Author: Neetole Mitra
I'm a lost soul who enjoys everything and nothing. I have wandered about for quite some time and have currently landed here. I am serious Film Enthusiast from India. Have studies film making and will be mostly dissecting Indian Cinema on this portal. Hope this is what my calling is.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:
Sri Aurobindo Centre for Arts and Communications Diploma in Film & T.V. Production (Specialised in Direction & Scriptwriting) 2011
Delhi University, Gargi College B.A English (H) 2009
Bluebells International School XII CBSE 2006
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Currently working in ET Media Labs as a Copy Writer and Visualizer |Since June, 2012|
Interned as a Copywriter in Ogilvy & Mather |From February, 2012 to May, 2012|
Worked for clients like Max New York Health Insurance, Hushbabies.com, VaRighty.com, YS group of Institutes, Rigo Clothings and AIMT, Lucknow.
WORK RESPONSIBILITIES:
? Maintaining engagement on all our social media platforms.
? Researching and strategizing to improve engagement.
? Planning and executing campaigns for different occasions and demands of clients.
? Making presentations and proposals for prospective clients.
? Writing occasional blog posts.
? Handling client communication for overall creative process.
ACADEMIC PROJECTS:
? Short Fiction Film:
o Adaptation of a Ruskin Bond Short Story; thematically exploring Nostalgia and Urbanisation
o Screenplay, Casting, Direction and Editing
o 17 minute film shot in an outside location using Canon 5D Mark II in a budget of 37,000
? Short Documentary:
o Exploring Power Politics in Relationships
o Script, Direction and Camera
o 17 minute Documentary shot in 3 indoor locations using a PD-177
OTHER ACHIEVMENTS:
? I was invited by Culture Unplugged to participate in the Film Festival “We Speak, Here” with my short documentary “Because”.
? Participated and Won various music competitions while in school; experience of studio recording (including AIR India, New Delhi)
? Awarded 3rd Prize in Paper Presentation on “Adapting Literature to Screen: Ray on Tagore” during Literary Festival (Literatti) in 2008.
? Distinguished Volunteering in XIX International Association for Volunteering Effort’s World Volunteer Conference on Volunteering for Peace in Multicultural Societies organized by UN Volunteers, PIDT and IAVE
INTERESTS:
Reading, Travelling, Cinema, Music, Writing & Blogging (https://wonderworldofawondermind.wordpress.com).
Indian cinema is finally moving out of Mumbai and “Bollywood”. It is finding mesmerising stories with new flavours at different turns of the erratic landscape of the Indian subcontinent. Gangs