Being Creative
& Following the Rules
Before joining a film school, I used to just utilize my free
time in writing stories to explore my creativity, and dreaming of seeing it on
the big screen. At that time I thought that having the raw material, which is the
paper where you have filled different characters, is just enough for choosing
them in real life, and shooting them in front of the camera. As I had taken my
first step into this world, I realized that there is much more than just a
simple story. Even a lay man person would know that what would be the first
step of making a film; having an ‘Idea’, and then penning it down creating
different kinds of characters after choosing a particular plot. Before having
the exact knowledge of film making, there was just one important thing
considered the most which is your ‘creativity’. I am not saying that this is
still not important, but as far as I have learnt about films, creativity is
just a ‘part’ of film making. The thing which replaces the part of being free
when you are writing is the ‘rules’ of making a film. The rules are applied in
almost every stage of film making. For considering the writing part we could
take the example of, while writing a script or a screenplay. It’s very
important to know the way to structure it, and how to write the key words as
well. As a beginner, at start it used to take a lot of effort to divide the
part of being creative, while writing the screenplay or a script applying the
rules to it as well. In an orientation programme, I was honored to ask ‘Ketan
Mehta’ about the rules which comes in between the creative line and he had
agreed to that saying, ‘sometimes there is a border line between the both of
them which gives limitations to what you want to write.’ After struggling a
lot, I slowly started to get used to this, and I still have a lot more to
learn. It’s very interesting to also have the knowledge of how to put the
proper story which we watch on screen into a theory. Which field doesn't have any rules? With the help of some rules it will make your output perfect with your creativity as well.
