It's bad enough these beautiful creatures are speared for freaking sushi!
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Friday, April 27, 2012
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Idea Pettiya E02 - Mithila Somasiri from Lakdasun.org
In this episode of Idea Pettiya we were able to have a brief chat with Mithila Somasiri who is one of the major contributors and founding memebers of Sri Lankan nature and travel site Lakdasun.org
The website is a thriving virtual community of people who share similar interests in travel and exploring Sri Lankan nature and wildlife. The website has now become a great destination for users to obtain free information about places to explore, get advise and share their own travel experiences. The website contains highly detailed trip reports, information about attractions and amazing trekking routes in the heart of Sri Lanka. Their ever active forum has become a great place to seek advise and share information.
We spoke to Mithila about his inspiration behind the website and his thoughts about conservation of Sri Lankan wildlife.
You could visit Lakdasun for more information at :http://www.lakdasun.org/
The website is a thriving virtual community of people who share similar interests in travel and exploring Sri Lankan nature and wildlife. The website has now become a great destination for users to obtain free information about places to explore, get advise and share their own travel experiences. The website contains highly detailed trip reports, information about attractions and amazing trekking routes in the heart of Sri Lanka. Their ever active forum has become a great place to seek advise and share information.
We spoke to Mithila about his inspiration behind the website and his thoughts about conservation of Sri Lankan wildlife.
You could visit Lakdasun for more information at :http://www.lakdasun.org/
Friday, March 9, 2012
Colombo International Theater Festival 2012
Colombo International Theater Festival will be held from 26th March - 2nd April 2012 at the British School Auditorium. While the main performances will be held at British College Auditorium there will be a series of workshops and lecturers at Goethe Institute in Gregory's Road.
The festival will host a number of International Theater productions from countries such as Australia,Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Pakistan, India etc. We had a little chat with the festival director M.Safeer who with is Inter Act Art Foundation is putting in an amazing effort to make this event a success. M.Safeer has been in the Sri Lankan Theater industry for over 20 years with much experience and has pioneered in this with a hope of creating a turning point in the Sri Lankan Theater industry.
We are in the process of doing a few more interviews and documenting some of the efforts that are going into making this event a success, anyways below we have shared the performance schedule and you could gain more information about ticket reservations from their facebook page.
Colombo International Theater Festival - Performance Schedule
The festival will host a number of International Theater productions from countries such as Australia,Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Pakistan, India etc. We had a little chat with the festival director M.Safeer who with is Inter Act Art Foundation is putting in an amazing effort to make this event a success. M.Safeer has been in the Sri Lankan Theater industry for over 20 years with much experience and has pioneered in this with a hope of creating a turning point in the Sri Lankan Theater industry.
We are in the process of doing a few more interviews and documenting some of the efforts that are going into making this event a success, anyways below we have shared the performance schedule and you could gain more information about ticket reservations from their facebook page.
Colombo International Theater Festival - Performance Schedule
26th March
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Changeable Cohesion - Germany
Choreographer – Gerda Konig
Concept - Gustavo Fijalkow/ Gerda Konig
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27th March
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The Old Man and The Sea - Iran
Director - Zahrasadat Aziminia
(Iran’s Sayeh Theater Group)
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Passengers – Sri Lanka
Director - Ronika Chamali / S.Leelawathi
(Janakaraliya – Theater of people)
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28th March
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Sitabo Lalang Lipa – Indonesia
Director - Muh.Saeful
(UKM Seni dan Budaya Talas) |
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29th March
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Chutti (Story-telling theater) - Delhi
Director - Dr.Ashish Ghosh
(Anant Theater Group)
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30th March
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Talk is Small (a play with scrabble) -Australia
Director - Brendon O’Cannel
(Big One Little One)
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Elfi - Sri Lanka
Director - S.Dayalan
(Inter Act Art Black Box Theater)
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31st March
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Akhiyan Walio (People with eyes) - Pakistan
Director - Aamir Nawaz
(Maas Foundation - Pakistan)
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01st April
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Dangalnama – Pune, India
Director - Pro. Vidyanidhee Vanarase
(Flame School of performing arts)
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02nd April
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Caged - Sri Lanka
Director - M.Safeer
(Inter Act Art Black Box Theater)
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012
The Sound of Samba
I thought this video was pretty rad.
It encompasses footage captured during the Brazilian Carnaval of 2011 using the tilt-shift feature which makes real people and Rio in general seem like miniature dinky toys.
By Jarbas Agnelli and Keith Loutit.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Documenting Sri Lankan Metal Scene through a Camcoder
Its been sometime since Drg and I did our first feature documentary with four Sri Lankan metal bands called Arise. When we decided that we wanted to do this documentary we hardly had any material to work with, even though the Sri Lankan metal scene has been alive and kicking (at least in a very smaller scale) for so many years there was hardly any live footage to be found. In fact for certain bands even though they had been playing for more than five years they only had a few band pics and some live photographs to share with us.
