Day 5 and we have moved into analysing the visual language – what makes images tick, shooting the way the eye sees and using shots as the building blocks of sequences. Tomorrow, we move outdoors to shoot for our multimedia production.
Our group production may have run into some rough weather. We had initially thought of doing a piece on the “Kumari Devi” and the controversy over the new maoist govt's decision to withdraw financial assistance to this culture. While the whole culture of the kumari system in Nepal – a system wherein a young 6 to 7 year old girl child is chosen as a living goddess and spends her life in the confines of a temple until she attains puberty. During this time, she is worshiped by the local Newari community. Our production sought to focus on the possibility of human rights violation of the girl children as a result of this practice.
We did a reconnaissance mission to the Patan Darbar square where a fair is on to celebrate local culture. However, we soon realised getting any kind of visuals of the devi herself, let alone any interviews will be next to impossible. To add to that, making the situation very bleak, we will not even be able to shoot in the temple precincts.
As a result, we have no option but to change to Plan B and work on another topic. More on that tomorrow.
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