Tribals to make animation films based on folklore

- Neelabh Srivastava           Let us know what you think about this story

Armed with multimedia softwares like Photoshop, Premier, Maya, Macromedia 3D Max and Combustion SFX (for special effects), tribals hailing from Jharkhand, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and the North-East are being assisted by six students of Ahmadabad-based National Institute of Design in the capital to synchronise their tribal folklore into animation films.

The participants are not only writing their scripts, storyboard and designing picture frames for their respective 5-minute films but will also render rural tunes as background music in them.

"We are doing the storytelling and film editing part. How and where to place the characters in the film sequence is being helped by the NID students," says Venkat Raman Singh Shyam, a Gonda tribal artist from MP, as he draws various designs of the Squirrel for their film "Gilahri ka Sapna".

The Santhal tribals group from Jharkhand and West Bengal are putting together a folk tale with the main characters of a Bear, Tiger and a man.

"Our designs are drawm from wall paintings found in our villages. The music that the film will have will be unique to our culture," says Bharat Bhushan Murmu, a santhal from Jharkhand.

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