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Moulding young minds
T. SARAVANAN
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A recent workshop by the Children's Film Society of India aimed to make children develop a taste for good cinema.
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S. James
Interesting and interactive...
MADURAI
Personality development programmes have a lasting effect, especially in the formative years of children. The two-day film workshop for children organised by the Children's Film Society, India (CFSI) in coordination with the district administration, "emphasised the need to help children develop a taste for good cinema in order to become discerning viewers, insisting on the best in terms of quality and content."
"The workshop aims to familiarise children with basic aspects of filmmaking," said Dinesh Singh Negi, Assistant Distribution Officer, CFSI.
Around 40 children in the age group of 10-16 years, from different schools in the city, attended the programme which dealt with the history of film-making to the concept of capturing a story through the eye of the camera.
"Though the level of understanding is different, students generally are very receptive and responsive," said Raviraj, lecturer, Tamil Nadu Film and Television Institute, who was the resource person of the workshop.
"The workshop, one of the promotional activities of CFSI, is conducted as part of the week-long children's film festival organised throughout the State from August 4 to 24. In order to reach out to a larger number of children, 10 to 15 films have already been distributed to districts for screening purposes. Six films — `Malli', `Dhubash', `Adhisaya Coat', `Ankur Maina', `Meendum Varuven', `Muthalil Neengal' — are being screened in 26 theatres in the city. We have planned to screen 84 shows. Our target is to reach out to 50,000 children," said Negi.
"In this two-day workshop, we have formed five groups of eight children each. Each group is named after great film exponents Satyajit Ray, Shyam Benegal, Nataraja Muthaliar, Y.W.Griffith and G. Aravindan. We even have a programme called `storyboard' writing, which has been used in advertisement films. `Storyboard' is a visual presentation of the script. We have asked the participants to chart out their own story in 30 shots (not strictly 30, though), which can run for a minute," Raviraj said.
"Apart from feature films, techniques of filming animation movies and other processing techniques are also explained to the participants. CFSI is all set to organise its International Children's Film Festival in Hyderabad from November 14. This festival by CFSI has received the `A' Category from the International Centre of Films for Children and Young People, Paris, an apex body sponsored by UNESCO," said Negi.
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