DIGITAL FILM MAKING

Harikrishna Sathianandhan
RA1731002010179
BSC Visual Communication
 Director
A  movie director  is a person who directs the making of
a  film. A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic
aspects and visualises the screenplay while guiding the technical
crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a
key role in choosing the cast members, production design, and
the creative aspects of  filmmaking. The director is viewed as
the author of the film.

It is the director’s dream and vision that finally becomes

what is portrayed on the screen. But they also have the
responsibility of keeping the entire production within the
budget of the producer.

There are many pathways to becoming a director. Many

directors get to that point after years of being a cinematographer
or a producer or a film editor etc. Other directors may have
graduated from direction schools. There could be people who
are born with a story teller’s skills and could develop into
directors without any training.

Directors also use different approaches to their work. Some

may be very free with their ideas and allow a lot of creative
freedom to his/her cinematographer or assistants. They may
allow the actors also to give their feedback to the director. Some
directors even take their assistants feedback when they write the
screenplay. There may also be some directors who are very rigid
with their ideas and not allow much freedom to his cast and crew.
Some directors even edit or appear in their movies.

Christopher Nolan

Some of the most famous directors from around the world

are Martin Scorsese, Christopher Nolan, Quentin Tarantino,
Steven Spielerg, Stanley Kubrick, Akira Kurosawa, Alfred
Hitchcock, Orson Welles etc.

Some of the most renown directors from India are Satyajit

Ray, Yash Chopra, Mani Ratnam, Anurag Kashyap, Mira Nair,
Kamal Hassan, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Padmarajan, Kamal etc.
 Anurag Kashyap

Born : 10 September 1972

Anurag Kashyap is one of the most renown directors from

the Indian Film Industry. He is also a producer, writer, editor
and an actor. He has received several awards and accolades
including four Filmfare Awards. He was awarded the Ordre des
Arts et des Lettres in 2013. Ordre des Arts et des Lettres is a
title by the French government in 1957 to honour the significant
contributions made in the field of arts and literature .

Initially, after writing a TV Serial, he got his first major

break with Ram Gopal Varma as the co-writer of Satya(1998).
His directional debut was Paanch, which did not receive a
theatrical release due to censorship issues. His first movie that
the public saw was Black Friday(2007), a film based on the 1993
Mumbai bombing. The movie’s release was held up for two years
by the Central Board of Film Certification, due to the court
verdict about the bombings was held up, but was released in
2007 after receiving many positive critic reviews. His next
movie, No Smoking(2007) was a failure, both critically and
commercially. His next few movies, Dev D(2009), Gulaal(2009)
and The Girl in Yellow Boots(2011).

Gangs of Wasseypur
(2012)
 Kashyap’s prominence increased with the release of Gangs
of Wasseypur in 2012. He also co-produced The
Lunchbox(2013) and Shahid(2013). His next films were the
Bombay Talkies(2013) and Ugly(2014).

Raman Raghav 2.0 (2016)

In 2016, he directed Raman Raghav 2.0, based on the story

of an active serial killer during the 1960s. Raman Raghav 2.0
pushed Kashyap directly into the spotlight.
His next project was Mukkabaaz, which was released in
2018. He then worked on co-directing India’s first Netflix
original series, Sacred Games and a romantic drama,
Manmarziyaan.
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He also has produced many movies through two of his

production companies - Anurag Kashyap Films(AKFPL) and
Phantom Films.

Some movies that he produced through AKFPL are

Udaan, That Girl in Yellow Boots, Gangs of Wasseypur 1
& 2, Chittagong, The Lunchbox, Shahid etc.

Through Phantom Films, he has produced Ugly,

Hunterr, Bombay Velvet, Udta Punjab, Raman Raghav
2.o etc.
 Aashiq Abu

Born : 12 April 1978

Aashiq Abu is an Indian film director, producer, actor, and

distributor, who works in  Malayalam cinema. He was born in
1978 in Cochin and completed his schooling in Cochin. His
college was done in Maharajas College. He married Rima
Kallingal, a Malayalam actress, in 2013.

Aashiq Abu is known for his collaborations with

screenwriters Syam Pushkaran and Dileesh Nair. The trio’s
creations are Salt N’ Pepper and Mayaanadhi.
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(2012) (2012)

His professional career began as an assistant to director

Kamal. His directional debut was with Daddy Cool in 2009,
starring Mammootty. His next works were Salt N’ Pepper
(2011), 22 Female Kottayam and Da Thadiya (2012). Salt N’
Pepper received two Kerala State Film Awards and 22 Female
Kottayam received two South Filmfare Awards.

His next projects were Anchu Sundarikal and Idukki Gold,

both in 2013, followed by Gangster and Rani Padmini, in 2014
and 2015 respectively. In 2016, he directed Maheshinte
Prathikaram, which received the National Film Award for Best
Feature Film in Malayalam. It was also nominated for a Kerala
State Film Award and the Filmfare Award for Best Film.

In 2017, his movie Mayaanadhi released to widespread

applause and acclamations from the public. It is his most popular
movie and said to be his best. In 2019, he released his next
movie, called Virus, based on the true events of the Nipah virus
outbreak in Kerala in 2018. Virus gained both popularity among
the public as well as critics.

Mayaanadhhi (2017)

Aashiq Abu also

produces several movies in
Malayalam Movie Industry
through his production
company, OPM ( Original
Pixels in Motion ) Cinemas,
which was started in 2012.
He has started a distribution
agency, also under the name
OPM Dream Mill Cinemas.
He is also the director of
Papaya Media Designs Pvt
Virus (2019) Ltd.