One experience I had about managing the obstacles on a film set was in my college. We had a film making competition. And that was my first real attempt to do something related to films. We required a coffee shop to shoot our idea. But we weren't given permission as it was a weekend and the place seems crowded. But I was so adamant to change the location because of the lighting ambience that coffee shop offers. So we came up with an idea of secretly shooting while one of us orders something at the counter. We shot some part but it wasn't coming off as we wanted. What was supposed to be fixed camera shots were turned to follow shots. To elaborate, we had a small camera which would fit on one of the trolley chairs in the shop. We carefully shot everything as if we were moving the chair from one place to other. And we did all of this for a 2minute video competition. The real crowd in the video who didn't know we were shooting made the film look so real and we stood as runner ups. This is one of the most memorable experiences I had.
Later I realised how managing things or the constraints we face irrespective of the kind work we do is key. The gut feeling to stick to what we believe in any kind of situation is always important. And at the end of the day constraints make you original. #IITKanpur
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