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Digital Cinema Package
A DCP (Digital Cinema Package) is the industry-standard format for delivering digital movies to theaters.

sharmistha
Mar 2210 min read


NTSC, PAL and SMPTE
the primary reason different TV broadcast standards (NTSC, PAL, SECAM) were developed was due to technical and political factors.

sharmistha
Mar 194 min read


The Shades of Romance: Exploring Love through 8 Curated Films of Shah Rukh Khan
Shah Rukh Khan, often hailed as the 'King of Romance,' has portrayed love in its myriad forms, from self-sacrifice to self-destruction.

sharmistha
Feb 134 min read


From hating to loving Stan Brakhage
Be it art or ideology, our choices are ... always directed by emotions and feelings; an unexplainable connection we feel with it.

Sharmistha Chakrabartty
May 27, 20244 min read


Favorite Films and filmmakers
Jan Svankmajer
Norman McLaren
Stan Brakhage
Maya Deren
Len Lye
Alfred Hitchcock
Park Chan-wook
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
and many more...

Sharmistha Chakrabartty
May 15, 20241 min read


How to make Proxies for Video Editing in DaVinci Resolve.
Proxies can be simply made in Permier Pro or Da Vinci Resolve, without so much fanfare.

Sharmistha Chakrabartty
May 12, 20241 min read


A Simple guide to Post-Production Workflow
Consider this a To-Do list. This is not the only way to do it but this to-do list is followed in many places.

Sharmistha Chakrabartty
May 6, 20243 min read


File Formats and Codecs
How a data is structured (organized and formatted), stored and represented (audio, video, image etc) is decided by the Format.

Sharmistha Chakrabartty
May 3, 20247 min read


‘ONRYOU’ IN ‘J – HORROR’ : A PORTAL TO THE POST WORLD-WAR SOCIOCULTURAL CONDITION OF WOMEN IN JAPAN. Part 6: Ju – On : Grudge by Takashi Shimizu
The motif of ‘Onryou’ represents these social concerns and wrongdoings of the society.

Sharmistha Chakrabartty
Apr 28, 20243 min read


‘ONRYOU’ IN ‘J – HORROR’ : A PORTAL TO THE POST WORLD-WAR SOCIOCULTURAL CONDITION OF WOMEN IN JAPAN. Part 4: Dark Water by Hideo Nakata
In Dark Water, there was a cycle of abandonment and every generation suffered from it.

Sharmistha Chakrabartty
Apr 24, 20243 min read


‘ONRYOU’ IN ‘J – HORROR’ : A PORTAL TO THE POST WORLD-WAR SOCIOCULTURAL CONDITION OF WOMEN IN JAPAN. Part 3: SOCIO-CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS OF “ONRYOU” MOTIF IN FILMS
‘Demonic mother’ is a result of feminist movement on 1970s and shifting Japanese society during and after the ‘Economic boom’.

Sharmistha Chakrabartty
Apr 22, 20243 min read


‘ONRYOU’ IN ‘J – HORROR’ : A PORTAL TO THE POST WORLD-WAR SOCIOCULTURAL CONDITION OF WOMEN IN JAPAN. Part 2: Social, Political and the cultural.
The economic anxiety gave rise to a feeling of crisis in men; a need to maintain a 'masculine dominance' by using violence against women.

Sharmistha Chakrabartty
Apr 20, 20247 min read


‘ONRYOU’ IN ‘J – HORROR’ : A PORTAL TO THE POST WORLD-WAR SOCIOCULTURAL CONDITION OF WOMEN IN JAPAN. Part 1: Understanding J-Horror
However, at the core, ‘J Horror’ represents an on - going battle between the modern and pre – modern.

Sharmistha Chakrabartty
Apr 18, 20244 min read


“Truth of the reality”- A discussion on the ethics of documentary film making.
"The only realistic artist, then, is God, if he exists. All other artists are, ipso facto, unfaithful to reality"

Sharmistha Chakrabartty
Apr 16, 20246 min read


‘Requiem for a dream’ – A critique of consumerist society wrapped in a tale of addiction. PART 1: The editing Technique.
A psychedelic effect has been created audio-visually that mirrors the experiences and psychological conditions of the character, thus increa

Sharmistha Chakrabartty
Apr 10, 20246 min read
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