When I started thinking about a suitable personal project topic, I was puzzled about where my
passion lied. With the deadline to submit my project topic in 2 weeks, I
thought of all the possible options: ranging from the creation of a website,
making a magazine, to my own organization. At that time I met a movie director,
who told me about his experience of documentary making. After listening
to him, I was really passionate about this job and wanted to make a documentary
for my personal project. Successful completion of this project seemed like
reaching the zenith to me.
This documentary
was meant to draw the attention of my audience towards the burning social issue
of child labor and paint a picture of it within the time of fifteen minutes. I
began by researching my topic for few months and then I started visiting
villages to expand my knowledge about the subject. This aided me in framing my own opinions
about the matter and not relying on the knowledge of the internet. These visits made me more sensitive while
dealing with the working kids and also while talking to their parents. At times it was really arduous for me to make
them believe that this film is for a noble cause.
My first shoot
was the most difficult one. After shooting the whole day, I discovered that my
film had disturbed pixels, with background traffic noises, and no clarity. Then
I realized the need of better equipment and shooting techniques. Later, I
worked on editing which was the toughest part of the whole process. I had never
worked on this before, and for my project I was using the most advanced
software. After some hit and trials, some falling and rising, at the end of
my project I think I can be called a good film maker!
-Divya Tyagi
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