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reality of 03 MOVIES Movies! Movies! Movies! There is no end to entertainment. All you need to do is cut through the lights, the camera and the action. So simply tune in... FROM ME TO YOU DIRECTOR ZOYA AKHTAR SAYS THAT TO BE AN ACTOR YOU NEED A LOT OF PATIENCE AND HARD WORK 1 My movies are always a mix of fiction, fact and observation. When you are fic- tionalising, you come to a multitude of situations. What you make of it, is your imagination and creativity. Never let your creativity down. Trust your instincts and just go with it. Often times your first instinct will work wonders. 2 I like to travel. I want to see as much of the world in my lifetime. We live in one little corner, ya! There is so much out there — different cultures, morality, food, art — but the people are still the same, humanity is the same. I try to see a new country every year. And it has made its way into my films. Takeaway? Be as open to ideas, opinions etc. The day you close yourself you have lost an important battle. 3 Casting for me is amazing because it breaks my ice with actors. I also figure out how to get work out of an actor. If you are confident of your skills, you will like to explore other areas of your work too. Versatility is key. Don’t allow yourself to be boxed. ■ THE WILD CANADIAN YEAR, ANIMAL PLANET, 3.00 PM: In fall, the wilder- ness is transformed by bursts of colour and forests of mushrooms. 1595: Astronomer Johannes Kepler had an epiphany and developed his theory of the geomet- rical basis of the universe while teaching in Graz. 1763: Mir Kasim was defeated in the 'Katwa' bat- tle by the British. 1799: The Rosetta Stone, a tablet with hiero- glyphic translations into Greek, was found in Egypt. 1870: France declared war on Prussia. 1939: Dr Roy P Scholz became first surgeon to use fiberglass sutures. 1941: British PM Winston Churchill launched his “V for Victory” campaign. 1949: King of Tehri Garhwal announced merger with Indian Union. 1969: The Indian government nationalised 14 major commercial banks. 1969: Apollo 11 goes into Moon orbit. 2017: US scientists calculated total amount plastic ever produced — 8.3 bn tonnes, equal to weight of 1 bn elephants. 2018: Airbus Beluga XL, painted to look like the whale, made its first flight, landing in Toulouse- Blagnac. Three-quarters of all of Canada's bird species fly south. ■ BRAVE WILDERNESS, DISCOVERY CHANNEL, 5.00 PM: Adventurer and animal expert Coyote Peterson and his crew go on a wild world of ad- venture as they encounter various animals up close and learn new things about them. ■ IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE, DISCOV- ERY SCIENCE, 7.00 PM: Elite builders face off to become the next Myth- busters crew and test two tall tales, the sideways ejector seat and the in- famous 'Deflategate' football. ■ MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 AFRICA, &FLIX, 2.55 PM: Alex, a lion, gets separated from his father Zuba and is captured by the poachers when Zuba tries to fight against Makun- ga. Years later, Alex is found with his friends in Africa. ■ BIG HERO 6, STAR MOVIES, 5.11: Hiro, a robotics prodigy, joins hands with Baymax in order to avenge his brother's death. They then team up with Hiro's friends to form a team of high-tech heroes. ■ THE REVENANT, MNX, 6.25 PM: Hugh Glass, a legendary fron- tiersman, is severely injured in a bear attack and is abandoned by his hunting crew. He uses his skills to survive and take revenge on his companion who betrayed him. MOVIES ON TV TELEVISION THIS DAY THAT YEAR MUST DO MUST SEE JULY 19, 2019 Ask Me Anything What is the found footage genre? F ound footage is a sub-genre in which the film, or a part of it, is presented as if it were ‘discovered’. Usually accompanied by the real-time, off-camera commentary of the characters involved, the events the audience will be watching unfold are shown to us through their camera. To make it look and feel even more realistic, the actors themselves may do the film- ing as they perform. Stemming from a literary technique that involved using letters or diary entries “written” by the novel’s characters, as is the case in Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’, the first use of this technique in films dates back to the 1980s. It was brought into mainstream moviemaking much later. However, by 1999’s ‘The Blair Witch