After documentaries on dance, artwork, and heritage, Bengaluru-based filmmaker Vinod Rajendra modifications tracks with a venture for South Western Railway. Titled The First Journey, the recently-released safety consciousness campaign started in January and is supported by the ICICI Foundation. “13 2D animated adverts, three live-action quick fiction films, and 6 academic/documentary shorts have been created,” says Vinod, who is thought for documentaries Lepakshi and Change — which created Guinness World Records as most dubbed quick documentary and most dubbed quick fiction respectively for being dubbed in 11 languages
Vinod Rajendra
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Vinod explains how his father and grandfather are retired workers of the Indian Railways and some family are nonetheless working with the division. “I’ve at all times had a passion for the Indian Railways. Growing up, my favorite night spot after college was my hometown Hindupur’s railway station. I used to stroll in regards to the platform and watch trains passing by.” Which is why the topic stays near his coronary heart.
“The concept of the venture is to make passengers conscious of secure journey strategies,” says Vinod, 31, whose animated films talk about topics resembling problems with boarding and alighting a transferring prepare, carrying inflammables, and the right way to keep away from degree crossing accidents, amongst others.
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The documentaries After Effects of Stone Pelting, Rolling In and Rolling Out, Points Man, Gate Man, and Safety Counsellor, deal with the perils of stone pelting, safety protocols to be adopted, the safety of workers, and so on. “We shot all of the films at railway stations in and round KSR Bengaluru City Junction and Yelahanka Junction,” says Vinod, whose staff primarily contains freelancers. “For every of my initiatives, I desire working with new expertise as I might study from them. For The First Journey, I had a staff of round 25 individuals.”
He provides that because the consideration span of individuals has lowered, the media content material ranges from simply 20 seconds to 4 minutes every. Soon, the films will likely be screened in theaters, at railway stations, on social media platforms, and so on. “The films have additionally been translated into English, Telugu, Kannada, and Tamil to succeed in a wider viewers,” says Vinod, who’s now engaged on pitches for an animated quick on Krishna Devaraya and a live-action documentary on Bharatanatyam.