Recording Through Rain: Sound, Humidity and Tin-Roof Locations
A safer location-sound method for monsoon conditions: scout, schedule, move closer, record layers, protect equipment and redesign when needed.
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Read cinema.
Make cinema.
Research, film histories, close-reading methods and practical exercises for learning from Northeast India and the wider world.
A growing public study room,
connected to practice.
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01 / FEATURED NOTEStudy Cinema While You Work: A 12-Week Practice Plan
A realistic routine for watching closely, learning one craft problem at a time and completing small films alongside work or study.
Read the full essay →Satyajit Ray and Visual Writing: Study the Scene Before the Dialogue
Use scripts, sketches, blocking, image and sound as one system—without reducing Ray’s practice to a formula.
Read full note →Northeast cinema research
History becomes a way of looking.
Move from landscape and oral history to language, production, exhibition and film form. Each chapter sits beside practical guides and film records.
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The Landscape as Frame: Introduction & Cinema Grammar
Regional topography, oral traditions and research methodology.
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State-wise Chronicles, Part I: Assam & Manipur
State-wise chronicles of Assam and Manipur.
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State-wise Chronicles, Part II: The Cinemas of the Hills
Hill cinemas across Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram and beyond.
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The Spatial Grammar of Exhibition: Halls & Mobile Theatre
Single-screen halls, mobile theatre and exhibition spaces.
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