German Short film - from Vijayawada

Sweet Memory in Hot Summer

The Abacus Math Centre Currency Nagar Vijayawada wanted to train some of its children in German.  The centre head called me up and told me that some children are interested to learn German. 

My institute Eazy Foreign Languages is at Benz circle.  It is far away from Currency Nagar. So children can not come to my institute.   From 8.00 AM to 1.00 PM I was busy teaching foreign languages at my institute. Since I teach six foreign languages I am naturally busy. 

Children showing interest in learning a foreign language is rare. You may get one child but not several children. I have a dream of making a short film in German. Si I dropped my busy-ness for my dream of making a German short film.  How many children? I asked her.   she said " We aimed at 20 children even more children may join, " I said "Even ten  children are equal to flood."  I went there for four days and discovered that only four children want to learn German. "It may not be viable to you sir. We are sorry " said the center head. It is okay. I will teach I said. 

"I think you can never accept this class because it is four children with a fees of 2k each."  But dream is always bigger than money.  So I went to currency Nagar each day under of supervision of  hot burning sun to teach German to these four children. 

These children have learned the basics writing and speaking  during this summer. They did several role plays including a comedy.  Now they are not only learning advanced German but also acting in a short film in German. 

                            

The children proved their mettle. They have learned the basics of German language grammar and sentence construction. They are able to write and speak. They are not interested in writing, they are more in speaking acting ( role plays). Almost everyday I recorded videos of the children.  I collected plenty of short videos of children doing basics and German conversations. 

At that stage I told them about the German short film. They gladly accepted but they have a story as well for the short film. What is that I asked.  They said " Cats" 

So the German short film is about cats. Fortunately one of the children has a cat at home. There was no much scope for acting. There was no need for more dialogues. The film highlights cats behavior and dismisses myths about cats. The shooting began. The shooting stopped after a few days. The reason is shocking.  Unfortunately the cat died but my spirit has not died. The story and my spirit  and my desire of making German short film is alive. 

 

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