aakalpa: 2012

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

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Angampora - Sinhala Documentary Film

Sri Lankan Documentary Film on the martial art Angampora & History - Sinhala Film
A Documentary Film on Angampora / Brief Sri Lankan History
Angam the movie is a Sri Lankan Independent Documentary film which explores the traditional martial art Angampora and a brief history of the country. The film has been edited & changed from the original theatrical version. Visit: http://angamthemovie.blogspot.ca/search/label/About

මෙම නිර්මාණ‍ය සිවි හෙළයේ ආත්මාරක්ෂක හටන් කලාව හෙවත් අංගම් පොර පිළිබදව කෙරෙන්නා වූ ගවේශනාත්මක සිනමා කෘතියකි. පැරණි හෙළ ජන වහර මෙන්ම පුරා විද්‍යාත්මක සාධක ද පදනම් කරගනිමින් සිදුකෙරෙන මෙම සිනමා පටය මගින් අංගම් ශිල්පය. එයට එල්ලවූ බාධක. සහ ඒවා මැඩපවත්වා ගනිමින් අපගේ පැරණි අංගම් ශිල්පීන් මෙම වටිනා කලාව ඉදිරි පරම්පරා වෙත ගෙන ආ අයුරුත් මෙම ශිල්‍පයේ අනාගතය කෙබදු වේදැයි යන කරුණුත් කතිකාවට ලක් කරනු ලබයි.

‍අද වන විට මෙම ශිල්පය සිය සිසු පරපුරට දායාද කර දෙමින් එයින්ද නොනැවතී මෙරටට ආවේනීක මෙම හටන් ශිල්පය ජාත්‍යන්තරයට ගෙනයමින් ජාත්‍යන්තරයේ හෙළංකේය සටන් සළකුණ තැබූ පාරම්පරික හටන් ශිල්පීන් පසුබිම් කරගන්මින් මෙම සිනමා පටය නිර්මාණය කර ඇත. මෙරට පුරාවිද්‍යා ඉතිහාසයේ මග සලකුණු ගණනාවක් තැබූ ජේශ්ඨ පුරා විද්‍යා‍ උපදේශක ආචාර්ය ශිරාන් දැරණියගල මහතා සිය දායකත්වය මෙම නිර්මාණය සදහා ලබාදී ඇත. මෙහි නිෂ්පාදන කටයුතු සම්පුර්ණයෙන්ම සිදුකරනු ලැබූවේ Panasinic HD camcorder වර්ගයේ කැමරාවක්, සාමාන්‍ය Laptop සහ Desktop පරිගණක භාවිතයෙනි. සීමිත තාක්ෂණික සහ මූල්‍ය සම්පත් උපයෝගී කරගනිමින් සිදුකළ මෙම නිර්මාණය හුදෙක් මෙයට සම්බන්ධ වූ පිරිසගේ තිර අදිටනත්, නොපසුබට උත්සාහයත් හිතමිතුරන්ගෙන් ලැබුන නොමද සහයත් මතම සිදුකරනු ලැබූවක් බව පැවසිය යුතුමයි. මෙම චිත්‍රපටය සඳහා දරු මුළු නිෂ්පාදන වියදම දලවශයෙන් රුපියල් 10,000 ක් පමණ විය.

The film will take you through an untold story of the origin of Angam, along with the evolution of Sri Lankans through traditional folk stories of locals and scientific findings of archeologists. It will also give you an overview of how Angam has survived up till today and what will be its' future.

The film unravels around a group who practices and teaches Angampora and how they have spread this unique martial art form in to far corners of the world, ensuring its' presence in the international arena. Renowned archaeologist & former head of Archaeology Department of Sri Lanka, Dr. Shiran Deraniyagala, is featured in this film, contributing valuable scientific findings on the origin of Sri Lankans.

"Angam" documentary film was produced under very tight or no financial backup and very limited technical resources. Though these factors resulted few limitations in terms of the scope of the film, the film makers have managed to achieve greater results with available resources. The entire project was filmed by an HD Panasonic camcorder and edited on home PC's and Laptops. It was the film teams' high enthusiasm, the "never-say-die" attitude and every form of encouragement of our friends which enabled the near-impossible to be a reality and end up with an documentary film of this scale. The total production budget of this movie was approximately 100 USD.

"Angam" the movie
©2010 Anjula Rasanga Weerasinghe / everanju Creations

Angam the movie - A Documentary Film on Sri Lankan Traditional Martial Art "Angampora"

Angam - is a documentary film which unfolds the story of traditional martial art, Angampora in Sri Lanka. The story is told through many historical evidences and folk stories along with a group of people who are on a quest of protecting it for the future. Visit: http://www.angamthemovie.blogspot.com/

Executive Producer / Director:
Anjula Rasanga Weerasinghe

Editor / VFX:
Amila Akalpa Perera

Cinematography:
Anuradha Jayasuriya

Music Composer / Producer:
Lalindra Amarasekara

Producer / Asst Director:
Eranga Hemajith

Title Design / Animation:
Amila Akalpa Perera

Concept Arts:
Anjula Rasanga Weerasinghe

Sinhala Script Writer:
Eranga Hemajith

Still Photography:
Lalindra Amarasekara
Oliver Hermann

Angam Logo Design:
Oliver Jungmann

Subtitles / Layout / Translation:
Eranga Hemajith
Amila Akalpa Perera
Anjula Rasanga Weerasinghe

Special Thanks to:

Marsh Dodanwela
Sudarshi Hewawasam
Dr. Siran Deranaiyagala
G. Karunapala
Dr. Riency Wickramasinghe
Thusitha Padmakumara
Athula Nandana Perera
Piumal Chanaka Edirisinghe
Oliver Hermann
Siripala Hettige
Hindol Wijeratna
Vajira Gunathilake
Subodha Shamini Liyanage
Wathsala Chandrasiri

And to all the Students at
Mirihana Angam Maduwa &
German Angam Maduwa

"Angam" the movie
©2010 Anjula Rasanga Weerasinghe / everanju Creations

Angam" - The Movie Trailer (A Sri Lankan Documentary Film on Angampora)

"Angam" The Movie

www.angamthemovie.blogspot.com

Editor / VFX:
Amila Akalpa Perera

Cinematography:
Anuradha Jayasuriya

Music / Producer:
Lalindra Amarasekara

Producer / Asst Director:
Eranga Hemajith

Executive Producer / Director:
Anjula Rasanga Weerasinghe

Special Thanks to:

Marsh Dodanwela
Guru Karunapala
Dr. Siran Deranaiyagala
Sudarshi Hewawasam
Dr. Riency Wickramasinghe
Oliver Hermann (Sudu Kotiya)
G. Thusitha Padmakumara
Athula Nandana Perera
Piumal Chanaka Edirisinghe
Oliver Jungmann
Siripala Hettige

And to all our family members, friends at Mirihana / German Angama Maduwa and for all the friends who supported us throughout the project to make it a successful reality.

About "Angam" the movie:

"Angam" is a documentary film, exploring an ancient traditional Sri Lankan martial art called "Angam" which is also known as "Angampora" in the popular culture.

The film will take you through an untold story of the origin of Angam, along with the evolution of Sri Lankans through traditional folk stories of locals and scientific findings of archeologists. It will also give you an overview of how Angam has survived up till today and what will be its' future.

The film unravels around one family who practices and teaches Angam, headed by Guru Karunapala. Students of Guru have spread this unique martial art form in to far corners of the world, ensuring its' presence in the international arena.

Renowned archeologist & former head of Archeology Department of Sri Lanka, Dr. Siran Deraniyagala, is also featured in this film, contributing valuable scientific findings on the origin of Sri Lankans.

"Angam" documentary film was produced under very tight or no financial backup and with very limited technical resources. These factors resulted limitations in the scope of the film makers' attempt. The entire project was filmed by an HD Panasonic camcorder and edited on home PC's and Laptops. It was the film teams' high enthusiasm, the "never-say-die" attitude and every form of encouragement of our friends which enabled the near-impossible to be a reality and end up with an documentary film of this scale.

©2010 Anjula Rasanga Weerasinghe / everanju Creations

TOP 10 Most Influential Electric Guitarists Of All Time

I just did for fun, and to tribute those guitar gods. This is not the 100% perfect ranking, this ranking is totally up to me. In fact B.B. King is not better than Vai vice versa because there is no proper measurement to measure that kind of dexterity. But, I had to considered Grammy awards nomination, other international awards/nominations, popularity among people, Rolling Stones Magazine ranking, other music related magazines ranking, amount of influence to the industry/music, etc. in order to select 10 artists out of hundreds of talented artists and put a number/rank in front of each artists.
1. Jimi Hendrix
2. Jimmy Page
03. Eddie Van Halen
04. Slash
05. Eric Clapton
06. B.B. King
07. Joe Satriani
08. Stevie Ray Vaughan
09. Chuck Berry
10. Steve Vai

Valentine Crush (ed)! - Sinhala Film

This is our first experimental short film.
Became the first Sri Lankan short film to get featured by "20th Century FOX" in "Fox searchlight" web site in 2009 February.
In 2009 September this was aired in Channel Eye - BONSOIR TV program (The French TV magazine).

The story revolves around a guy who has a crush, basically falls in love with the girl who walks by his house. And yes he is a shy guy but still wants to make a move. Check out what happens in this sweet short love story...

Hope you will enjoy!

everanju films present s
Valentine Crush (ed)!

Written & Directed by:
Anjula Rasanga Weerasinghe

Edited by:
Amila Akalpa Perera

Produced by:
Danushka Kathriarachchi
Anjula Rasanga Weerasinghe

Cast:
Danushka Kathriarachchi
Surenie De Silva
Eranga Hemajith
Anjula Rasanga Weerasinghe

Camera &Technical Assistance:
DM Productions
(SONY miniDV)

Special Thanks:
Rashid Bari
Eranga Hemajith
Chandana

Leo Burnett Cannes Predictions Event - Cannes Lions 2008

Video Credits:

Story, Illustrations, Producer & Director:
Anjula Rasanga Weerasinghe

Editor, Visual & Sound Effects:
Amila Akalpa Perera

Art Director:
Danushka Kathriarachchi

Camera & Lighting:
Anjula Rasanga Weerasinghe
Danushka Kathriarachchi

Special Thanks:

Ranil De Silva
Subash Pinnapola

Lalindra Amarasekara
Ramesh De Silva

Amith Asanka
Subodha Shamini
Gothami Malintha

Thusith Bandara
Marsh Dodanwala
Naomi Abeysiriwardane

To all the Cosmos' and rest of the buddies at Leo Burnett, Colombo.

This video was created by us for the annual Leo Burnett - Cannes Lions 2008 Predictions event.