Youth Summit Nagaland. 2016. Directors' Diaries with Opang Jamir and Yanpvuo Kikon

Youth Summit Nagaland. 2016.

Directors' Diaries with Opang Jamir and Yanpvuo Kikon

Review of our book Directors' Diaries by (a reader) Amit Singh. (10th Feb 2016)

Review by (a reader) Amit Singh. (10th Feb 2016)

I am honoured to write you this mail and provide my honest feedback : 

Well I picked up this book, #DirectorsDiaries, at the airport , it was instinctively intuitive . It seemed to me that I have heard someone writing this kind of book .

With absolutely no extra efforts to search this book, it automatically landed on my hand and here I bought immediately as though I had a very strong connection to it .

After that ; - Day in - Day out , have been reading this book and used to sleep with the book on my side. 

I was surprised how could you ask those questions which I wanted to ask & know and that too so precisely  . 

Every single word written is so honest and inspiring . Directors have spoken their heart out . I wish there were more directors in this . 

I also wish that you write Actors Diaries also because no matter what limelight they have , they will have a different story to tell . 

Words are few ,so rest u can understand from my feelings that every thing about the book is awesome . 

My humble request is that Pls do keep writing as it is very much needed . 

 Thanks and best regards.

 #AmitSingh at Amazon.in  10 Feb 2016

Neeta Lulla on the difference between a good director, and one average.

#RakeshAnandBakshi - For a film-costume designer, what would be the general differences between a good director and an average one?

#NeetaLulla - The ones who inspire us usually have an attention for detail, they know exactly what they want for their film, their characters. The good ones are never groping in the dark, or clueless about their script or what they are seeing in their mind’s eye. Moreover, they do their own research on what they are visualizing for their film. It then becomes a healthy exchange of ideas between the director and the costume designer and that only betters the output of our work!

This is a very good quality in them, and another thing, we costume designers must arrive with an open mind when we work with such directors. We must be open to understanding, and appreciating, their thought process. When we give our design inputs, even though it comes solely from us, because of our collaboration with them, it is a shade better, and often it gets a whole new dimension. Sometimes it goes far beyond what we would conceived had we not been inspired by the ‘what’ and ‘why’ behind the director’s research and opinions. My flame will only burn brighter when its also fanned by inspirational ideas from a director even if he or she knows absolutely nothing about style or fashion designing.

With others, directors who do not have a grasp on their story or their film, they do not know what they want, there will often be retrials, and errors, and more retrials, sometimes even while the shooting schedule is on, or then we are hunting for dresses while the shoot is on! On such projects, there will crop up last minute requirements and changes. All of this has a direct impact on time and the film’s budget! Such a scenario makes the work process cumbersome, and often painful.

However, an experienced designer will somehow still manage to deliver what is needed, but it shoots up the producer’s budget, and that’s a one way street which is a dead end! Money spent, and time lost is never regained.

#DirectorsDiaries

‪#‎PragyaYadavKapoor‬ Thank you, for being one of the precious collaborators'..

‪#‎PragyaYadavKapoor‬ 
Thank you, for being one of the precious collaborators' on our little book‪#‎DirectorsDiaries‬. Much love and gratitude.

Shankar Jaikishan Foundation with Directors Diaries

Passionate music lovers. 
#ChiragPatel and #AnandDesai & #VatsalParikh of #ShankarJaikishanFoundation. https://www.facebook.com/Shankar-Jaikishan-Foundation-Ahmedabad-825056404174367/?fref=ts


Honored to be in your hands. #DirectorsDiaries

Beginnings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgbvst-mhOw 
Convictions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQgoJwP1sd8 
Cinema https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8bnPI95HCs
Challenges: https://youtu.be/1BmjGGurM5U

(Thank you Anand Desai ) Vatsal Parikh Chirag Patel

Thank you St Pauls Institute Of Communication Education (Mumbai), Bandra west.

Thank you St Pauls Institute Of Communication Education (Mumbai), Bandra west. For the opportunity to share #DirectorsDiaries with your film students. 

Class of May/June 2016. 

Beginnings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgbvst-mhOw 

Convictions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQgoJwP1sd8 

Filmmaking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8bnPI95HCs

Challenges https://youtu.be/1BmjGGurM5U

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Kunal (Shashi) Kapoor.

Kunal (Shashi) Kapoor.
At ‪#‎Prithvi‬ theater. Juhu.

‪#‎DirectorsDiaries‬
Beginnings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgbvst-mhOw 
Convictions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQgoJwP1sd8
Filmmaking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8bnPI95HCs
Challenges https://youtu.be/1BmjGGurM5U

‪#‎KunalKapoor‬