Since we just passed the Mother's Day weekend, I thought of sharing this. An awesome read... from Hanne Blank's blog. Excuse me while I throw this down, I’m old and cranky and tired of hearing the idiocy repeated by people who ought to know better. Real women do not have curves. Real women do not look like just one thing. ...
Yesterday I was able to attend a lecture presented by veteran Sri Lankan filmmaker Ashoka Handagama titled “A New Era of Sri Lankan Cinema - More than a Dream”. Handagama, not only a well known and controversial director but also a top figure at Central Bank of Sri Lanka working as Director of Communications. Although as a filmmaker, he’s ...
I thought this video was pretty rad. It encompasses footage captured during the Brazilian Carnaval of 2011 using the tilt-shift feature which makes real people and Rio in general seem like miniature dinky toys. By Jarbas Agnelli and Keith Loutit.
Well, my newsletter subscription for WSPA, brought a very unusual update from Pakistan. To be honest I don't run through thoroughly on any of the newsletter subscriptions but the image heading itself caught my attention. A bear tied to a rope and another coming out from its nose....the story was on Bear Baiting, a horrific sport practiced in Pakistan where ...
Its been ages since I'v blogged....properly.Except for the occasional rants or updates on our video projects, really haven't written anything proper on this in ages. Kudos to Dee who's still keeping the blog live by some of her occasional posts. Back in the day we used to make it a point to post at least one blog post a week, ...
Recently I have been involved in editing one of our shorty documentaries and was trying to get some good music to compliment the visuals. Obviously the best option is to work with a composer to get the right music done for your requirement, but for many of us independent filmmakers this can be tough and costly. But luckily there ...
Colombo International Theater Festival will be held from 26th March - 2nd April 2012 at the British School Auditorium. While the main performances will be held at British College Auditorium there will be a series of workshops and lecturers at Goethe Institute in Gregory's Road. The festival will host a number of International Theater productions from countries such as ...
This excerpt from A Pale Blue Dot was inspired by an image taken, at Carl Sagan's suggestion, by Voyager 1 on February 14, 1990. As the spacecraft left our planetary neighborhood for the fringes of the solar system, engineers turned it around for one last look at its home planet. Voyager 1 was about 6.4 billion kilometers (4 billion miles) ...
Love is a confession… A turn of phrase that shot through into a night of stars at the Derana Music video awards held on last Friday, 5th November. ‘Aadaraye Ansumaathrayak’ carrying the theme love is a confession was nominated for 8 categories out of which it won 5 titles for Best Direction Best Cinematography Best Editing Best overall act Best ...
Oh Honey, the Indi Aappa was fantastic!Historian James Adams wrote of the American dream thus:"The American Dream, that has lured tens of millions of all nations to our shores in the past century has not been a dream of materia
Well this is just a thought that came up. ; the second JVP insurrection in the late 80s claimed more than 60,000 lives most of whom were in thier youths. The bloody carnage claimed policitians, undergraduates, artists, journalists and activists from all walks of lives. Many of those who were killed would have been in thier early/mid 40s if ...
In this episode of Idea Pettiya we were able to have a brief chat with Mithila Somasiri who is one of the major contributors and founding memebers of Sri Lankan nature and travel site Lakdasun.org The website is a thriving virtual community of people who share similar interests in travel and exploring Sri Lankan nature and wildlife. The website ...
Is it a comeback for Arnold or massive failure? In terms of a Schwarzenegger movie it's a roaring success. For the 65 year old actor he makes a very good comeback considering his limited acting abilities. The film initially has two parts, one being a CIA operation in Los Angeles and the transport of a federal prisoner and the ...
Interpretation. It is key to how we perceive the world that we live in. A specific set of events can occur but two people can walk away with completely different conclusions. Let me give you a real example. I recently dusted off my brothers copy of Richard Matheson's I am Legend. Having seen the film many years ago I decided ...
This month marks the 30th anniversary of Black July, I’m not 30 yet, and I wasn't born during that time, though like most youth I grew up with 20+ years of war and destruction. The anti-tamil riots during the month of July in 1983 should never be forgotten. As kids I remember my parents telling us about how they ...
See this wonderful figure? It may appear to be a piece of plastic or a toy to most of you. To me it is more of an effigy than a toy and it embodies the essence of a character especially if it is well crafted. After all it is the end user that dictates how an inanimate object is ...
Ethnocentrism is the tendency to believe that one's ethnic or cultural group is centrally important, and that all other groups are measured in relation to one's own.- Wikipedia Inspired by Barbara Kruger's Work
You might remember the previous post I published with regards to Bear Baiting in Pakistan, well some great news arrived in my inbox today! With so much donations and support WSPA has been able to rescue three bears and usher them to a safe sanctuary where they are enjoying their new found freedom.., Its really great to see that something ...
A friend who visited Delhi after some years away reported the new, hip thing to do in Delhi clubs. Cocaine. Affluent men, women of the upper classes lazed around getting high, but it was the lax attitude about it that shocked her.Cocaine is primarily a substance which stimulates the brain and is highly addicitve. I'll leave the pros and cons ...
