A feather, Change, Progress, and film photography

Things I Noticed.

Hello,

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Here are few things from my past week that caught my attention -

1. I noticed - Ika - A short film.

   Ika, a 15-min short film by Raam Reddy is an interesting watch which beautifully captures and delivers the meaning of creativity, imagination and how mediums don’t matter when story is beautiful.

   
   You get to understand film, story, and depth of lead characters with the help of his surrounding in a short span of time.

   
   What caught me the most was the ending scene where the entire film protagonist shot is being viewed by him on a static TV but shown to us from his eye is a masterpiece direction.

2. Movies I Watched - Send Help, Sore: A Wife from the Future

3. A Question I pondered - linear progress or horizontal progress?
   Is it better to go deep into one thing? Or to spread our attention across multiple interests, growing bit by bit in all of them?

   
   I personally think the second option gives more meaning (to me atleast)

   • You get to be busy on things you actually like doing

   • Never get tired and be stuck on one thing.

   • Constant amalgamation of ideas from different fields do come up and might help us back.

   
   What do you think?
   

4. A workshop I attended -

   I attended the analogue photography and print workshop this past weekend and It feels like it might become a pivotal moment; not just for a hobby, but for how I choose to spend my time.

   I always felt an immense pull towards making memories, writing about them, and telling a story - Now the medium might change but the story I want to convey remains unchanged or even makes it better.
   
   It allows me to be intentional. Much like the film Perfect Days, I want my days to be filled with things I choose to do; things I love doing. The discomfort of choosing will appear from time to time, but doing what we love feels like the point of it all.

   This workshop reminded me of that.
   

   I love clicking pictures. I love writing. I love learning about different things. In a quiet way, it felt like a pat on the back—you’re on the right track.
   
   I’m still waiting for the scans of the photos I shot and the print I made. For now, I have a few samples captured by fellow participants.

   

   One of my first click using a film camera ever, and I am happy with it. I call it “Frame within a Frame”. Projected while checking the photo scans - photo clicked by _jayanti.jangid_