We at FilmCamp.TV love a challenge. And when the challenge is one with no profit to be made, we like it even better. Our current challenge is fulfilling in more ways than one. We are doing a filmmaking workshop at the Sri Rakum School for the Blind.

Thirty students of the school, divided into six groups, are currently writing six short stories that they will make into films. The workshop is to be conducted over a week. The students will write the story, script it, visualize it in a storyboard and actually shoot their films with video cameras. The completed films are to be screened at the Rakum School’s Tenth Anniversary Celebration.

Our challenge is to get our students to experience filmmaking like the ‘sighted’ folks would. How does one explain a long shot versus a close-up? We are making frames to explain perspectives to our enthusiastic students. They would hold up frames to their bodies to understand what the frame would contain in a long shot versus a close-up. That should ring some bells.

We will be introducing the camera soon. They will hold and familiarize themselves with the buttons on it. Then will come the tripod - how to raise and lower it and use it with the camera.

As part of our workshop, FilmCamp.TV is exposing our new students to the world cinema. They will be joining us at our presentation and screening at the the Bengalooru International Film Festival where they will be introduced as future filmmakers to reckon with.

Oh this is going to be a way cool workshop! Subscribe to our news site for more updates.