Saturday, November 1, 2008

Nishathan Aalasyam

The Realisation of a Dream

                                                                                                            - Anu Kurien 

It has been the realisation of a simple dream that began one quiet night in Singapore. Three friends – a musician, a pianist and a creative director – were discussing life in this, their adopted country. Together they made some music, wrote some poetry and created a montage of visuals and a storyline which culminated in this video album.

Having never made a video before, they found help everywhere from kind people in Singapore. They borrowed a camera, shot visuals at friends' homes and offices, found a stylist in their parish, a hero and heroine from the neighboring parish and recorded sound in a friend's apartment.  The only aspect done professionally was by an editor in Kerala.

This is a low-budget non-profit venture that tested their creativity and stretched their capabilities. They worked hard at their day jobs and spent their weekends in this constructive experiment. It is a test of their talent and a humble offering to the community, open to judgment and constructive criticism.

This maiden effort is a precursor of more creations to come. You are invited to participate in this collaborative creative process and travel along with them in this artistic journey. 

With pleasure and pride, we announce the release of our first video album, Snehardramayi.

Album: Snehardramayi

Song: Nishathan Aalasyam…

Lyrics and Music: Manoj Baby

Sound design and Orchestration: Basil Jose

Singers: Manoj Baby and Seema Mathew

Coordinator: Sojini Mathew

Cast: Soma Rachel and Pramod Zachariah

Editing: Deepu Joseph, Anjali Film Studio, Kochi

Direction: Jobin George Thomas

Audio Track

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good Work..Good music,voice and cinematography.

Anonymous said...

Hey Jobin and team,

An excellent work guys. Simply Marvelous.

I feel that you have guys have done a great job in capturing and portraying our lives here in Singapore.

I wish you all the best for all your future endeavors.

- Zac

Anonymous said...

Nice stuff ! Keep shooting !!

Anonymous said...

Pretty Interesting and a well made video , like the music ....
Good Job .....Kudos

Anonymous said...

Awesome guys!!! Great job!! I am IMPRESSED!!! :D You guys can go a long way!!

Anonymous said...

Another great work from your team...Congratzzzzzzz....keep the good work going..

Sini Mathew said...

Hi JOBIN
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
VERY NICELY DONE
One of my friends here in office also has seen
She also liked it

Anonymous said...

It was a delightful and pleasing clip. Very well done, all the best
and congragulations

Regards Albin

Anonymous said...

First, my sincere appreciation to all those, who have worked hard to make your dream a reality.

The photography is excellent and selection of location is great.

I must admit that the theme of this short clip is not very appropriate to what you have shown.
I think you could have made the story a bit more elaborate so that the hideen message in the clip could have been delivered to the views much more easily and clearly.

The songs did not add much colour to the clip.


Rather than focusing on one side of life, you could have added some more life to the whole story by focusing on different ways of life currently we are facing in Singapore.

Over all , you all have done a good job but difficult to get any special mention or grade.

Keep up your hard work and expecting more more wonderful job from your team members.

Best Wishes to all

Anonymous said...

Jobin, Manoj, Basil, Seema, Soma, Sojini, Sunil etc.....great work.....keep 'em comin'.!!

Anonymous said...

Hi Guys,

Great! The video album is really wonderful. Congratulations on the first one and hope more is on the way.

Regards

Dany & Sindhu

Anonymous said...

Congrats.Great job.Nice song.It doesn't really look amateur,quite professional.

Reena said...

Hi Jobin & Team,
Excellent Work, Wonderful Music, Nice cinematography.
All the Best !!!!
Expecting more such great videos in future. :-)
Reena (Sini Mathew's friend).

Anonymous said...

Great, thats a pretty good attempt. expect more from you. all the best wishes, some visuals are really catchy and well executed. Keep the good work and the concept even though not new but really taken well. Music and visuals are really going well together.

Great....

Anonymous said...

Hey Jobin !!!!
That was a fantastic video.
Great Job i must say.
The singers were great.
The shots were cool too.
I loved it.