Between Breaths Results are here. Unlike last year when we had some good contest, this year thanks to voting and insights from our Jury, we have a clear winner. However, before we can go ahead and open the box to reveal the winner, lets have a look at the different entries...
Break Even was interesting effort. As Anish pointed out 'there are plenty of positives in this movie. For once there is no talk of Love, Drugs and Career pressure in a movie set in campus.' This was a high. Most of the time we see these stereotypes and they are big turn-offs. Background score was a let down. Ali noted a few interesting things about how subtitling was done. If one gotta shoot... This is a realistic take on networking based businesses which always had a grey area. Its very contemporary and language doesn't look alien. The body language is interesting and very close to reality.
On The Blindspot, Gyandeep noted that... 'Nicely done. Ironic. But needs some trimming. Also, could have done away with a lot of meandering shots like the guy getting dressed up and using the camera as a gimmick at places. Message is nicely driven through. Good effort.' Anish was a little upset about they way aping of 'Delhi Belly' was done, though not affecting the feel, it has become a sort of trend. Blindspot was good but an outdated idea.
Romance Not Again attracted two opinions. Sujoy felt that the story had two plots and should have been seperated. Harish found a nice blend among both. However, everyone agreed that it was decent feel good sort of movie that had a charm of its own. Camerawork was a letdown... The high was the acting performances and overall feel.
Pushkar's (untitled) evoked mixed opinions. This guy has really high standards. Gyandeep said... 'Deft direction and crisp cinematography' to sum up everything. Cinematography wise it was definitely one of the best in the event. Concept was interesting but the bottomline was rugged. And fonts, they were a little out of place. The sync between scene and music was really applaudable... though we would have appreciated original than copyrighted material.
Johnny Gaddar was a two headed monster. It drew sharp contrasting views. Harish remarked, 'You got to have guts when you are attempting something like JG. The climax is very much kind of expected but overall this has come out very well. Nice tribute to JG indeed.' On the other hand, Gyandeep felt differently. He remarked'The weakest entry in this fest, in my opinion. Don't mean to be harsh but what's the point in doing this, really? This is just a fraction of the entire synopsis of the beloved 'Johnny Gaddaar'. The camera tries TOO hard to get our attention and it does but in all the wrong ways. To be honest, I had expected the moon when I read the title. Turns out, I was horribly wrong.' Anish tend to support Harish on this while Ali and Sujoy were not sold out to the concept.
Cold Feet didn't attracted much attention and applause. It was a weak entry. Sujoy remarked, ' One can see the point behind the story. Camera work is more random... either its experimentation or job gone kaput. Music... is definitely overdone. Concept should have been developed more.' Anish wondered how FB is attracting cine-enthusiasts.
Payanathin Mudivil attracted favorable reviews. Sujoy noted 'One word wow. Initially it was ok but the way it summed up... brilliant work. The performances and the use of voice over is really good. I would definitely pick a few things :) Camera work was really awesome in some pieces. Direction is pretty decent. The plot came out well. Bravo' Gyandeep too felt the same and remarked, 'Fresh is what I'd like to associate with this movie.' Anish was not much happy with the direction and acting while Ali noted a void.
Between Breaths 2012 witnessed some amazing entries. Special note for (untitled) and Johnny Gaddar. They added the 'thriller' flavor to this season dedicated to Alfred Hitchcock. There was one outright winner. No other video came close. Just to give an idea, it got almost 50% of over all votes. Before I spill the name, TRM would like to thanks Anish Singh, Harish Mallya, Gyandeep Pattnayak, Ali Naqvi and Sujoy Ghosh for their valuable time as Jury Members.
The winner of Between Breaths 2012 is Manikandan's Payanathin Mudivil. Congrats to Manikandan and his team.
Break Even was interesting effort. As Anish pointed out 'there are plenty of positives in this movie. For once there is no talk of Love, Drugs and Career pressure in a movie set in campus.' This was a high. Most of the time we see these stereotypes and they are big turn-offs. Background score was a let down. Ali noted a few interesting things about how subtitling was done. If one gotta shoot... This is a realistic take on networking based businesses which always had a grey area. Its very contemporary and language doesn't look alien. The body language is interesting and very close to reality.
On The Blindspot, Gyandeep noted that... 'Nicely done. Ironic. But needs some trimming. Also, could have done away with a lot of meandering shots like the guy getting dressed up and using the camera as a gimmick at places. Message is nicely driven through. Good effort.' Anish was a little upset about they way aping of 'Delhi Belly' was done, though not affecting the feel, it has become a sort of trend. Blindspot was good but an outdated idea.
Romance Not Again attracted two opinions. Sujoy felt that the story had two plots and should have been seperated. Harish found a nice blend among both. However, everyone agreed that it was decent feel good sort of movie that had a charm of its own. Camerawork was a letdown... The high was the acting performances and overall feel.
Pushkar's (untitled) evoked mixed opinions. This guy has really high standards. Gyandeep said... 'Deft direction and crisp cinematography' to sum up everything. Cinematography wise it was definitely one of the best in the event. Concept was interesting but the bottomline was rugged. And fonts, they were a little out of place. The sync between scene and music was really applaudable... though we would have appreciated original than copyrighted material.
Johnny Gaddar was a two headed monster. It drew sharp contrasting views. Harish remarked, 'You got to have guts when you are attempting something like JG. The climax is very much kind of expected but overall this has come out very well. Nice tribute to JG indeed.' On the other hand, Gyandeep felt differently. He remarked'The weakest entry in this fest, in my opinion. Don't mean to be harsh but what's the point in doing this, really? This is just a fraction of the entire synopsis of the beloved 'Johnny Gaddaar'. The camera tries TOO hard to get our attention and it does but in all the wrong ways. To be honest, I had expected the moon when I read the title. Turns out, I was horribly wrong.' Anish tend to support Harish on this while Ali and Sujoy were not sold out to the concept.
Cold Feet didn't attracted much attention and applause. It was a weak entry. Sujoy remarked, ' One can see the point behind the story. Camera work is more random... either its experimentation or job gone kaput. Music... is definitely overdone. Concept should have been developed more.' Anish wondered how FB is attracting cine-enthusiasts.
Payanathin Mudivil attracted favorable reviews. Sujoy noted 'One word wow. Initially it was ok but the way it summed up... brilliant work. The performances and the use of voice over is really good. I would definitely pick a few things :) Camera work was really awesome in some pieces. Direction is pretty decent. The plot came out well. Bravo' Gyandeep too felt the same and remarked, 'Fresh is what I'd like to associate with this movie.' Anish was not much happy with the direction and acting while Ali noted a void.
Between Breaths 2012 witnessed some amazing entries. Special note for (untitled) and Johnny Gaddar. They added the 'thriller' flavor to this season dedicated to Alfred Hitchcock. There was one outright winner. No other video came close. Just to give an idea, it got almost 50% of over all votes. Before I spill the name, TRM would like to thanks Anish Singh, Harish Mallya, Gyandeep Pattnayak, Ali Naqvi and Sujoy Ghosh for their valuable time as Jury Members.
The winner of Between Breaths 2012 is Manikandan's Payanathin Mudivil. Congrats to Manikandan and his team.
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