http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/aug2005-weekly/nos-07-08-2005/instep.htm
Its the first article, folks. Some really good ideas. I know some people here have been talking about getting involved in the film industry. Maybe contact the writer of the article and see if they have any connections?
Its a very hopeful and optomistic article. What we need.
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This is a really sensible article :k:
I completely agree when he says that we dont need movies with huge budgets. All we need is a few movies with a solid story, some good acting and some really good marketing campaigns to promote these movies. Because it wouldnt matter if someone comes up with a gr8 movie, if nobody knows about it.
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Here are some quotes from the article that I like.
"Frankly speaking, a movie shot on foreign locations with Indian producers, directors, technicians, singers, music composers, choreographers, 80 per cent of actors with a Reema, Meera, Sana or Moammar Rana thrown in as the Pakistani element can not be called a Pakistani film by any definition of the term."
"The flip side of Pakistan's unfortunate scenario is as big and promising as it gets. It's a whole new world of opportunities waiting to be availed by all those who were never given a chance by the gujjar, badmash and gandasa mafia."
The following is very true - if you look at the box office figures, the same movies that were pulling in SOME money to these so-called garbage directors/producers - just aren't pulling in the cash anymore. I seriously think that after Yeh Dil Aap Ka Hua, even the aam public (rikshaw drivers, etc), are looking for something better.
"The majority of all hack writers, producers and directors have disappeared from the filmi circles after a long series of stinkers, meeting what was their rightful fate. The handful of them that are left are coming up with gems like Graduate Gujjar, Pappu Shehzada, Madam Dehari Baaz and Naag aur Nagin in the recent future. No prizes for guessing the 'Anjaam' of these wanna be 'blockbusters'."
"One has to hand it to Reema. Instead of whining about the bleak situation of the industry or calling up Indian directors for 'aik chance' the queen bee of Pakistani cinema went ahead and did what was required of her. She ruled our film world for more than a decade and owed one to it. Let's consider her innocent until proven guilty of producing yet another good looking but intrinsically trashy film."
And this I think is a real good idea...
**"These people do not come from a typical 'filmi' background and thus it would be easier for them to reject the tyrannical rule of formula flicks and hence break some rules which to date have been followed religiously.
For example, it's not God's will to make films three hour long with songs and fights deliberately inserted every twenty five minutes. It's time to cut down on the length which will automatically leave no room for un necessary, forced stuff. Songs should be there only when required, to take the story forward instead of having no relevance to the story or plot. In other words, no item numbers please."**
Here, the writer is talking about how people from advertising and TV should be coming more into the movie scene. That's all fine and well, as long as they decide to take some courses on movie-making...since its very different from making dramas. But the key here is that the initial movies needed to jumpstart the film industry don't have to be heavy-budgeted. You see the telefilms that come on TV - they're usually nice to watch.
Starting out with a short story - having a movie that is heavy on symbolism and metaphors - like PTV dramas used to be when drama industry first started and they didn't have much money to invest in them - and having fewer songs and more quality songs....might be the right solution. As the writer says, you can make a full movie that takes place in just a few rooms if you have a strong theme and a strong script that is filled with some good symbolism and executed with finesse.
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^ e.g. Raincoat!
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^^ I'm not sure if you'd have many willing to shell out Rs 100 to watch "symbolisms" and "metaphors".... having said that we definitely need a film on the lines of Tanhaiyaan, with the same kind of modern sensibilities, I mean. They have to get rid of the crudeness which is visible in every film, be it Ajab Gul's or Reema's.
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Bollybuster, the pakistani population manages to understand the obvious metaphors and symbolisms in classic Pakistani plays/dramas. I think they'll be smart enough to get a movie.