Hampi Diaries Day 2
The next day, the crew decided to visit the Virupaksha temple, the biggest temple in Hampi. It is huge, ancient and simply breath taking. It was 12 pm, and the stones underneath our feet were burning, but our curiosity and enthusiasm took over the external factors.
Few of the crew members were going to arrive on day 2. Hence, we were eagerly waiting for them, waiting to tell them that how shooting here would be an experience of a lifetime!
Also, it happened to be our Co-Producer / still photographer's birthday! She was dancing from one place to another mainly because it was her day, and also because she couldn't find phone service anywhere in the village. Infact at one point of time at Bazaar street (market) one could see the crew members desparately searching for network, raising their phones in the air, shaking the phone, cursing the service providers! Finally we found a tree, under which there were 2 bars of network!
After a huuuuge meal, huge because we probably ate for 2 hours that day. The orders never seem to end. Akash and Ruhie decided to get 'vodka pasta' because it sounded different, though the contents were nothing like the name. Deepa, Meghna, Vishal, Kumar started with the rounds of pan cakes, and nutella covered loafs! We were so full by the end of that meal that we thought dinner will be light, but alas, it wasn't like that at all!
The readers may seem to get an impression that the crew just ate, slept and drank water there, but we were preparing for the next day's shoot, because we knew on the following day everyone is going to be running around, eating and drinking when they get time, and resting if time permits!
In the evening, we decided to shoot the interview, endless discussions on locations, lights etc!! We moved all the equipment to a guesthouse's corridor, debated on the light going down and how it would affect the shoot, then moved all that equipment to a room in another guest house...and we did almost start shooting...untill everyone thought the setting was upto the mark, it was good, but we could do better with natural light. The decision was right, natural light will be better than indoor lighting...so we packed up and headed for dinner.
At night, after everyone was settled in, we had a meeting, where we discussed the final plan, who takes over when. Meghna, Deepa, Rahul, Vishal and Kumar were given the first shift, which began at 5 am. We also over viewed everything, equipments, batteries, schedule, our t-shirts and caps, permissions to shoot, release forms...and much more!!We wound up the dinner, as a good sleep was essential for a long and exciting day ahead.
Few of the crew members were going to arrive on day 2. Hence, we were eagerly waiting for them, waiting to tell them that how shooting here would be an experience of a lifetime!
Also, it happened to be our Co-Producer / still photographer's birthday! She was dancing from one place to another mainly because it was her day, and also because she couldn't find phone service anywhere in the village. Infact at one point of time at Bazaar street (market) one could see the crew members desparately searching for network, raising their phones in the air, shaking the phone, cursing the service providers! Finally we found a tree, under which there were 2 bars of network!
After a huuuuge meal, huge because we probably ate for 2 hours that day. The orders never seem to end. Akash and Ruhie decided to get 'vodka pasta' because it sounded different, though the contents were nothing like the name. Deepa, Meghna, Vishal, Kumar started with the rounds of pan cakes, and nutella covered loafs! We were so full by the end of that meal that we thought dinner will be light, but alas, it wasn't like that at all!
The readers may seem to get an impression that the crew just ate, slept and drank water there, but we were preparing for the next day's shoot, because we knew on the following day everyone is going to be running around, eating and drinking when they get time, and resting if time permits!
In the evening, we decided to shoot the interview, endless discussions on locations, lights etc!! We moved all the equipment to a guesthouse's corridor, debated on the light going down and how it would affect the shoot, then moved all that equipment to a room in another guest house...and we did almost start shooting...untill everyone thought the setting was upto the mark, it was good, but we could do better with natural light. The decision was right, natural light will be better than indoor lighting...so we packed up and headed for dinner.
At night, after everyone was settled in, we had a meeting, where we discussed the final plan, who takes over when. Meghna, Deepa, Rahul, Vishal and Kumar were given the first shift, which began at 5 am. We also over viewed everything, equipments, batteries, schedule, our t-shirts and caps, permissions to shoot, release forms...and much more!!We wound up the dinner, as a good sleep was essential for a long and exciting day ahead.
:) and then began our 30-hour awaking journey!!:)
ReplyDeleteWHICH WAS THE BESTTTTTTT PART OF MY LIFE!!!!! :) :) meghna :)
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