lights on start sound camera clap action ​​'om namo venkateshaya', 'om gam ganapathaye namah'. everything begins with the almighty's blessings. for this initiative, thanking everyone is as equal as thanking god. since my first movie the people who supported me
and telugu audience across the globe my gratitude to you. krr classroom like a film school will not have any theory, or syllabus. all the experience that i have gained in my 100 movies journey will be converted to different lessons through krr classroom topic number onewhat are the qualities required to become a director? topic number 2how did i become a director?
topic number 1 the qualities to become a director! during exams, we study to get 1st rank, with great determination. similarly in any game, we play with great determination to win. it is the same with direction no matter how many failures and insults you face you must have the determination to become a director along with determination, a director needs 100% creativity. creativity means,
for example, you have a scene where a mother has to feed her crying child and while feeding she is happy. without ending the scene there while the mother is feeding her baby the camera can pan to a calf running to her mother to drink milk. show the happiness in the eyes of both the mothers and show how the calf and baby become energetic after drinking milk. inter-cut both these scenes and enhance the scene. this is what creativity is. as an assistant director when you are sitting in a story discussion, when the writer is narrating the story,
you should carefully listen to what he says and simultaneously visualize the scenes. for instance, you have to prepare the story board in the mind like this. some assistant directors might not get the chance to be a part of the story discussion. at that time, the next day when you get the scene to your hand, on one side there will be action and on the there properties needed will be mentioned, as an assistant director while you do the work you have to read the scene in detail. the next day when the director is directing the scene
which shot he is shooting how, you must observe that seriously. suppose, if the director has taken the scene in 32 shots, after going home recall all the shots in your mind, edit them in your mind and organize it in a manner that you should be able to see the total scene. here is the real matter,
the scene that was shot in the morning you should analyse how would you shoot it. after the director has edited the scene, you should compare the scene you edited in your mind. definitely if the scene by the director is good, you will understand the mistake you did in the scene you imagined. when you are working as an assistant director, you need to be friendly with every technician. particularly, the camera man, you should observe him you should know the what lens are they using for different shots you must ask and learn.
in a similar way, when you are with a writer, learn how they form a story, how they conceive. if you know all these, when the director transforms the story it is easy to understand how he improvises what the writer has written. which is a very important. in the same way you need to travel along with the music director, editor, art director and all the technicians. when you become a director, you will have a command on all the departments.
as an assistant director when you are on sets, you have to be active and energetic. when producers, artists, technicians and everyone appreciate your work and bless you the confidence level in you will increase. in this manner, whoever has a zeal for learning will definitely be a good director. whatever i have shared with you now are my experiences in my career but this not a rule just a guideline. now, how did i become a director? my father was a popular director.
when i was in school i used to watch lot of his movies. when i was in college, we used to live in madras. we used to watch a lot of tamil movies. particularly, mr. k.s.gopalakrishnan mr. sridhar mr. bheem singh movies in telugu adurthi subba rao, pratuagatma
madhusudhan rao movies. after watching the late night shows while my friends are busy discussing other topics i would be thinking only about the movie particularly if there were shots or scenes taken in variety i would wonder if i ever become a director, how can i adopt this scene, how can i take this shot. from then on i wanted to become a director i was determined to make movies better than them. i graduated from my college with b.a in hand,
and i joined my father as an assistant director. by then my father had made many wonderful films but those were too classy and some ideas were too advanced and ahead of those times due to which the films couldn't get commercial success. the name of our banner was prakash productions and the emblem was a light house. the light house's bulb which lighted many lives was burnt. from that moment the will to become a director grew even more and wanted
to make my father proud by lighting the light house once again. i have learnt a lot as an assistant director near my father instead of being like a director's son, by mingling with all the technicians on the set, i became aware about all the departments. the specialty in my father is, he used to write every scene in detail. so, i used to read and visualise scenes the whole night which was supposed to be shot the next day and go to the sets. after going on the sets, my father used to direct the scene in a different way.
i used to get really angry. at that time i didn't have the common sense to understand that he was the director and i shouldn't get angry. after the scene was shot and edited and after seeing the scene, the scene would be fantastic. then i used to understand that what i imagined was wrong and what my father directed was correct. this was proved many times. i have learnt a lot from him this way.
when i was working on late dr. d. ramanaidu's movie, seeing my command on music, story discussions and editing he wanted to give me the opportunity as a director but due to few reasons that could not happen. after that, my friends ceaser, k l kumar and gopala krishna gave me the opportunity to direct my first movie "babu". in my opinion learning about film making is endless. even today whenever i watch great films,i feel like a student.
for fun, here's a small quiz for you! in the beginning of the episode, on one side i placed a nandi award and on the other side i placed money along with an apple. why did i place them, i will reveal it to you in the beginning of the next episode. till then you keep guessing and comment below. whatever you guessed and whatever i thought we will discuss it in the next episode..
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