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Clocks, a short film entirely made of still photography.
Around the world the use of photography in film making is something that has been done extensively and very artistically. The inspiration or idea of making this little experimental film came into my mind when I heard a song, by Coldplay. But I also had this in my mind, that this time I have to do something totally different from that of conventional film making. It has to be unique, artistic & abstract. The song by Coldplay, played its part right at this moment. It gave me the idea of an abstract story. The idea of time that flows forward but it isn't what we do, our flow of life is not directional, its a movement like two and fro (though the song by Coldplay doesn't say anything like that). In other words we live a life which is repetitive by nature. The film will show exactly that, by slowing down the time, making it faster again and then again slowing down. It will show the state of mind, how we react in different situations. What we see, how we see. The repetitive mass movement of people across their life, and many more things.
Most interesting part, is that the entire film will be made only through still photography. Probably this film is going to be the most powerful representation of still photography; what it can do and how beautifully it can do. Right at this moment you may fell, that why still photography, the same can be done through a video camera also?
The reasons are many, as people like us & production like ours is very weak and limited. I always think on, how can I produce a good quality film with all these limited resources. In this case particularly, we had to shoot many things in many ways, under different conditions. Secondly, the style of screen that this film is going to have is very different. Right now I can't really explain in words what exactly is going to be shown, as because the film is under pre production right now. But just take it in this way that, this is just an experiment. If it works well then it will be really good, but if it doesn't then I will be sure that this way of film making is not going to work. Which means I have to look for something else, may be another experiment or so.
Techniques that has been planned to be used in this film production are the basics and some very creative, artistic & abstract way of still photography. Such as...
1. Stop Motion Photography
2. Time Lapse Photography
3. Slow shutter/long exposure (idle/panning/motion,etc) Photography
4. Series Photography
5. Night Photography
6. Off focus photography
All the above types are as pre planned, more types may include.
More details coming soon...
