Interview with Kenyan Indian

Daftar Hotel - Interview with Kenyan Indian Cinematographer - Rajeev Jain, ICS WICA - Bhartendu Natya Academy of Dramatic Arts, Lucknow Alumni. You have quite an extensive resume having worked as a Director of Photography on many amazing films including "Army", "Pyar Mein Kabhi Kabhi", "Badhaai Ho Badhaai", "Mirabai Not out", "Kadachit", "Kalpvriksh – The Wishing Tree" and "Carry on Pandu", nearing completion in Mumbai.

Hotel di Bandung 1. As a DP you work closely with the Director and the Production Designer to achieve the cinematic look of the film. Tell us about how you decide which type of film stock to use which type of camera, the lighting style to complement the way the Director and Production Designer want the movie to look.

When I first read a script, I try not to think of the way it could be photographed. I prefer reading simply to feel how I connect with the story and the characters, and what emotions I experience as the story progresses. On a second reading, I start thinking more as a Cinematographer, and specific visual ideas start popping into my mind.

I then do some research, which usually entails looking at many photography and art books to find examples of framing, texture, colour and lighting that I think could be relevant to specific scenes in the storyline. I present these images to the Director, and listen to whatever feedback I can get. This is my way of starting to understand more clearly what the Director is envisioning, and what he/she respond to.

This, plus the references the Director and Production Designer bring to the table becomes the basis for the visual language for the film. I then proceed to test different film stocks, lenses, cameras, lighting set-ups, colours, and anything that I can think of that can enhance the storytelling through the images we produce. This is a phase of filmmaking that I enjoy very much, as it is a time of discovery and experimentation. Of course this continues during the shoot of the film, but when I am shooting tests, I am truly free to stretch the boundaries of the concepts we come up with to see what can work and what does not.

2. You have worked closely with Chandrakant Kulkarni on many projects, including "Mirabai Not out", "Kadachit" and currently, "Carry on Pandu". What is it like to work with him? What is his visual style? Does he allow you freedom to follow your own vision, to handle most of your own visual elements?

Chandrakant is a very complete director. By this I mean that he truly understands the medium and knows how to use the elements at his disposal to narrate his films: the performances, the sound, the music, the editing, the production design, and of course, the cinematography.

He has an amazing sense of visuals and the language of the camera, and I feel very fortunate to be able to share with him my ideas to find the best way to engage the audience in what he is trying to communicate. We developed a creative partnership where we both sit down and share our ideas on how to shoot any given scene, bouncing them off each other. We basically shot list as much of the film as we can in preproduction and then adapt to the situation on the set.

The camerawork on his films is very intuitive, and that is why I do the operating, so I can react to the performances and the rhythm of the scene as we go. He allows me complete freedom to use my instincts with the camera, adjusting for new takes whenever necessary. In terms of lighting, we usually talk about the mood and ambience each scene will require, and I work on achieving it while allowing room for the actors to feel free to move as their emotions dictate. I know that if I do the most perfect and amazing lighting, but it cramps the actors in any way, the scene will not be successful, and the movie suffers.

3. I was in particularly impressed with your work on Manika Sharma’s "Kalpvriksh – The Wishing Tree". Along with the lighting, the set and costume design were very tasteful, and complemented one another. Please share what it was like to work side by side with Manika Sharma. Again did she offer you freedom, or was it a collaborative effort?

I felt very honoured that Manika Sharma would asked me to photograph, "Kalpvriksh – The Wish Tree", since it meant having to deal with his cinematographer not speaking the language everyone else is using. This was a big challenge, but in the end, visual language is universal, and Manika Sharma made an effort to keep me informed on everything that was going on.

Manika Sharma seemed much more intense on "Kalpvriksh – The Wish Tree" than on her earlier work. I understand that “Kalpvriksh – The Wish Tree " was a film that she wanted to do to wind down and recuperate from the nightmare she went through. So she made relatively few takes, and the hours were reasonable each day. In India, in contrast, we typically worked at least 14 hours each day, six days a week, and on the seventh day we would see rushes, and sometimes scout. Needless to say, it was exhausting, but exhilarating at the same time.

