Will Virtual Production Take Over Indian Cinema?
Virtual production has made a big impact on Hollywood. Will this technological tsunami also wash over Indian cinema, drowning out conventional filmmaking?
Transforming Cinema With Virtual Production
In a few years, virtual production won’t be qualified as such; it will simply be called production. Because that’s how production will happen.
Challenge Of The Virtual In Cinema
Colour brought us closer to lived physical ‘meatspace’ reality, but virtual production can very easily take us away from it
Can Virtual Production Democratise Filmmaking?
For decades, production designer and artist, Aradhana Seth, has worked on creating film sets that are intrinsic to storytelling.
Immersive & Interactive: Virtual Production In Video Games
Much like how cinema changed the lives of people in the previous generation, video games are doing the same for the current generation
How Foreign Locations In Bollywood Revealed India's Socio-political Aspirations And Anxieties
Virtual production technology eliminates the need for Bollywood filmmakers to travel abroad. But what do foreign locations really mean, socially and politically?
Homo Technologicus: The Threat Of AI To Cinema
Cinema and technology, a besotted couple across the arc of industrial modernity, is headed for a split
Four Years After Abrogation Of Article 370, What Has Changed In Jammu & Kashmir?
The recent Supreme Court verdict upholding the central government’s move to abrogate Article 370 of the Indian Constitution impacts Kashmir and its people deeply
Supreme Court's Verdict On Article 370: A Constitutional Backsliding?
The judgement of the Supreme Court in the Article 370 case heralds an ever-increasing disconnect between constitutional law and constitutional reality in post-colonial India
Parallel Parking In Downtown Srinagar
'Kashmir was constitutionally up for grabs, "Buy the exotic Kashmiri land" and "marry the apple-cheeked Kashmiri women" was the refurbished two-point policy of settling in Kashmir'
With Eye On 2024 Elections, BJP Plays Social Engineering Card
By appointing a mix of Adivasi, OBC, Dalit, and Brahmin leaders as CMs and deputy CMs, the BJP is keeping a close eye on the 2024 General Elections
Fossil Fuel Phase-Out Poses A Narrowing Window For India
While the climate change conference marks the beginning of the end of the fossil fuel era, India will have to urgently find ways to move away from coal. Securing finance for new projects is going to be a big challenge
Ladakh Welcomes Verdict On Article 370 But Sticks To Statehood Demand
While the Union Territory has welcomed the abrogation of Article 370, it is demanding Sixth Schedule status and full statehood
With Transition From Celluloid To Digital, A Subliminal Loss Of Cinematic Experiences
Over the last decade, the filmmaking and film-watching cultures have transitioned from celluloid to digital. The new tech has provided us several gains, but shouldn’t we also pause to consider what we’ve lost?
Residual Memory Of The Making Of Past Cinemas
There was an era when the most important person in a cinema theatre was the projector operator, often more than the owner.
Chronicles From Life In Kashmir Under Lockdown
On August 6, 2019, the Government of India revoked the special status, or autonomy, granted under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution to Jammu and Kashmir. What follows are some of those chronicles from that time about daily life in a lockdown.
Recovery Diary: The Battle From Sickness to Health
After failing to shake off a fever for a week and feeling quite wretched, the author was taken to the hospital. The doctor ordered a few tests. The report confirmed the doctor’s suspicions.
Virtual Production: Unwilling Suspension Of Disbelief
In this issue, Outlook looks at how filmmaking is set to change with virtual production. We have also tried to bring in the loss of cultural space with the phasing out of single screen cinemas documented brilliantly by Hemant Chaturvedi.