The dialogues were, of course, learnt, but the delivery of them rather admirable ... coming, as they were, from a fourth standard kid. Fazila Anjum is a smart kid, not shy of the camera at all. Not-withstanding the fact that she comes from a poor family, living in what can probably be defined as a slum. That was why she was chosen for the part she played...
The concept was Dale's, in discussion with the TIIF folks. I tried to get in an idea or two edge-wise, but these were beaten aside, mostly on a pretext of lack of time! Okay, I am being a bit critical here - I myself didn't have time to shoot these scenes. But I still maintain that my "Reservoir Dogs" scene would have made the video much more impact-ful! (It was supposed to be inserted just after the 'Saturday scene' not to break the suspense!! Right were the upbeat, sorta out-of-place music is!)
As I was saying, the concept was Dale's, so was the drive to make the video in the first place. (Amateur videos do need a lot of drive to be made - there are just too many excuses available for people to not find time to work on them! :) ) Most of the camera-work was Dale's except the last scene which was shot by Neeraj. (Including the impressive Zoom-in at the end - I like the timing of the whole shot - especially since it had to be done in one take.) Dale was the director as well.
Om was of course the sound specialist. All of Fazila Anjum & her mother's discussions were captured at source - and inserted raw with no cleaning up since there was no time! Given the final quality, Om did a good job. I did press the Sound 'Record' button once or twice when the TIIF folks (except Sylvia) spoke into the camera.
And since I did most of the editing, I did manage to contribute to (leave my mark on, if you may) the video! The cool thing about being the editor is that you are probably the only one who can over-rule the director! You may listen to her for most parts, but you can always get away with saying "No, I am going to do the cut this way, do what you may" once in a while! On this occassion, the point of contention was the theme music - the track at the beginning and the end of the video. Since that track is there on the final video, obviously I managed to convince Dale that this was the right way to go! Of course I had in my favour the fact that it was getting really late in the night, and therefore dangerous for her to return alone - and hence no more time to chose better music!!
One big mistake made: We didn't add the names of Fazila, her mother & her brother (the kid at the end) in the final credits.
As for the rest, well, form your own opinion - and do let us know!!
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