I HATE TO STUDY

BY
SRIJIT BASU

CONCEPT:

A SHORT FILM OF DURATION 3 MINS 14 SECS.THE

BASIC CONCEPT OF THIS FILM IS EDUCATION; WHICH
IS MEANT TO LIBERATE HUMAN BEINGS THROUGH
KNOWLEDGE, IS STEADILY BINDING THEM INTO A
DEATHLY KNOT.ACTUALLY THIS FILM IS LOOSELY
BASED ON THE INCIDENTS OF STUDENTS COMMITING
SUICIDE UNDER OPTIMUM SOCIAL PRESSURE, AFTER
OR BEFORE GIVING THEIR BOARD EXAMS.

NARRATIVE:

THE FILM IS A MONOPLAY.THE PROTAGONIST HERE IS

A STUDENT OF HIGHER SECONDARY OR EQUIVALENT
EXAMINATION.HIS EXAM TIME IS NEAR & HE IS
STUDYING.THIS IS WHERE OUR FILM STARTS.HE IS A
NORMAL HUMAN BEING WITH A SOUND BRAIN BUT
NOT A BOOKWORM.AS WE PROGRESS WE CAN SEE AN
UTTER FRUSTRATION IS CREEPING WITHIN HIM
BECAUSE HE CANNOT MEMORISE A SUBJECT AND
THROWS OFF THE BOOK.I HAVE CONCIOUSLY DRAWN
A PARRALEL BETWEEN HIM AND A CANDEL STAND
SYMBOLISING A PEER PRESSURE OF EDUCATION AS A
BURDEN NOT ONLY TO HIM BUT TO THE
MASSES.THERE COMES A DREAM SEQUENCE WHERE
HE BURNS ALL HIS BOOKS AND IS DANCING IN JOY OF
FREEDOM.THIS DREAM OR THOUGHT REFRESHES HIS
SOUL TO CONTINUE HIS DIG IN THE TORTURING
EDUCATION SYLLABUS.FINALLY THE LIGHTS COME ON
AS A SIGN OF CURE TO THIS BOY.

TREATMENT:

THIS BOY, OUR PROTAGONIST, DOES NOT EXIST IN

REALITY.BUT HE IS PRESENT WITHIN EVERY ONE OF
US IRRESPECTIVE OF WHAT WE ARE.WE HAVE
CONFINED HIM OR RATHER ERADICATED HIM FROM
OUR SOULS DUE TO SOCIAL TABOOS OF BECOMING AN
INSTITUTIONALLY SOUND EDUCATED MAN.BUT WE
SHOULD THINK THIS ONCE, ATLEAST ONCE --
BECOMING VERY HONEST TO OURSELVES.HAVE WE
NEVER BECOME FRUSTRATED WITH OUR EDUCATION
SYSTEM? YES WE HAVE.MOST OF US OFCOURSE, BUT
WE HAVE STILL MANAGED TO GET OVER WITH IT IN
DUE COURSE OF TIME.BUT WHAT ABOUT THEM WHO
HAS NEVER MADE IT THAT FAR.I MEAN STUDENTS
WHO COMMIT SUICIDE.ARE THEY COWARD? NO THEY
ARE NOT.THEN WHO IS TO BLAME? THE PARENTS, THE
SYSTEM, OR THE SOCIETY? THAT IS SOMETHING WE
HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES.THIS IS WHAT I HAD TO SAY
THROUGH MY FILM.EDUCATION IS MEANT TO
LIBERATE NOT TO BECOME A BURDEN.
IN THE BEGINNING I HAVE USED BULBS TO SHOOT
WHICH GIVES A YELLOW COLOUR.THIS COLOUR IS
PSYCHOLOGICALLY USED HERE TO SYMBOLISE
SICKNESS OR MENTAL UNSTABILITY.THE CANDEL
SIGNIFIES BURDEN OF EDUCATION.AT THE END THE
TUBE LIGHT WITH WHITE COLOUR IS MEANT FOR
PSYCHOLOGICAL PEACE, STABILITY AND FREEDOM.
TECHNICAL DETAILS:
CAMERA USED: PANASONIC VHS CAMERA
FORMAT USED: VHS
EDITED IN: ADOBE PREMIER PRO
MUSIC: COMPOSITIONS BY SCHUBERT