As you already know, i am very jobless in college (along with every student from that college). So, Abraham was planning to shoot a movie of his (SECRET!) which unfortunately could not be undertaken as two of the actors had gone for a cricket match…Soooo, i thought, why waste the camera? I decided to make a video spoof (a first!) and we decided to spoof Slumdog Millionaire. If there was a sequel to Slumdog Millionaire, what would the story be? Well, of course, all the people Jamal stepped on to become famous would be after his ass for the money he won on Who wants to be a millionaire..sit back and enjoy!
I know its hard to believe, but i actually went for a fest without the intention of meeting chicks but to actually participate in the events.
My friend who studies in CMRIT, came to our college to invite us for their fest CULTURA 09. In excitement we all gave our names for all sorts of events (out of which MAd Ads we didnt do because we weren’t ready enough).
I gave my name for Western Solo Singing, and my classmates decided to give our names for the western group song also. So, every week, a certian short lady from my class forced us to practice every freakin day, (having a blast bossing me around) for practice.
The fest was for two days (19th-20th). On 19th was the solo singing. We reached there on time, and to our shock realized that the prelims for the solo song already had 22 participants, and only 7 would be selected. My two friends and me tried our luck, and came to know that i got selected for the stage event (even though my other two friends really deserved it).
I was really excited (and overconfident)… And the time for me to perform came..And god did i perform. I put so much feeling to it, that Enrique’s father would be proud ( i sang “Somebody’s Me” by Enrique Iglesius). The other participants also kicked butt, most of them were awesome. The results came, and i got the 2nd prize. What a shock that a CMRIT student got first place even though her song selection sucked donkey balls. I got 1000 bucks in cash ,a fastrack watch worth 1200 bucks annddd fastrack sunglases worth 700 bucks. ( I KNOW , CMRIT IS RICH).
Next day was group song, and we came aaram seee (translation:in our own sweet time) and got ready for the prelims. We got selected for to perform on stage. And to my shock realized that i wont be able to make it on time for my play rehearsals. I panicked, and for the first time in history ladies and gentlement, Kenneth Sebastian got angry. And i regret it. Anywho, i begged the host to make us perform first, and we did.
And did we rock the stage, we performed awesomely! And as soon as we finished the songs ( Banana Boat by Rockapella and Lollipop by the Chordettes). I ran like a little girl late for her date for the rehearsals. I was 2 and half hours late and really relieved that my teacher didnt get angry, and the rehearsals also went very well! (mainly because, during it i got a message from my friends that we wont FIRST PLACE in the group song!).
All in all, awesome week…one of the best weeks of my life actually, and i never say that.
Man, i mean the last few weeks have been surreal. My theater instructor Siddhanth actually gave me a part in his play called “Bedtime Stories”, first of all, really thankfull to him to making this crazy decision and second i dont know if i will pull it off (ofcourse i will!) The play is on April 11th at Chowdiah Memorial Hall, Bangalore at 4:00 Pm, please do come and watch…Apart from that, I will also be going for the CMRIT (Chickenguniea Money Ready Institute of Technology) for its fest. Will be participating in solo singing, group singing, MAd Ads (First time). So, all we are doing this whole week in college is bunking class and practising for it….
Also, I am composing a song, written by a short friend (in terms of height) of mine..who is pretty talented when it comes to writing and being annoying. Aniket is also planning to make a documentary, which i dont know if he will actually finish it cause he does promise to do a lot of things..(like cut his hair!).
Because of all this stuff, i havent had enough time to work on my films and The tutorials, which i promise i will resume after April 11th.
ps: I am attaching a poster i did for What would you do? Episode 6 Concept art…Tell me what you think!
Being an art student mostly means you have a lot of time on your hands. So, Since our class had gone for a study tour to Hampi (i couldn’t since i blew a lot of money in the Suratkal Trip), the guys who hadnt gone for the trip were getting hell bored. So Abraham and me decided to do a Hip hop video , amazingly during class hours, while our teachers were roaming outside. Abraham took his cam, and put it on the floor, while Niaz and Abraham did freestyle..i did what i remembered from the Hip hop workshop we did at Incident 09.
The song we used was Will Smiths “Party Starter”,since we hadn’t planned this, and that was the only good song in anyone’s phone at the time…So sit back and waste 2 minutes of your precious time watching young teenagers going completly retarted in class.
I just tried out a simple effect of simulating someone driving a car. I have seen it been done in countless movies (sometime you wont be even aware of it!), so i thought i will give it a try. Its my first try, so its very rough..If you want me to make a tutorial, pls say so in the comment..If i get enough responses, i will make one, otherwise the video itself is pretty self explanatory…
I know its hard to believe, but i actually went for a fest without the intention of meeting chicks but to actually participate in the events.
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