Friday, July 1, 2011

Zinfandel - the story behind the story

Zinfandel is a stroy about our notions of privacy and a bottle of wine.
It's set in a gated community, one of the numerous dotting India's Big Cities.

Its been in the making for over 6 months now.
With rehearsals, mock shoots, viral fever and people quitting.
Being a zero budget project, it started with the basic premise of 'Made from Beer and Love'. And it still is.

The first crew changed, it fell apart quickly.
And just as quickly a second one come onto being.
It has had its share of ups and down till now, but some core members have stuck around.
Actors Arpita, Vijay, ADs Fallah and Sandeep and me.
Amrita, my wife has griined and beared with us huddling in our flat working nights, shoving her into the study, out of the bedroom.
Simba, our very unsocial cat has come to be friends with the team.

This film is being made with a Canon EOS 5D MK II and shot with primarily a 50mm 1.8 lens.
It's written, directed and shot by me.

Here's the first official Trailer 1.



Coming soon are photos from the good old times, and the struggles in the new times.
There will pictues of people, videos, and very soon you'll see snap shots of our rough story boards.

Zinfandel is shaping up, in slow baby steps.