Ranojit Dasgupta

Background

About Ranojit Dasgupta

Filmmaker and Film & Video Editor working since February Visiting Faculty at Digital Magic, Kolkata;(formerly Digital Academy- The Film School)Also a Technical Consultant / Visiting Faculty / Trainer for Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI); Roopkala Kendro; Jandarshan, Raipur and several Post Production Studios in Kolkata and other cities in India.WORKS:(A selective list of projects executed as Editor. Involvement in other capacities and other relevant information is mentioned within parenthesis.)Documentaries1. Sari / Q / HD /92 mins.2. Suzanne (takes you down)/ Q / HD / 9 mins3. Subrata-for Red Bull / Q / HD / 4mins4. Khelnabati (Playthings)/ Mrinmoy Nandi / HDV / 58 mins /( Won Critics’ Choice Award at the Mexico International Film Festival, 2012)5.in for motion / Anirban Datta / HDV / Associate Editor ( Won National Award for Best Environmental Documentary, 2009, Silver Award for Best Documentary IDPA, 2009)6. Under this Sun / Nilanjan Bhattacharya / DVCAM / 59 min (Won National Award for Best Environmental Documentary, 2005)7. Dances of the Monks / Sudipto Acharyya / DVCAM / 50 min8. Curtain Call / Ranu Ghosh / DVCAM / 50 min.(as Post-production Supervisor)9. Moner Maanush (The Heart of the Man)/ Harry Matthews / DVCAM-NTSC / 100 min.10. Anya Maanush / Kaushik Sengupta / DV /28 min.11. Uttaran / Sutapa Ghosh / DV / 48 min.Fiction / Short Films1. Cock-a-doodle-do / Amlan Datta / HDV / 4 min / Myth?/ Prashant Rasaily / DVCAM / 20 min3. Orbit / Sudipto Acharyya / DVCAM / 52 min4. Ek Je Chhilo / Mir Mohammed Falak / DVCAM / 26 min5. Dark Faces of Drowning / Nilanjan Bhattacharya / DV/ 9 min6. Death of JLG - The Calcutta Chapters / Soumya Mukherjee / DVCAM / 12 minCorporate Films, Commercials & TV Promos not includedOTHER EXPERIENCES:Conducted two workshops at Jandarshan, The Chattisgarh Media Centre, Raipur, Chattisgarh, on:i. Approaching Digital Video and DV Editing; on December 2002ii. Working more efficiently with Final Cut Pro; on July 2003.Lecture-demonstration sessions at Roopkala Kendro, An Indo-Italian Institute of Film & Communication, Kolkata, on:i. Compositing & Special Effects with Final Cut Pro; on June 2004Consulted as an External Expert by Department of Editing, Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI); Kolkata for verification & testing of their Final Cut Pro with Cinema Tools editing systems.