Project’, and over the course of the last 18 years the popularity of this sub- genre has only grown – most dominantly in the horror genre. Other examples include the ‘Para- normal Activity’ series and ‘Earth to Echo’. Spider-Man’s web is as real as it could get in the movies. Times NIE students tell you how they would have made the web W hen Spider-Man made his webbing in his high school chemistry class, he tried to mimic spider silk. FYI, spider silk is a protein fibre spun by spiders. Spi- ders use their silk to make webs or other structures, which function as sticky nets to catch other ani- mals. In the latest film, he has improved upon the web, using carbon nanotubes to provide strength and flexi- bility. This is our version of the Spidey web... I would use some thread, PVC glue and podge (adhesive) to make the web strong and sticky. Would need five thread pairs (12 cm each) and about ten thread bits of various sizes (smaller than 12cm). Tie the ends of the threads so that it forms a full circle. The base for the web is ready. Take a bowl and pour PVC glue and to make it strong and lasting add 10 ml of podge and 7 ml of water and stir it for 5 min- utes. Dip the base thread web in the bowl and dry for 10 minutes. Throw it on any rough sur- face and enjoy your web! How is this different from the spider web that we see in the movies? The thread combined with adhesive makes it more strong and elastic. Spider-Man could use it to trap his enemies. ADITHYA KRISHNA V S, class IX, Toc H Public School, Vyttila, Ernakulam I would make an invisible web for Spidey with a substance commonly known as ‘diamond fibre’. It would be as flexi- ble as regular webs but stronger and better. Apart from giving him access to the web shooter in the hands, I will make four web shooters at the feet which will help Spider- Man out in sticky situations. With this slight upgrade the friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man would become the unstoppable Spider-Man! ALEN SKARIAH RAJESH, class IX, Toc H Public School, Vyttila, Ernakulam I would infuse the webs with vibranium to make them stronger. The original carbon nan- otubes and spider-silk-like substance would be the same. But with just a touch of vibranium, and maybe even minuscule shards of diamond glass. Another useful trick would be to create infinite webs for Spidey, because he can run out of them fast. Webs made of nanotechnology to disarm bad guys can also be useful in fending off more than one villain. The nanobot webs can kill, sedate or electrocute. CHAITRA ABHIJEET VARTAK, class IX, SSPM’s Sri Sri Ravishankar Vidya Mandir, Borivali I would make use of cellulose, the material that constitutes the cell wall of plant cells. My choice has two simple reasons – first being that it is abundantly and easily available and second, it has incomparable strength and simple composition that will cause no harm to our surroundings. 1. First step would be extraction of cellulose. For that, I would place the plant cell in a hypertonic solu- tion such that all the water con- tent is drawn out of the cell. 2. Next, I would melt the cellulose at 200-300 degree C to form a mix- ture to obtain desirable proper- ties. 3. To the molten cellulose, I would add resin for a sticky texture. 4. I would drop the hot mixture from a height to form fine threads. 5. Lastly, I will use these threads to form the mesh which would attract my prey. ARCHISHA PANDA, class X, Pawar Public School, Pune YOUNG SCIENTISTS AT WORK After more than 20 years, the Pokémon franchise shows no signs of slowing down, especially not after a hit movie in theatres and a sequel on the way. More than 52,000 people voted for their favourite Pokémon. Here’s which ones got the most votes CHARIZAD Type: Fire/Flying Charizard flies around the sky in search of powerful oppo- nents. It breathes fire of such great heat that it melts any- thing. However, it never turns its fiery breath on any oppo- nent weaker than itself. BLASTOISE Type: Water Blastoise has water spouts that protrude from its shell. The spouts are accurate. They can shoot bullets of water from a dis- tance of over 160 ft. SQUIRTLE Type: Water Squirtle’s shell is not merely used for protection. The shell’s rounded shape and the grooves on its surface help minimise resistance in water. GARCHOMP Type: Dragon/Ground When it folds up its body and extends its wings, it looks like a jet