Manika Sharma is very particular about camera placement and lens choice, so she is very hands-on in this respect. My input is more focused on lighting, film stocks and filtration. I do operate the camera as well, but she will ask me to do very specific things, so it is a very different approach to Manika, but I find the challenge very stimulating as well.

4. Who inspired you? How did you get started? Do you like K.K. Mahajan? What advice do you offer those interested in becoming a DP?

I was into theatre since a very young age. I started out when I was 10 years old by doing plays. That evolved into eventually attending Bhartendu Natya Academy of Dramatic Arts, Lucknow. I also worked for a still photographer, Surendar ji for a year, which sparked my interest in photography, and led me to choose cinematography as my field.

Do I like K.K. Mahajan? His portrait work is unparalleled and his lighting is exquisite. I particularly like his portrait. I simply can’t understand how he could make hard light look so good on actors’ faces. On “Kalpvriksh – The Wish Tree” which I recently completed with Manika Sharma, I had a chance to explore lighting Shabana Azmi in a different style, ranging from naturalism, to more glamorous “Bollywood” style, but I know that I could not come even close to the perfection of K.K. Mahajan lighting.

5. What advice do you offer those interested in becoming a DP?

The only advice I can give to aspiring cinematographers is shoot anything that comes your way. Just do it all with the same enthusiasm as if you were making "Sholay". Someone will notice, and ask you to do something else, and little by little, the projects will grow in ambition and scope. But above all, enjoy the journey, always.

Tags: Bhartendu, Natya, Academy, Dramatic, Arts, Lucknow, Director of Photography, Cinematographer, Rajeev, Jain, Rajiv, Kenyan, Indian

Article Author: Diana Saenger is an Award-winning syndicated entertainment journalist operating two of her own websites, Review Express and Classic Movie Guide, in addition to contributing to several others and writing for six San Diego newspapers. She is also an author (Everyone Wants My Job: the ABC's of Entertainment Writing, and The Vietnam War: Life as a POW), editor and publicist.

Train accidents are pathetic

Daftar Hotel- THAT is the fact that we must accept when Bromo Orchid Agro Railway crashed into the back of the Sunset Railway Station which was stopped at Pemalang Saturday morning. More than 40 passengers were killed in these tragic accidents.

Hotel di Jakarta - We say pathetic because the collision occurred when the train Dusk actually trying to stop to give way to train Argo Bromo Orchid preceded them. Victims become so much because we are not prepared to handle accidents.

Until more than 12 hours after the accident happened is still a lot of passengers who can not yet removed from the carriage. Existing equipment at Station Pemalang very limited and medical personnel and hospitals were not sufficient to be able to handle an accident of such magnitude.

If we say that we are saggy in all fields, this is one cerminannya. Not to mention if we remember that the accident happened on Saturday was not only happening in Pemalang Station. There was another collision in place and also cause the victim, although not as much in Pemalang.

In the era that gave priority to the speed and accuracy, we are really not ready. We still rely on the railways traffic system manually. We still rely on human labor for the system should work fully for 24 hours.

In fact, the railway network there are at least 240 million users each year. To deliver the passenger an amount equal to the number of Indonesian population, it certainly is very dense traffic.

The question is, how much investment has been done to shore up the state of human movement as much as that? Technology like what we have to ensure the accuracy of the application running at the same time ensuring the system and the level of passenger safety?

Repeated rail accident happened and we immediately deployed a team of the National Committee for Transportation Accident investigation on the cause of the accident. But what then corrective measures are carried out in addition to punishing drivers and station staff who are considered negligent?

The government should dare to say that there is a system that should be corrected. If the train wreck that is always repeated, there must be a system that is no longer adequate to support the operation of train travel.

Railway system that we have mostly Dutch heritage. Railway network that we use is still a network that had been constructed by Daendels. If there is any increase in the time of this Republic, the numbers are very minimal.

