Ken Burns : The West , The Civil War

Documentary making is one of the best forms of artistic expression and Ken Burns is one of the best in this practice ! Period !
In 2002 , I had bought my first DVD on @Amazon . It was Ken Burn's  "The West"
Had watched the series on PBS  in US and had decided to "invest" my money !!
This series of PBS is still one of my favorites ..
Every word , every sentence in the script , every note in the background music and every pause and silence takes the story ahead.. sprinkled with philosophy on facts and history, it is not just entertaining but enlightening !
I like these films and miniseries more because of my liking for the American West and Wild West along with History.  But besides that bias, they are one of the finest of documentaries otherwise.
The Series "The CivilWar" and "The West" are some of the finest creations and are a must watch for connoisseurs of History , art , film making , philosophy or literature.
The Civil War : Captures the times and history of the young nation called United State , between 1860 until 1867 , when it started maturing as a country from the early start as a collection of federal states.
The West is a story of Wild West, starting from the early Gold Rush to the settling of the modern cities of West from Kansas to California , from Texas to Oregon !
My strong recommendation to anyone who is interested in any of the faculties of film making , documentary making , history , philosophy , literature , English language , music , background scores of just human life and psychology.

Short film .. A tweet with a story , a poem , a portrait !

My interest in Short films is recent. I like the concept more in the background of digital revolution as we have moved from reading to watching movies to reading blogs to microblogs like Twitter. Being a fan of old Twitter (140 characters) , being precise and brief is what attracts me. The content and story telling / screenplay plays a major role in such films.
I was trying to understand why Short films are more attractive ( and good ones really difficult to make ) than long films.
Here are some of the quotes that I liked about short films ..


Short film: you can be poetic and you don't have to answer anything. You can make whatever you want. You have creative freedom with short film.

But short films are not inferior, just different. I think the short gives a freedom to film-makers. What's appealing is that you don't have as much responsibility for storytelling and plot. They can be more like a portrait, or a poem.


I think that short films often contain an originality, a creative freedom, an energy and an invention that is inspiring and entertaining. I made shorts films, learning the dos and don'ts. Short films are good, especially since independent films are making waves now, more than before.

Length of a Short Film: ‘A short film can be anything from thirty seconds to thirty minutes in length –and this means they can do and be a great many different things. However, ifyou want to get your short into a festival, then keep it to no more than tenminutes. Remember: you can tell a great story in as little as 30 seconds. Andchances are, the longer the short, the more expensive it will be to produce

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Discover ourselves ..

We watch movies, read novels .. Just in an attempt to discover ourselves !  

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