This was indeed a tragedy, but of course when looking at the number of people who were coming to local gigs, supporting and encouraging the metal movement this was hardly a surprise. So in order to create the documentary apart from band interviews we traveled between Colombo and Kandy recording a number of gigs within a span of around one year. The footage we got were of very low quality, gigs were recorded off a Panasonic DV cam which was very bad in low light conditions and did not have a lasting battery. However once I was able to afford a decent camera I started recording off more gigs and band performances. Not to mention that these also have the shaky camera movements and some times bad low lights, but still within the span of last 1 1/2 years we have been able to slowly document most of the bands in the Sri Lankan metal scene on video.
As most would agreed the best feeling of a metal track would be to listen to it live. As of late with help of several friends we have started to use dual cameras for gig recording. This is no way an easy task, since we are not using any professional cameras, additional equipment or live editing. The hardest part comes at the editing sessions where footage from the two cameras needs to be synchronized and edited. Also the audio tracks on most of these gigs are not professionally recorded so we are ended up with the audio feed picked up by the camera itself. However once an edit is completed and when you go through the footage several times, the satisfaction you get is unmatched.
Of course we got a long way to go in terms of videoing gigs professionally though this can be taken as the first few steps in that direction. And kudos to everyone who are attending gigs and making it possible for bands to perform and supporting in any way they can.
This was indeed a tragedy, but of course when looking at the number of people who were coming to local gigs, supporting and encouraging the metal movement this was hardly a surprise. So in order to create the documentary apart from band interviews we traveled between Colombo and Kandy recording a number of gigs within a span of around one year. The footage we got were of very low quality, gigs were recorded off a Panasonic DV cam which was very bad in low light conditions and did not have a lasting battery. However once I was able to afford a decent camera I started recording off more gigs and band performances. Not to mention that these also have the shaky camera movements and some times bad low lights, but still within the span of last 1 1/2 years we have been able to slowly document most of the bands in the Sri Lankan metal scene on video.
As most would agreed the best feeling of a metal track would be to listen to it live. As of late with help of several friends we have started to use dual cameras for gig recording. This is no way an easy task, since we are not using any professional cameras, additional equipment or live editing. The hardest part comes at the editing sessions where footage from the two cameras needs to be synchronized and edited. Also the audio tracks on most of these gigs are not professionally recorded so we are ended up with the audio feed picked up by the camera itself. However once an edit is completed and when you go through the footage several times, the satisfaction you get is unmatched.
Of course we got a long way to go in terms of videoing gigs professionally though this can be taken as the first few steps in that direction. And kudos to everyone who are attending gigs and making it possible for bands to perform and supporting in any way they can.
This video was taken from behind the stage, its shaky and not of the best quality at all, but still love this. Capturing that performance and the crowds reaction was just epic!
Our latest dual camera experiment featuring WLG, an upcomming metalcore act from Kurunagala.
Well you could find more videos of lesser and better quality than these at our youtube channel along with live performances of a number of well known local metal bands, check them all out at http://www.youtube.com/mathawaada
Monday, January 30, 2012
Idea Pettiya - E01 with Angam Documentary Director: Anjula Rasanga
First episode of our Tube talk show Idea Pettiya is now live!!
We spoke with Anjula Rasanga, who is a independent filmmaker and a cartoonist who recently screened his first feature documentary "Angam". The documentary goes in depth into the Sri Lankan traditional martial arts called "Angam Pora", so in this episode we discuss what inspired him to make this movie, how he went ahead with it and his insights and experiences on film-making in Sri Lanka.
One interesting point he brought forward was the use of the so called "new media" as a young film-maker to promote his work. It was indeed an interesting chat we had with him, hope it would be the same for you.
The episode is in Sinhala with English subtitles (make sure to tun that on by clicking the "CC" button on the video)
Tune in for more episodes very soon, meanwhile click here to subscribe to our YouTube or visit the below link
www.youtube.com/mathawaada
We spoke with Anjula Rasanga, who is a independent filmmaker and a cartoonist who recently screened his first feature documentary "Angam". The documentary goes in depth into the Sri Lankan traditional martial arts called "Angam Pora", so in this episode we discuss what inspired him to make this movie, how he went ahead with it and his insights and experiences on film-making in Sri Lanka.
One interesting point he brought forward was the use of the so called "new media" as a young film-maker to promote his work. It was indeed an interesting chat we had with him, hope it would be the same for you.
The episode is in Sinhala with English subtitles (make sure to tun that on by clicking the "CC" button on the video)
Tune in for more episodes very soon, meanwhile click here to subscribe to our YouTube or visit the below link
www.youtube.com/mathawaada
Friday, January 6, 2012
Cheers to an Inspiring 2012!
May you reach your goals, fulfill your ambitions and most importantly enjoy life while it lasts.... here's to an year filled with creativity, innovation and inspiration!
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