

Barrandov Studio 2006

A memorable trip to Barrandov studio in the winters organised by Michael Gahut, my cinematography instructor. A state of the art film production facility, Barrandov is Europe’s biggest studio lot. If you are filming here you don’t need to step out anywhere else.

Of all the facilities what fascinated me the most was the hygiene [...]

‘Bus’

Last year Jan I shot a 9 minute short called Bus for a New York Director, Pranav Vora. His concept was unique – there will be no cuts in the film. So, the whole film unfolds for 9 minutes without any cuts.

The film opened at MIAAC film festival last Nov. and was screened at [...]

’11 Weeks’ – the film shoot. Part-2

…The crowd seems to have taken a softer line. I was back and we were taking random shots. This success filming continued till we ran into a fresh lot of people who shared the same language and expression of speech-making as the previous one…

Cont. on Filmmaking – ’11 Weeks’ – the film shoot. Part-2

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crimson sky

A mother walks with her baby past hutments along a narrow road that leads to the Candolim Beach.

The photograph was taken in the month of March, towards the end. The skies are very hot and clear. surprisingly, as a local development, it rained in the afternoon. when the clouds finally cleared around sunset [...]

reel

httpv://in.youtube.com/watch?v=g4iaVEZYet0

Kasmir Pics

trying to get through a really slow connection to upload pictures of Kashmir.

refer ‘photography’ page

’11 Weeks’ – the film shoot. Part-1

Srinagar greeted with a dry autumn and deserted streets. The tourists who thronged the markets and shikaras a few months back were missing. As a photographer I felt like the streets, the landscape too was barren, with a veneer of gritty yellowy dust all over compared to the lush greens three months back.

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PRASHANTT RAI cinematographer