SOT: Blind Photographer - Scene 10 Duck photo conversation: BT2C9939 (Anand Gandhi)

SOT: Blind Photographer - Scene 10 Duck photo conversation: BT2C9939

Director: Anand Gandhi; Cinematographer: Pankaj Kumar

Duration: 00:03:10; Aspect Ratio: 1.778:1; Hue: 107.996; Saturation: 0.041; Lightness: 0.453; Volume: 0.078; Cuts per Minute: 2.204; Words per Minute: 106.112

Chapter 1: Blind Photographer

Scene: UNUSED
Scene 10 Duck photo conversation

Characters: Vinay, Aaliya

Shot Description:
Vinay Explaining the Duck photo to Aaliya.
Duck photo Conversation

bedroom
Duck photo Conversation
home
laptop
Vinay Explaining the Duck photo to Aaliya.
wineglass
INT. ALIYA'S HOUSE - BEDROOM - DAY

Vinay and Aliya lean back on the bed. He goes through her pictures and describes them. She chews on some food and listens. VINAY Yeah, this one is quite an image. Alright, there's a very small pond at the bottom. And... There are four ducks swimming in four opposite directions. And the one in the center is frozen in the middle of its flapping of the wings. There's one sitting at the corner of the pond, away from us. It's wet. And there is one flying in to the frame from the right, and the one flying into it from the left. A Beat. Wait, it's actually a pair. ALIYA And the woman? Aliya learns forward and picks up a glass of wine. She takes a sip. VINAY Oh, she's right behind the pond. Standing upright. Looking towards the top left corner of the image. And she's splashing water in the same direction as well. She's got some sort of a contraption on her left hand. ALIYA Yeah, it was sprained. VINAY Well, it's giving her character. Aliya leans forward again. ALIYA And what about the background? She picks up some food and pops it into her mouth. VINAY There are a lot of trees in the background. Small house... with a gable roof. ALIYA (confused) Gable roof? They chuckle. VINAY A sloped roof. ALIYA And what about the light? VINAY I like the way light is falling. It's sort of angular, coming down from the top left and behind. I think the background would have looked better with lesser elements. Aliya takes another sip and leans back. Vinay slips into a few seconds of deep thought before continuing:

It's just too crowded at the moment, I think. Also, there's yellow pillow cases. ALIYA (stiffens) Yellow? VINAY Yeah. It doesn't work as well in black and white as it does in colour. ALIYA Why were you looking at the coloured version? VINAY I was curious. ALIYA Ok, so will you vectorise it please? She grabs more food. VINAY It doesn't work as well with all the elements in the image to be brought down to a line drawing. ALIYA Yeah, I know I'd miss most of the details, I'd still like to see it though. VINAY Sure. Yeah. Do you want to see another one? ALIYA Mm hmm.

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