[JBDY '10] A Shaggy Portfolio.

No matter how much our beloved director chides him, you cannot deny that Shaggy has a fantastic gamut of facial expressions, especially in comic scenes. On Day 8 of practice, I shot a complete set and put 'em together - a portfolio, if you will.

And since Blogger is anal about the maximum size they'll display, please click on the below image to see the full 2.95 MB PNG. My personal favourite shot is the second-from-last row, leftmost. Fantastic expression.

Kisses to the Nikon D5000-Nikkor 50mm lens combination.

 

[JBDY '10] Practice Pics - Set Two

Ok, I'll knock off the weird photo captions for this post. This is a bunch of portraity photos. Thanks to the Nikon D5000 and a fantastic 50mm Nikkor lens. I'm still learning.

Biswamitra

Preeti

Gitanjali

Shaggy in the try-fitting-this-on-a-passport photo (Ok sorry. Last caption.)

Shaggy and Gitanjali

Ketaki and Shaggy (Photo by Ramakant)

The Chandus - old and new (Photo by Ramakant)

Shaggy and Preeti

Siddharth

Little Blue Hidin' Hood (Photo by Ramakant)

Preeti

[JBDY '10] Practice Pics - Set One

So let's kick-start with some photos, shall we?

This is from our first day of practice at the INHS Ashwini Hospital Auditorium, Colaba.

Please excuse the captions.

Kashan expertly re-enacts his audition performance for the role of the Empress of Blandings in the latest PG Wodehouse adaptation series.

Kashan's offer to read the setsman's palm for just 25 rupees fall on deaf ears.

This is her 'Nobubby voves me' pose.

Shaggy and Preeti share a contemplative moment while Prasanna looks like he's brushing in the background.

Batlady

This is not a man you want to meet in a dark alley late at night. Except if you're a bootlegger in Ahmedabad, of course...

This is how we select our cast members. No, really.

Lightsman thinks hard about a pun on the word 'candela' but miserably fails.

And here, we have a specimen of the rare 'Timesofindus Blobbus' in a harmless resting position.

Kaushal's distress over his French beard not connecting is palpable for all to see.

Kashan's world-famous impersonation of  a car's exhaust pipe

Take us to your leader.

We settle our disputes over who gets to sit in the director's chair very peacefully.

11:59

Greetings, ladies and gentlemen, to the blog of Last Minute Productions.

* applause *
* whistle *
* wheeze *

So what is this dainty little thing called Last Minute Productions? (LMP, if you want. LaMP, even, for the enlightened. Hehe, get it?)

Simply put, LMP is a theater group. Ok, so what are we - actually?
Truth be told, we're somewhere between a consortium of the next Oscar nominees and working class drones. But things that bind us together are a love for the stage. And for each other.

* Awwww *

We've done some pretty cool shit, actually. Which our beloved director, Spandan Mishra will tell you about in another post.