Including also the turn signal system and rail line is still much to be done manually. We are very dependent on people for traffic that is so dense and generally occurs when people are soundly to sleep.

The accident happened at Pemalang can not just respond by looking at the crash site and punish the little people below. We must take more than that, including evaluating the managerial skills of officials in charge of transportation and railways.

We must dare to do that because it is a freight train folk. So many people who use this transportation. Because the number of people using the train, until should handle with care because the slightest mistake and handle the massive fatal consequences.

More than 40 people who died in an accident is really a tremendous disaster. In developed countries, only one passenger was killed in a train accident, officials have resigned immediately.

Good management of the train is not something that is difficult to study. We can learn from many countries how to manage the rail system that can be relied upon. All it takes to live the will and political will that the railway is a vital means of transportation.

If China in a short time not only can organize perkeretaapiannya system well, and even then develop advanced railway technology, we can not cook. The President has always said, if other nations can, we should be. Prove words, do not just simply stop as a mere political slogan.

Perakitan Super Komputer

Daftar Hotel - Menurut Kantor Berita Xinhua, terinformasi dari Pusat Super Komputer Nasional Tianjin, perakitan super komputer pertama yang tercepat di dunia 'Tianhe 1' telah selesai, menurut rencana, sistem komputer akan diujicoba bulan September dan diserahkan secara bertahap kepada pengguna.

Hotel di Surabaya - Sebelumnya, super komputer sejenis yang mampu menyelesaikan 1.026 quadrilion perhitungan perdetik diumumkan di Kota Changsha pada tanggal 29 Oktober tahun lalu, dengan demikian, Tiongkok telah menjadi negara kedua yang mampu meneliti dan membuat super komputer dengan 1.026 kalkulasi quadrilion perdetik menyusul Amerika Serikat.

Dengan selesainya perakitan Super Komputer tersebut, kita di Indonesia yang menunggu dan merasa penasaran untuk bisa tahu dan memakai Super Komputer yang telah selesai dirakit di AmerikaSerikat tersebut. Apa saja keunggulan dan kecanggihan dari Super Komputer yang bisa kita manfaatkan dan juga kita gunakan untuk kepentingan hidup kita.

Semoga saja Super Komputer yang sudah selesai dirakit dan akan diuji coba pada bulan ini, bisa membuat kita makin simpel, mudah dan ringkas serta sederhana dalam menjalani hidup dan kehidupan, berkat kemajuan teknologi yang bisa dicapai manusia tersebut.

Jeu Online 2010

Daftar Hotel - élécommunications exploitant PT Telkom en 2010 la cible à environ 400 types de jeux sont accessibles aux clients Internet en ligne Speedy.

Hotel di Semarang "Actuellement, le nombre de jeux en ligne Speedy atteindre 138 jeux. Jusqu'à la fin de l'année (2010), nous estimons pourrait atteindre 400 jeux (jeux)," a déclaré le premier directeur de l'agrégation de contenu et d'incubation Telkom, Komang Budi Aryasa à Jakarta le samedi soir.

Komang dit, certains jeux qui peuvent être accessibles sur le portail http://game.telkomspeedy.com était un développeur de jeux de jeu en ligne a fait le jeu local.

"La plupart des développeurs de jeu sont toujours fournis de l'étranger, tels que la Corée du Sud", a déclaré Komang.

Pour atteindre l'objectif, Telkom aidera le développeur du jeu en Indonésie, y compris les débutants qui veulent développer des jeux.

L'un des efforts de Telkom est de procéder à de tels cours de formation et à toute la collectivité intéressés à développer des jeux.

Lieu de formation et de perfectionnement dans chaque jeu sont la propriété de Telkom Creative Center nommée Digital Lounge (Di-Lo).

Di-Lo est un centre d'accès numérique intégré et de technologies de l'information, des boutiques de gadgets, jeux, musique, vidéos, films, animation.

