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Don't Be Like This Man with the Hat!
Just like this man with the hat who is walking with his eyes glued to his cell phone, most people around the world are consumers of...
Chandran Iyer
Mar 24, 20231 min read
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SECOND WORKSHOP ON SMARTPHONE FILMMAKING FOR THE PARTICIPANTS FROM WEST AFRICA
Had an opportunity to conduct the second online workshop on Smartphone Filmmaking for the students of West Africa recently. The response...
Chandran Iyer
Mar 16, 20231 min read
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5 STUNNING IDEAS FOR VIDEOGRAPHING SEA BEACH
After a bone-chilling winter, India is now bracing for a hot summer. What can be more fun than wading through the blue-tinged waters of...
Chandran Iyer
Feb 22, 20232 min read
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TRAINING THE TRAINERS ON SMARTPHONE FILMMAKING AT SPPU
TRAINING THE TRAINERS ON SMARTPHONE FILMMAKING AT SPPU Training young students on Smartphone filmmaking has always been a pleasure. But...
Chandran Iyer
Feb 16, 20231 min read
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Smartphone Filmmaking Training for West African Students
I am pleased to inform you that our Smartphone filmmaking course is now going international. After training over 4000 students in India...
Chandran Iyer
Feb 13, 20232 min read
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MICRO LESSON 12 : OVER-THE-SHOULDER SHOT
In this micro lesson, let us learn another critical camera angle which is called Over the Shoulder Shot or OTS. This is a very common...
Chandran Iyer
Jan 29, 20231 min read
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MICRO LESSON 11 INVERSE MATCH CUT IN FILMMAKING
In the last micro lesson, we learned about the Match Cut in filmmaking. The Match cut is an editing technique in filmmaking where there...
Chandran Iyer
Jan 23, 20231 min read
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MICRO LESSON 10: WHAT IS A MATCH CUT IN FILMMAKING?
A match cut is a cut from one shot to another where the composition of the two shots is matched by the action or subject and subject...
Chandran Iyer
Jan 15, 20231 min read
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LAUNCHING CINE MEDIA GURUKULAM IN 2023!
Have you done the basic Smartphone Filmmaking Course under me.? If your answer is yes, then my next question is are you have you started...
Chandran Iyer
Jan 1, 20232 min read
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THIS CAN BE YOUR IKIGAI FOR THE YEAR 2023
The Best Gift that you can give yourself in the new year 2023 is a new skill. For better physical and mental health, you could make a New...
Chandran Iyer
Dec 29, 20222 min read
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PRESENTATION OF SMARTPHONE FILMMAKING AT PUNE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE
Senior journalist, author, and Director of Pune International Centre ( PIC) Abhay Vaidya invited us to the PIC secretariat to make a...
Chandran Iyer
Dec 28, 20221 min read
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WHAT CINEMATIC COMPOSITION DO YOU NOTICE IN THIS VIDEO?
Look at this small video of Dubai airport carefully. It has been shot by Waqar Hassan and uploaded to Pixabay. Dubai is the world's...
Chandran Iyer
Dec 26, 20221 min read
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HOW TO GET STEADY SHOTS WITH A SMARTPHONE
MICRO LESSON SEVEN SMARTPHONE FILMMAKING. USING GIMBAL TO GET STEADY SHOTS WITH A SMARTPHONE Imagine that you are walking on a beautiful...
Chandran Iyer
Dec 25, 20222 min read
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MICRO LESSON SIX SMARTPHONE FILMMAKING . VERTICAL LEADING LINES
This is my Sixth Micro Lesson on Smartphone Filmmaking. We are learning COMPOSITION and the Sub topic is LEADING LINES. In my previous...
Chandran Iyer
Dec 22, 20221 min read
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SECOND BATCH OF SMARTPHONE FILMMAKING AT PUNE UNIVERSITY
Happy to inform that Savitibhai Phule Pune University has decided to organize my Smartphone Filmmaking workshops on a regular basis....
Chandran Iyer
Dec 5, 20221 min read
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MICRO LESSON FIVE SMARTPHONE FILMMAKING .SYMMETRY COMPOSITION IN BOLLYWOOD MOVIES
In my last post on Linkedin we learnt the importance of Symmetry in Smartphone filmmaking and photography. A quick recollection of last...
Chandran Iyer
Nov 24, 20222 min read
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MICRO LESSON 4 SMARTPHONE FILMMAKING .SYMMETRY IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Look carefully at the photo of Taj Mahal. Why does it look so beautiful ? The reason is simple. There is symmetry in the photo. If you...
Chandran Iyer
Nov 21, 20222 min read
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LESSON 3 : LEADING LINE COMPOSITION IN SILSILA MOVIE
Those of you who have seen my earlier two posts must by now have got some idea about Leading Line Composition in Photigraohy and...
Chandran Iyer
Nov 18, 20221 min read
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LESSON 2 SMARTPHONE FILMMAKING CURVED LEADING LINES COMPOSITION
This is my Second Micro Lesson on Smartphone Filmmaking. We are learning COMPOSITION and the Sub topic is LEADING LINES. In my previous...
Chandran Iyer
Nov 18, 20222 min read
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LESSON 1 LEADING LINE COMPOSITION IN SMARTPHONE FILMMAKING
Knowing the passion me and my husband Chandran Iyer, for teaching Smartphone Filmmaking and Smartphone Journalism, one of my friend...
Chandran Iyer
Nov 14, 20222 min read
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