Dwelling In (On) Bombay Cinema
Dwelling In (On) Bombay Cinema is an experimental research into the domestic condition of Bombay through a reading of Bombay cinema. It composes of an audio-visual product and the following textual documentation of the investigation methodology. These two entities are intended to be archived together digitally and physically. This work is part of the final assignment (trabajo fin de máster) of the masters programme in architectural communication or MAca (Máster Universitario en Comunicación Arquitectónica ) in the Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid (Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid) under the Technical University of Madrid (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid). The following document is to accompanied by the digital essay-film available through the following link: https://youtu.be/OO8dxD5Ypos The investigation is authored by Akshid Rajendran. And tutored by Atxu Amann y Alcocer and Samuel Fuentes. January 2019.
Dwelling In (On) Bombay Cinema is an experimental research into the domestic condition of Bombay through a reading of Bombay cinema. It composes of an audio-visual product and the following textual documentation of the investigation methodology. These two entities are intended to be archived together digitally and physically. This work is part of the final assignment (trabajo fin de máster) of the masters programme in architectural communication or MAca (Máster Universitario en Comunicación Arquitectónica ) in the Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid (Escuela Técnica Superior de
Arquitectura de Madrid) under the Technical University of Madrid (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid).
The following document is to accompanied by the digital essay-film
available through the following link: https://youtu.be/OO8dxD5Ypos
The investigation is authored by Akshid Rajendran.
And tutored by Atxu Amann y Alcocer and Samuel Fuentes.
January 2019.
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Part A: An Extended Prologue<br />
The Narrative<br />
The narrative encompasses two main categories: the audio-visual<br />
and the verbal. The audio-visual builds its narrative power relying<br />
heavily on the selection of scenes as well as the video-editing that<br />
ties them together. The verbal narrative, on the other hand, must<br />
be thought of as part of the whole in order to successfully blend.<br />
The verbal narrative works only to create a unified product working<br />
in conjunction with (and against wherever necessary) the cinema’s<br />
audio and image. The point of the verbal narrative mustn’t<br />
be to enforce a presupposed point of view of the cinematic content.<br />
Neither should it be to help focus the viewer’s attention on<br />
any one part of the image. Rather it should work as a guide that<br />
fortifies links between relevant parts of the audio-visual narrative.<br />
The essay video’s ability to tell a story relies heavily on successful<br />
editing. And editing relies heavily on memory. It becomes necessary<br />
to keep a whole project in one’s head. (M. Alter, 2003). <strong>In</strong><br />
order to complete the single, consistent product that communicates<br />
the necessary audio-visual and verbal narrative, the process<br />
of editing needs to assist the fluidity, rigidity and coarseness, pace<br />
and rhythm of the essay video. <strong>On</strong>ce the video and its audio have<br />
a coherent narrative that links up all the relevant observations, the<br />
next step would be to identify musical elements that can encompass<br />
the necessary mood for the necessary duration. Sound effects<br />
can be used to transition smoothly between films of differing aesthetic<br />
sensibilities. <strong>On</strong>ce the voice-over is recorded, the audio must<br />
be compressed and allowed to sit within a steady frequency range,<br />
unaffected by the background music. Depending on the kind of<br />
scene and its central focus, the cuts and transitions will define the<br />
pace and rhythm of the essay video. The idea is to unify various<br />
ideas using a common aesthetic and graphic identity to create the<br />
essay film, that consists of smaller elements that were not intended<br />
to fit together but somehow do.
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