plane. It flies at sonic speed. AMPHAROS Type: Electric Ampharos gives off so much light that it can be seen even from space. People in the old days used the light of this Pokémon to send signals back and forth with others far away. NINETALES Type: Fire Ninetales casts a sinister light from its bright red eyes to gain total control over its foe’s mind. This Pokémon is said to live for a thousand years. INFERNAPE Type: Fire/Fighting Its crown of fire is indicative of its fiery nature. It is beaten by none in terms of quickness. Votes 1,107 Votes 529 Votes 523 Votes 510 Votes 443 Votes 471 T he feature of transparency would be of great use to deceive Spider- Man’s enemies. The materials required to make this transparent yet sticky web are super scarce. We would require Ultraciel from iron and a small piece of cumu- lus cloud from the peak of Mt Aconcagua, and a fully made original spider web, made by a dying spider. Once we have all these ingredients, the transparent web will be the best innovation for Spider-Man! S M V KAREESMAA, class IX, Ryan International School, Kharghar GENGAR Type: Ghost/Poison Sometimes, on a dark night, your shadow thrown by a streetlight will sud- denly and startlingly overtake you. It is actually a Gengar running past you, pretending to be your shadow. Votes 1,056 S pider-Man’s webs are supposed to be strong, elastic, and very sticky. If I was to make my own web, this is how I would make it — The base material of the web itself should be a really strong substance that does not snap easily. In the Marvel Universe, the metal “vibranium” fits the description as it is unbreakable. However, it does- n’t seem to be elastic at all, so I would make an alloy along with graphene oxide (is a unique material that can be viewed as a molecular layer of graphite). Then I would add epoxy adhesives, which are the strongest adhesives in the world. It would make the web extra powerful, and hold heavy objects without losing its hold. ADITYA NAYAK, class X, The Brigade School -JP Nagar, Bengaluru Votes 410
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03MOVIESMovies! Movies! Movies! There is no end to entertainment. All youneed to do is cut through the lights, the camera and the action.So simply tune in...
FROM ME TO YOU
DIRECTOR ZOYA AKHTARSAYS THAT TO BE AN ACTORYOU NEED A LOT OF PATIENCEAND HARD WORK
1My movies are always a mix of fiction,fact and observation. When you are fic-tionalising, you come to a multitude of
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2I like to travel. I want to see as much ofthe world in my lifetime. We live in onelittle corner, ya! There is so much out
there — different cultures, morality, food, art —but the people are still the same, humanity isthe same. I try to see a new country everyyear. And it has made its way into my films.TTaakkeeaawwaayy?? BBee aass ooppeenn ttoo iiddeeaass,, ooppiinniioonnsseettcc.. TThhee ddaayy yyoouu cclloossee yyoouurrsseellff yyoouu hhaavveelloosstt aann iimmppoorrttaanntt bbaattttllee..
3Casting for me is amazing becauseit breaks my ice with actors. I alsofigure out how to get work out of an
actor. IIff yyoouu aarree ccoonnffiiddeenntt ooff yyoouurr sskkiillllss,, yyoouu wwiillll lliikkee ttoo eexxpplloorree ootthheerr aarreeaass ooff yyoouurrwwoorrkk ttoooo.. VVeerrssaattiilliittyy iiss kkeeyy.. DDoonn’’tt aalllloowwyyoouurrsseellff ttoo bbee bbooxxeedd..
■ THE WILD CANADIAN YEAR, ANIMALPLANET, 3.00 PM: In fall, the wilder-ness is transformed by bursts ofcolour and forests of mushrooms.
1595: Astronomer Johannes Kepler had anepiphany and developed his theory of the geomet-rical basis of the universe while teaching in Graz.
1763: Mir Kasim was defeated in the 'Katwa' bat-tle by the British.
1799: The Rosetta Stone, a tablet with hiero-glyphic translations into Greek, was foundin Egypt.
1870: France declared war on Prussia.
1939: Dr Roy P Scholz became first surgeon touse fiberglass sutures.
1941: British PM Winston Churchill launched his “V
for Victory” campaign.
1949: King of Tehri Garhwal announced mergerwith Indian Union.
1969: The Indian government nationalised 14major commercial banks.
1969: Apollo 11 goes into Moon orbit.
2017: US scientists calculated totalamount plastic ever produced — 8.3 bn
tonnes, equal to weight of 1 bn elephants.
2018: Airbus Beluga XL, painted to look like thewhale, made its first flight, landing in Toulouse-Blagnac.
