Shakun Batra | Blocking And Camera Movement: Finding the Rhythm Of A Scene | Dial M For Films

Director Shakun Batra has co-written both his films - Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu and Kapoor & Sons. Catch him in conversation with Smriti Kiran (Artistic Director, MAMI & Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival) about the importance and process of creating rhythm through writing, blocking, staging and editing.
0:00:00 - Start
0:00:08 - Introduction to Shakun Batra
0:00:58 - What is meant by rhythm in a scene?
0:03:05 - How does one create rhythm?
0:10:06 - Blocking and staging a scene
0:11:25 - What is the impact of a recce on the rhythm?
0:16:12 - Being prepared before you start directing
0:21:05 - How does camera movement add to the rhythm?
0:26:30 - Creating the 'Chand Si Mehbooba' scene in Kapoor & Sons
0:39:52 - Who controls the rhythm?
0:46:52 - Q&A with the participants
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[@atulmongia]

What a fantastic session with Shakun. Helped me personally. Shakun really is very wise and honest to the T. Loved it. Thank you Smriti and MAMI...

[@yatharthb4172]

loved Awake..

[@kushangdholakia26]

Highly insightful, thank you so much Shakun and MAMI for this. One of those interviews which I'm gonna revisit every year.

[@smritikiran02]

Thank you so much Kushang for watching! So glad you liked the session:-)

[@HarishParthu123]

This is the best conversation I've heard about movies. ❤️

[@MAMIMumbaiFilmFestival]

Hi Harish, We're glad you liked the conversation. Thank you for joining!

[@bergwomaan]

43:00 Parvathy Thiruvothu's question :)

[@chiragbasran1779]

Thank you so much for arranging this session...it had deep insight of how to approach film making, really enjoyed & learnt so much.

[@smritikiran02]

Wonderful to know that you enjoyed the session! Thank you!

[@debuthefilmguy1897]

Wow , really informative

[@GOLDENMEHRA]

waaao..thanks Jio MAMI, Smriti, Shakun.

[@MAMIMumbaiFilmFestival]

Hi Gaurav, thank you for watching.

[@amanissar7125]

Gold

[@RakeshKumar-fc5ue]

Can u please add subtitles for this