Eyevory Tower Podcast | An Online Radio Show for Filmmakers

Thanks for joining the community. In this week's episode host of the show Raghunath takes you through some of the realities of making a short film. Listen to the episode and share your comments.   Things discussed in the episode: 

1. Listeners feedback about the show
2. Shooting schedule
3. Visual effects and why they take time
4. Budget and why most of the time film goes out of it
5. On writing scripts
6. Filmmaking is not as glamorous as you think

Look around your friend circle, how many film students are graduating with significant student loans or parents struggling to pay film school fees. Even though it doesn't sound good about film school, why do you go to film school? There are reasons to exchange 2 years of part-time 6-months of your life for a significant sum of money. Listen to the episode as host of the show Raghunath takes you through his academic experience and his recent convocation event.   Things discussed in the episode: 

• Convocation event
• Flash Frame Visual Academy
• Courses offered at FFVA
• Chief guest - KK Senthil Kumar 
• Senthil Kumar's advice to aspiring filmmakers
• Advantages of film school

Every short filmmaker does his own things before beginning the shooting of his film. However, there are few common things every filmmaker does. Listen to the episode as host of the show Raghunath takes you through what are the things he does. This episode is brought to you by Eyevory Tower Productions.    Things discussed in the episode:   

1. Camera shot list
2. Equipment check
3. Packing the bags
4. Cast and crew
5. Costumes and location props
6. Food food and food
7. Mental preparation

Well, we all make mistakes especially during our initial stages we make them a lot - otherwise how else do we grow?. But it doesn't mean that we can't learn without making mistakes. You don't need a shot list if you are somebody like Christopher Nolan or any other big shot who can visualise most of the shots from your screenplay. Unfortunately, we haven't grown to that stage. And at the same time, it is also the fact that we can avoid many simple mistakes while shooting with a simple shooting script. Listen to the episode as host of the show and Bengaluru Huduga takes you through his justification about shot list and explains about basic shots used in filmmaking.    Takeaways: 

• Experience of shooting short film - Bad Girl 
• Types of shots in general 
• General shots we used in the film
• Mistakes we made 
• Tips for shooting 

Every film we make is an experience. We make a lot of mistakes and at the same time learn a lot from those mistakes. Especially in short films stage - it's more of experimenting a lot of things. In this week's episode, host of the show Raghunath takes you through his experience of shooting this second short film 'Bad Girl'. Bad Girl is our second short film.      Takeaways: 

• Gist about the film
• Team involved in making of the film
• Equipment used 
• Lessons learned 

Thank you so much for joining this filmmaking community. This is an online weekly radio show on learning filmmaking - a platform for filmmakers. In this week's episode - host of the show and filmmaker from Bengaluru, Raghunath takes you through 5 Proven tips to become a better screenwriter.      Tips discussed in the episode: 

1. On finding your idea - ideas
2. On developing your character 
3. On creating outline
4. On writing
5. On pitching - pitch, network, events

Thank you so much for joining this filmmaking community. This is an online weekly radio show on learning filmmaking - a platform for filmmakers. In this week's episode - host of the show and filmmaker from Bengaluru, Raghunath takes you through 6 myths of Screenwriting debunked.    6 Myths debunked in the episode: 

1. Your idea will get stolen 
2. Write a screenplay to appeal to all audiences - old, young, men and women
3. A writer should have complete control over the screenplay
4. Write what you know
5. You must have film industry connections
6. A rejected screenplay can be revised and resubmitted

Thank you so much for joining this filmmaking community - I am your host your Bengaluru huduga Raghunath S. If you are new to this show, this is the platform I am creating for filmmakers like you and me where we can exchange knowledge and improve our skills. In this week's episode, I talk about what we can learn about screenwriting by watching movies.    Things discussed in the episode:

1. Opening scenes -how does the film pull in the viewer in opening scene? 
2. Who's story it is? how soon do we understand who's story it is
3. Dramatic conflict - how soon do we know there is a conflict
4. Opposing forces - How soon do we meet the opposing forces? What makes them more complex than just plot devices?
5. Middle of the screenplay - What revives or renews our interest in the middle of the story?
6. Emotions - What emotions does the film arouse and how?
7. The protagonist - What do we feel about the protagonist at the start? In the middle? At the end? If this changes, how does the script achieve that?
8. Sub plots - If there's a strong subplot, how does it relate to the main plot?. 
9. Ending of the film - what do we leave for audience? 

Thank you so much for joining this filmmaking community - I am your host your Bengaluru huduga Raghunath S. If you are new to this show, this is the platform I am creating for filmmakers like you and me where we can exchange knowledge and improve our skills. In this week's episode, I talk about 5 things screenwriters need to know.   Things discussed in the episode:   

1. Collaborative medium
2. Control of the budget
3. The more you write - better you get - get the script right
4. Learn the art of self-promotion
5. Film festivals are your best friends

Thank you so much for joining this filmmaking community - I am your host your Bengaluru huduga Raghunath S. If you are new to this show, this is the platform I am creating for filmmakers like you and me where we can exchange knowledge and improve our skills. In this week's episode, I talk about top filmmaking blogs that provide good content. Download and enjoy the episode.    Things Discussed In This Episode:   

• No Film School
• Premium Beat
• Indiewire - looks like a traditional blog - offer good content. 
• Raindance - 
• Lights Film School