Three-quarters of all of Canada'sbird species fly south.
■ BRAVE WILDERNESS, DISCOVERYCHANNEL, 5.00 PM: Adventurer andanimal expert Coyote Peterson andhis crew go on a wild world of ad-venture as they encounter variousanimals up close and learn newthings about them.
■ IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE, DISCOV-ERY SCIENCE, 7.00 PM: Elite buildersface off to become the next Myth-busters crew and test two tall tales,the sideways ejector seat and the in-famous 'Deflategate' football.
■ MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 AFRICA,&FLIX, 2.55 PM: Alex, a lion, getsseparated from his father Zuba andis captured by the poachers whenZuba tries to fight against Makun-ga. Years later, Alex is found withhis friends in Africa.
■ BIG HERO 6, STAR MOVIES, 5.11:Hiro, a robotics prodigy, joinshands with Baymax in order toavenge his brother's death. Theythen team up with Hiro's friendsto form a team of high-tech heroes.
■ THE REVENANT, MNX, 6.25 PM:Hugh Glass, a legendary fron-tiersman, is severely injured in abear attack and is abandoned byhis hunting crew. He uses his skillsto survive and take revenge on hiscompanion who betrayed him.
MOVIES ON TVTELEVISION
THISDAY THAT
YEAR
MUST DOMUST SEEJULY19, 2019
AskMeAnything
What is the found footage genre?
Found footage is a sub-genre in which thefilm, or a part of it, is presented as if itwere ‘discovered’. Usually accompanied
by the real-time, off-camera commentary of thecharacters involved, the events the audiencewill be watching unfold are shown to us throughtheir camera. To make it look and feel even more
realistic, the actors themselves may do the film-ing as they perform. Stemming from a literarytechnique that involved using letters or diaryentries “written” by the novel’s characters, asis the case in Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’, the firstuse of this technique in films dates back to the1980s. It was brought into mainstreammoviemaking much later. However, by 1999’s‘The Blair Witch Project’, and over the courseof the last 18 years the popularity of this sub-genre has only grown – most dominantly in thehorror genre. Other examples include the ‘Para-normal Activity’ series and ‘Earth to Echo’.
Spider-Man’s web is as real as it could get in the movies. Times NIE students tell you how they would have made the web
When Spider-Manmade his webbingin his high schoolchemistry class,
he tried to mimic spider silk.FYI, spider silk is a proteinfibre spun by spiders. Spi-ders use their silk to makewebs or other structures,which function as stickynets to catch other ani-mals. In the latest film,he has improved uponthe web, using carbonnanotubes to providestrength and flexi-bility.This is ourversion ofthe Spideyweb...
Iwould use some thread,PVC glue and podge
(adhesive) to make theweb strong and sticky.Would need five threadpairs (12 cm each) andabout ten thread bits ofvarious sizes (smallerthan 12cm). Tie the ends of the threads sothat it forms a full circle. The base for theweb is ready. Take a bowl and pour PVC glueand to make it strong and lasting add 10 ml ofpodge and 7 ml of water and stir it for 5 min-utes. Dip the base thread web in the bowl anddry for 10 minutes. Throw it on any rough sur-face and enjoy your web! How is this differentfrom the spider web that we see in themovies? TThhee tthhrreeaadd ccoommbbiinneedd wwiitthh aaddhheessiivveemmaakkeess iitt mmoorree ssttrroonngg aanndd eellaassttiicc.. SSppiiddeerr-MMaannccoouulldd uussee iitt ttoo ttrraapp hhiiss eenneemmiieess.. ADITHYA KRISHNA V S, class IX, Toc H Public
School, Vyttila, Ernakulam
Iwould make an invisible web for Spidey with a substancecommonly known as ‘diamond fibre’. It would be as flexi-ble as regular webs but stronger and better. Apart from
giving him access to the web shooter in the hands, I willmake four web shooters at the feet which will help Spider-Man out in sticky situations. With this slight upgrade thefriendly neighbourhood Spider-Man would become theunstoppable Spider-Man!ALEN SKARIAH RAJESH, class IX, Toc H Public School,
Vyttila, Ernakulam
Iwould infusethe webs withvibranium to make