Dans le premier-Lo est situé dans le centre commercial de l'Indonésie (MOI), Kelapa Gading, Jakarta, équipé de 200 ordinateurs, 13 chambres privées, trois chambres VIP d'une capacité de 10 personnes, 2 salles d'une capacité de huit personnes, salon, bibliothèque et un magasin de gadget

Cette installation a été faite aussi confortable que possible, afin que les consommateurs peuvent jouer à des jeux, regarder des films, écouter de la musique, essayer la dernière gadgets gadgets, tels que iPad, iPhone, BlackBerry ou de quelque chose à manger café-boisson style.

Komang expliqué à la fin fini de 2010, au moins Telkom fera construire jusqu'à 10 A-Lo sont dispersés dans les grandes villes telles que Surabaya, Bandung, Yogyakarta et Medan.

"En plus des jeux Portail des Speedy, un travail des développeurs seront également des jeux pour caractéristique de service mobile cellulaire de Flexi et Telkomsel, dit Komang.

Aku Prediksi Jerman Vs Spanyol

Daftar Hotel - Spanish defender Gerard Pique, admitted, Germany is favored to win than his team in Tuesday's semifinals, Tuesday (07/06/2010). However, the Matador team will not just give up and leave "Der Panzer" stepped into the final.

Hotel di Bali - At the World Cup in South Africa, "La Furia Roja" is the most favored team champions. Though experiencing defeat in the opening match, Iker Casillas cs able to rise and could eventually move into the semifinal. Their ambitions to be champions for the first time even more wide open now.

However, steps are still steep because they will face Germany. Philipp Lahm cs appearance is quite consistent, especially troop Joachim Loew was very ambitious to repeat the sweet memories when Germany won the World Cup title in 1990.

Pique did not deny, Germany is a formidable opponent. However, the Barcelona defender's opinion, have experience of how the Spanish conquered the Germans as did the European Cup final in 2008.

"I'm happy with this achievement. It's for the first time we stepped into the semi-finals and make a great history," said Pique sn newspaper The Mirror.

"Germany are a difficult team defeated a very strong team, qualified, have many good players, and very difficult to stop them," he said.

"I think when you reach the semi-finals, no one is favored. It is true that they won 4-0 against Argentina and 4-1 against England. Their confidence is high. However, we'll see," conclusion.

Prediksi Prancis Vs Afrika Selatan Omon

Daftar Hotel - Pencoretan Nicolas Anelka dari skuad Prancis berbuntut panjang. Pemain yang merasa bersimpati kepada penyerang Chelsea itu melakukan aksi boikot latihan pada sesi Minggu siang (20/6). Kapten Patrice Evra pun harus bersitegang dengan pelatih fisik Robert Duverne yang memaksa agar latihan tetap dijalankan. Adu mulut baru reda setelah pelatih Raymond Domenech mendamaikan mereka.

Hotel di Hong Kong - Seperti diberitakan, Anelka dipecat dari timnas Prancis lantaran memaki Domenech saat ditarik keluar dalam pertandingan melawan Meksiko, Jumat lalu (8/6). Meski mengakui tindakan Anelka salah, Evra dkk beranggapan bahwa keputusan mencoret dia berlebihan. Apalagi, tenaganya masih dibutuhkan dalam laga pemungkas melawan Afsel. Atas dasar itulah, mereka memutuskan untuk mogok latihan.

Ternyata, hal itu memantik kekesalan direktur tim Jean-Louis Valentin. Pria yang juga menjabat sebagai Managing Director FFF (federasi sepak bola Prancis) tersebut bahkan mengancam bakal mengundurkan diri dari tim.

"Pemain tidak mau latihan, ini skandal besar," ungkapnya kesal, seperti dikutip Reuters. "Ini skandal buat publik Prancis, buat generasi muda yang mengharap contoh bagus dari pemain timnas senior, buat fans yang datang ke sini untuk melihat mereka latihan. Saya mundur saja dari tim. Saya mundur dari FFF. Tidak ada yang bisa saya lakukan di sini. Saya mau pulang ke Paris," tandasnya.

