BU students participate in climate change & filmmaking camp
Dr. Gauri Durga Chakraborty, Professor at Bennett University, teaching the art of shooting and filmmaking to women at a workshop by IAWRT and Alliance Française on March 1. Photo by Pragya Singh
By Pragya Singh
Students of Bennett University participated in a three-day workshop organised by The International Association of Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT) in association with Alliance Française. The workshop, which aimed at teaching women of tribal and backward communities the art of filmmaking, kickstarted on March 1 at Alliance Française in New Delhi.
The workshop started with filmmakers, professors and students guiding women through the nitty-gritties of filmmaking. It aimed to provide to the women a means of sharing their experience withclimate change to the world through the medium of films.
The mentors took turns to explain the basics of shooting with a mobile camera as 28 women huddled around them to learn. “While shooting if we are taking an interview, we will record try to shoot in areas where there is less background noise,” Dr.Yuki Azaad Tomar , professor at Institute of Home Economics, University of Delhi, explained as the participants listened attentively.
Dr. Yuki Azaad Tomar, Professor Institute of Home Economics, University of Delhi teaching filmmaking at a workshop organised by IAWRT and Alliance Française on March 1. Photo by Pragya Singh
She said that being a professor of development communication, anything that is associated with using media for social change concerns her. “Climate change can especially be felt in Delhi and that makes this workshop even more important for me,” she added.
Day 1 of the workshop saw enthusiastic participation from the attendees with women from as far away as Jharkhand visiting to learn. Mithlesh Kumari Janaki, district co-ordinator ofEkta Parishad for Bhojpur district, Bihar, said, “I had no previous experience with how to make videos or films and often my videos would be blurry. Here, I have learnt simple techniques on how to hold the mobile phone steady while filming, how to focus on the subject, what kinds of angles can be explored while recording etc.”
Janaki and her colleagues from the Ekta Parishad travelled over 900 kilometres solely for the three-day workshop. “The distance and commute are hardly a discouraging factor when one gets to learn all this. I am looking forward to learning a lot more and making short films on climate change myself,” she said.
(The writer is a Semester IV student of BA (Journalism and Mass Communication) programme.)
Students of Bennett University participated in a three-day workshop organised by The International Association of Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT) in association with Alliance Française. The workshop, which aimed at teaching women of tribal and backward communities the art of filmmaking, kickstarted on March 1 at Alliance Française in New Delhi.
The workshop started with filmmakers, professors and students guiding women through the nitty-gritties of filmmaking. It aimed to provide to the women a means of sharing their experience with
The mentors took turns to explain the basics of shooting with a mobile camera as 28 women huddled around them to learn. “While shooting if we are taking an interview, we will record try to shoot in areas where there is less background noise,” Dr.
She said that being a professor of development communication, anything that is associated with using media for social change concerns her. “Climate change can especially be felt in Delhi and that makes this workshop even more important for me,” she added.
Day 1 of the workshop saw enthusiastic participation from the attendees with women from as far away as Jharkhand visiting to learn. Mithlesh Kumari Janaki, district co-ordinator of
Janaki and her colleagues from the Ekta Parishad travelled over 900 kilometres solely for the three-day workshop. “The distance and commute are hardly a discouraging factor when one gets to learn all this. I am looking forward to learning a lot more and making short films on climate change myself,” she said.
(The writer is a Semester IV student of BA (Journalism and Mass Communication) programme.)
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