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Writing scripts

ci — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:01:47 +0000

pujitha explains script-writing

On the 21^st of June, the sessions were held at the main hall of the Aludeniya Maha Vidyalaya focused on the dynamics of writing. The idea was to connect the students’ activities with the cameras to the process of writing: how to interpret an image. At the end of the session the students were shown the Japanese film Rashoman and a discussion took off on it. As a final exercise, the students were asked to pick three images from the set of photos they were to take, and write a short script connecting those three images on the basis of what they had learnt in the workshop. The series of workshop will continue over the next two months.

First steps in photography…

ci — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:05:47 +0000

learning to use cameras

The first session was conducted on 20^th and 21^st of June 2008 where 30 participants took part. Though originally planned to be held at the main hall of the Aludeniya Maha Vidyalaya, the venue had to be shifted to the nearby Public Library as the school premises was taken over for a political event. The workshop series has the active support of the Public Library, the Aludeniya Maha Vidyalaya and the Gaveshi Resource Center.

On the first day, Colombo the Institute team ran into considerable difficulties due to a day long power failure. Audiovisual equipment usually used for these sessions could not be utilized on the day and screening of the film also had to be cancelled due to the same reason. Nevertheless, Jagath Pathirage conducted the session on photography using handouts and managed to ignite considerable discussions among the young participants.

trainee monk helping fellow student

In this session, an introductory to art photography took place. In addition to 27 folders containing lecture notes, the Institute also donated to the Gaveshi Resource Center 10 readers containing additional material in Sinhala on basics of art photography and two books in Sinhala on cinema and film. These were to be for the specific use of workshop participants.

Ten cameras were distributed among the participating students with the Gaveshi Center handling coordination among the 27 participants. They were instructed on how to use the cameras from loading film reels and batteries to using the flasher and other modalities.

The Institute also donated to the public library its own Sinhala language publications and study guides for GCE AL students for subjects such as geography, art, Sinhala, economics and so on.

CI donates books to aludeniya public library

Initial visit

ci — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:18:38 +0000

introducing the program being done in Dambana

Colombo Institute was invited by the Gaveshi Resource Centre in Aludeniya in the Kurunegala District to initiate the film project the institute had already started in Dambana and Dehiattakandiya. The Founder of the group and an art teacher in the Aludeniya Maha Vidyalaya, Mr. Eranda Samarakoon, having heard about the program, wanted his students to benefit from it as well. As such, a Colombo Institute team visited Aludeniya on 2nd of May 2008 to hold initial discussions and to assess the viability of implementing the program in this locality. The meeting was held at the Aludeniya Maha Vidyalaya under the auspices of the principal. It was attended by a large number of students from the GCE O Level and A Level classes from nearby schools, school teachers, cultural officers and youth services officers of the government and local elders.

introducing colombo institute

The general discussion suggested that the program should be implemented in this locality and there was significant interest among the potential students. Colombo Institute members explained the logistical difficulties in terms of entertaining too many people, resources available and what the outcome would be. The participants were also shown slide presentations of the program in progress in Dehiattakandiya and Dambana as well as a profile and goals of the Colombo Institute.