Panasnya kondisi internal ini sudah pasti mengganggu persiapan Prancis menghadapi Afsel. Menyadari hal itu, Presiden Prancis Nicolas Sarkozy pun harus turun tangan. Dia meminta Menteri Olahraga Roselyn Bachelot untuk membantu mendinginkan suasana.

Bachelot pun mengatur pertemuan dengan Evra, Domenech, dan Presiden FFF Jean Pierre Escalettes tadi malam. Sayang, hasil pertemuan itu belum dipublikasikan. "Yang jelas, Presiden hanya ingin saya tinggal di Afsel dan membantu menyelesaikan masalah," ungkap Bachelot dalam wawancara dengan televisi TFI.

"Masalah ini sangat berkaitan dengan martabat dan kehormatan bangsa Prancis. Saya hanya meminta semua pihak untuk bertanggung jawab atas segala yang telah terjadi," lanjutnya.

Wanita berusia 65 tahun itu memastikan bahwa ada pihak yang bakal dijatuhi sanksi atas kekacauan ini. Namun, dia tidak menjelaskan siapa yang bakal kena sanksi. "Belum waktunya bicara soal sanksi. Tapi memang pasti akan ada yang menanggung konsekuensi. Dalam waktu dekat akan saya buka ke publik," janji politisi Partai UMP itu.

Berita Daftar Twitter

Daftar Hotel - fournisseur taïwanais vient de lancer son smartphone Android en Indonésie, à savoir le HTC anyarnya Désir. Physiquement, les dimensions qui existait en même temps avec le désir Nexus One.

Hotel di Medan - Le désir est le téléphone HTC qui ont des similitudes avec les différents phares de Google Android téléphone, Nexus One. Bien qu'il n'y ait pas de signes de Nexus One sera officiellement vendu en Indonésie, officiellement la Desire HTC se trouve déjà en Indonésie.

Comme le Nexus One, HSDPA est également Gush Qualcomm Snapdragon la vitesse du processeur de 1 GHz. Alors que la mémoire de 576 Mo de RAM Désir, un peu plus spacieuse que la mémoire RAM Nexus One de seulement 512 Mo.

Une autre différence réside dans l'interface du logiciel qui HTC Sense n'a été trouvée que sur les téléphones HTC, à la fois la plate-forme mobile Android et Windows.

«HTC Sense offre non seulement une expérience personnalisée à ses utilisateurs, mais fournit également un des plus riches expérience visuelle qui peut être donné", a déclaré Jack Tong, vice-président de HTC en Asie dans une déclaration à la presse, le mardi 15 Juin.

HTC Sense HTC est l'interface qui est développé, basé sur le TouchFLO 3D. HTC Sense prévoit une période de sept écran qui peut afficher une variété d'applications et des widgets qui peuvent être organisées comme vous le souhaitez.

Grâce à un widget ami Stream, par exemple, les différents réseaux sociaux comme Facebook, Twitter, Flickr et, dans une unité qui est toujours mise à jour trop propre. En ami Stream, listes de contacts peuvent également être organisées dans certains milieux sociaux, tels que les groupes d'amis, collègues ou d'autres moyens.

Physiquement, désir et Nexus One a la même dimension que est de 119 × 60 × 11,9 mm. Avec l'écran WVGA de 3,7 pouces, le désir de HTC pour remplacer trackball sur le Nexus One avec trackpad optique.

Contrairement à la Nexus One, HTC désir d'offrir le poste de radio FM, et Adobe Flash Lite 4 faisceau. Désir, mais ne comprennent pas de texte pour les applications vocales dans cet appareil, même si les utilisateurs peuvent toujours télécharger l'application elle-même.

HTC Desire est déjà disponible sur le marché à la mi-Juin 2010, à tous les revendeurs agréés avec un prix de détail suggéré de 6,5 millions de dollars.