Continuing from season 3 (check related posts) it is time to watch season 4. Here is a continued list of what I learned from episodes 1-7 of season 4 of Creative Indians, a show on Netflix.
Episode 1: Nawazuddin Siddiqui – Actor
1. Play with usual camera lenses
2. Execute what you imagine
3. Bring you passion to where you live
4. Leave home to learn more
5. Start small – enjoy the minor jobs
6. There is no talent – practice is king
7. Seek training
8. Realism is a thought process
9. Delivery in dialogue is an exercise
10. Mimic experts during practice
11. Find a mentor
12. Be open to honest feedback
13. Location can affect mood
14. Sometimes meeting expectation can be good
15. Change your mindset with each new opportunity
16. Embrace your uniqueness & special qualities
17. Try the opposite of what you like
18. Challenge you critics
19. Discover who you are
20. Develop a process
Episode 2: Dibakar Banerjee – Film Maker
1. Past works can be embarrassing
2. You don’t need to know why to get started
3. Your joy should be different with each project
4. Study the experts
5. Experimentation can lead to success
6. There is a limit to ego
7. Question pre-existing notions
8. Critique tradition
9. Take a lens to society
10. Determine an age group you want to appeal to
11. Money can give you social power
12. Frames should focus on character
13. Script should go through the genre
14. Language can determine class systems
15. Be grateful of where you are born
16. Understand your privilege
Episode 3: Imtiaz Ali – Film Maker
1. Do what you do well
2. Tell truths, be honest, take responsibility
3. Evoke splendor
4. Cinema can influence behavior
5. Tell stories to many people
6. Even if you are good sometimes you still don’t get in
7. Art has many avenues
8. Take an interest in people
9. Be open to letting go
10. Listen well
11. Amit when you don’t know
12. Be open to options
13. Seek communication on different platforms
14. Old doesn’t die it transforms
15. Your audience is smart
16. Take your chances
Episode 4: Radhika Apte – Actor
1. Do what you like when you were little
2. Overcome the dangers
3. Your hard work will be rewarded
4. Take inspiration from your personal life
5. Have empathy and faith
6. Develop discipline and patience
7. Know when to do research
8. Choose one to focus on out of many
9. You carry your emotions with you
10. Connect with people
11. Develop an idea
12. Work on projects that align with your values
13. Keep trying
14. Have realistic goals
Episode 5: Boman Irani – Actor
1. Retirement is a myth
2. Cinema is a great influence
3. Go on instinct
4. Make you hobby your passion
5. Fame doesn’t need to be your happiness goal
6. The bigger the antagonist the bigger the protagonist
7. Apply excitement when you work
8. Dig deeper for motives of behavior
9. Be a different human being with each new project
10. Work is enriching yourself as an artist
11. Concentrate on yourself & work
12. Resect writers
13. Fame can stop you from learning
14. Learn to listen
Episode 6: Peter Cat Recording Co.
1. People discover art in different ways
2. Befriend those you admire
3. Some people come some people go
4. Accidents can create great moments
5. Experiment with different tools & genres
6. Inspiration comes from vulnerability
7. Earn enough to survive
8. Change styles
9. Enjoy what you have done
10. Don’t project jealously on the other person
Episode 7: Listening Room
1. Learn from history
2. Ask where and why?
3. Tell your own story
4. Challenge peoples’ expectations
5. Your most memorable moments are the most important
6. Create an experience
7. Be open to going anywhere
8. Present variety
9. Your parents may never understand what you do
10. Keep wondering
11. The audience may know what you like better than you
12. Don’t wait for a gatekeeper
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