them stronger. The original carbon nan-otubes and spider-silk-like substancewould be the same. But with just atouch of vibranium, and maybe evenminuscule shards ofdiamond glass.Another useful trickwould be to createinfinite webs forSpidey, because hecan run out of themfast. Webs made ofnanotechnology to disarm bad guys canalso be useful in fending off more thanone villain. The nanobot webs can kill,sedate or electrocute. CHAITRA ABHIJEET VARTAK, class IX,
SSPM’s Sri Sri Ravishankar Vidya
Mandir, Borivali
Iwould make use of cellulose,the material that constitutesthe cell wall of plant cells. My
choice has two simple reasons –first being that it is abundantlyand easily available and second, ithas incomparable strength andsimple composition that will causeno harm to our surroundings.1. First step would be extraction ofcellulose. For that, I would placethe plant cell in a hypertonic solu-tion such that all the water con-tent is drawnout of the cell. 2. Next, Iwould melt the cellulose at200-300degree C to form a mix-ture to obtain desirable proper-ties. 3. To the molten cellulose, I wouldadd resin for a sticky texture. 4. I would drop the hot mixturefrom a height to form finethreads.5. Lastly, I will use these threadsto form the mesh which wouldattract my prey.ARCHISHA PANDA, class X, Pawar
Public School, Pune
YOUNG SCIENTISTS AT WORK
After more than 20 years, thePokémon franchise shows no
signs of slowing down, especiallynot after a hit movie in theatres and asequel on the way. More than 52,000
people voted for their favourite Pokémon.Here’s which ones got the
most votes
CHARIZADType: Fire/FlyingCharizard flies around the skyin search of powerful oppo-nents. It breathes fire of suchgreat heat that it melts any-thing. However, it never turnsits fiery breath on any oppo-nent weaker than itself.
BLASTOISEType: Water
Blastoise has water spoutsthat protrude from its
shell. The spouts are accurate.They can shoot bulletsof water from a dis-tance of over 160 ft.
SQUIRTLE Type: WaterSquirtle’s shell is not merely used forprotection. The shell’s rounded shapeand the grooves on its surface help minimise resistance in water.
GARCHOMPType: Dragon/GroundWhen it folds up its body andextends its wings, it looks like a jetplane. It flies at sonic speed.
AMPHAROS Type: ElectricAmpharos gives off somuch light that it can be seen even from space.People inthe olddays usedthe light ofthis Pokémonto send signalsback and forth withothers far away.
NINETALES Type: FireNinetales casts a sinisterlight from its bright redeyes to gain total control
over its foe’s mind. This Pokémon issaid to live for a thousand years.
INFERNAPE Type: Fire/FightingIts crown of fire is
indicative of itsfiery
nature.It is beaten
by none in termsof quickness.
Votes1,107
Votes529
Votes523
Votes510
Votes443Votes
471
The feature of transparency wouldbe of great use to deceive Spider-Man’s enemies. The materials
required to make this transparentyet sticky web are super
scarce. We would requireUltraciel from iron anda small piece of cumu-
lus cloud from the peakof Mt Aconcagua, and a
fully made original spiderweb, made by a dying spider.
Once we have all these ingredients,the transparent web will be the best
innovation for Spider-Man! S M V KAREESMAA, class IX, Ryan
International School, Kharghar
GENGAR Type: Ghost/PoisonSometimes, on adark night, yourshadow thrown by astreetlight will sud-denly and startlinglyovertake you. It is actuallya Gengar running past you,pretending to be your shadow.
Votes1,056
Spider-Man’s webs are supposed tobe strong, elastic, and very sticky.If I was to make my own web, this
is how I would make it — The basematerial of the web itself should be areally strong substance that does notsnap easily. In the Marvel Universe, themetal “vibranium” fits the descriptionas it is unbreakable. However, it does-n’t seem to be elastic at all, so I would
make an alloy along with grapheneoxide (is a unique material that can beviewed as a molecular layer ofgraphite). Then I would add epoxyadhesives, which are the strongestadhesives in the world. It would makethe web extra powerful, and hold heavyobjects without losing its hold. ADITYA NAYAK, class X, The Brigade School
-JP Nagar, Bengaluru
Votes410
