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60-584: Mughizh ( transl.  a birth of a fragrance ) is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Karthik Swaminathan. The film was produced by Vijay Sethupathi under the banner Vijay Sethupathi Productions , who also stars in the lead role along with Regina Cassandra and Sethupathi's daughter Shreeja in prominent roles, the latter in her film debut. The music is composed by Revaa, with cinematography handled by Sathya Ponmar and edited by R. Govindaraj. The film released theatrically on 8 October 2021 to positive reviews from critics. Mughizh (A birth of

120-416: A film recorder . The physical intermediate film that is a result of the recording process is sometimes also called a digital intermediate, and is usually recorded to internegative (IN) stock, which is inherently finer-grain than original camera negative (OCN). One of the key technical achievements that made the transition to DI possible was the use of 3D look-up tables , which could be used to mimic how

180-462: A better understanding of the film. According to the taxonomy, combining the type with the genre does not create a separate genre. For instance, the "Horror Drama" is simply a dramatic horror film (as opposed to a comedic horror film). "Horror Drama" is not a genre separate from the horror genre or the drama type. Crime dramas explore themes of truth, justice, and freedom, and contain the fundamental dichotomy of "criminal vs. lawman". Crime films make

240-488: A blessing in disguise as the crew learnt to work around him and hence the shots they canned were so organic that it retained as well as enhanced the core grain of Mughizh. The principal filming of the film began in October 2019, and was completed by February 2020, as the film was shot in multiple schedules according to the availability of the artistes who were busy with their other projects. The filming days were 15 in total, and

300-398: A child's eyes but also widens the viewfinder to include the parents, and how pain passes through the triad. While Kavya is laden with guilt, the parents are hurting through the loss of the pet and their child's indifference. Reiterating how every loss is a personal journey and seeks its own time to come to terms with it. Drama (film and television) In film and television , drama

360-426: A digital camera is used as the image source and/or when the final movie is not output to film. This is due to recent advances in digital cinematography and digital projection technologies that strive to match film origination and film projection . In traditional photochemical film finishing, an intermediate is produced by exposing film to the original camera negative. The intermediate is then used to mass-produce

420-629: A digital studio to produce the visual effects for the 1993 release Super Mario Bros. It was the first feature film project to digitally scan a large number of VFX plates (over 700) at 2K resolution. It was also the first film scanned and recorded at Kodak's just launched Cinesite facility in Hollywood. This project based studio was the first feature film to use Discreet Logic's (now Autodesk ) Flame and Inferno systems, which enjoyed early dominance as high resolution / high performance digital compositing systems. Digital film compositing for visual effects

480-414: A fragrance) Kavya a 12-year-old girl embraces solitude and exists like an island within herself. Her parents decide to make inroads into that island, wanting her to face her fears head on. Being completely aware that the 'doggie zone' is a realm that is completely out of bounds for her, they still go ahead and bring a puppy home. Well, what transpires when this darling monster steps into this household? Does

540-685: A more central component of the story, along with serious content.  Examples include Three Colours: White (1994), The Truman Show (1998), The Man Without a Past (2002), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011), and Silver Linings Playbook (2012). Coined by film professor Ken Dancyger , these stories exaggerate characters and situations to the point of becoming fable, legend or fairy tale.  Examples: Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) and Maleficent (2014). Light dramas are light-hearted stories that are, nevertheless, serious in nature.  Examples: The Help (2011) and The Terminal (2004). Psychological dramas are dramas that focus on

600-536: A new fragrance that would change the prism they view life through for posterity. The director had approached Vijay Sethupathi one of the leading actors in the Tamil film industry to act in this independent film focusing on how parenthood is not about having a quick fix to every issue of your child but it is an ongoing process of learning and embracing each other, as parents and children transform individually through life's trial and tribulations.The star initially thought that

660-400: A particular setting or subject matter, or they combine a drama's otherwise serious tone with elements that encourage a broader range of moods . To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of conflict —emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of cinema or television that involve fictional stories are forms of drama in

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720-633: A person's life and raises their level of importance. The "small things in life" feel as important to the protagonist (and the audience) as the climactic battle in an action film, or the final shootout in a western.  Often, the protagonists deal with multiple, overlapping issues in the course of the film – just as we do in life.  Films of this type/genre combination include: The Wrestler (2008), Fruitvale Station (2013), and Locke (2013). Romantic dramas are films with central themes that reinforce our beliefs about love (e.g.: themes such as "love at first sight", "love conquers all", or "there

780-457: A specific approach to drama but, rather, consider drama as a lack of comedic techniques.  Examples: Ghost World (2001) and Wuthering Heights (2011). According to the Screenwriters' Taxonomy, all film descriptions should contain their type (comedy or drama) combined with one (or more) of the eleven super-genres. This combination does not create a separate genre, but rather, provides

840-484: A subtlety throughout that reflects the fragile storyline. The organic acoustic treatment was deliberately done to make the mood more personal and heart warming. On 1 January 2021, coinciding with New Year's Day , the makers unveiled the trailer of the film to positive response from viewers. Following the reception, the makers started negotiating with leading over-the-top media service platforms such as Amazon Prime Video , Netflix , Disney+ Hotstar and ZEE5 to release

900-447: Is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction ) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera , police crime drama , political drama , legal drama , historical drama , domestic drama , teen drama , and comedy-drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate

960-526: Is a final fight to the death; the idea of the protagonists facing death is a central expectation in a war drama film. In a war film even though the enemy may out-number, or out-power, the hero, we assume that the enemy can be defeated if only the hero can figure out how.   Examples include: Apocalypse Now (1979), Come and See (1985), Braveheart (1995), Life Is Beautiful (1997), Black Book (2006), The Hurt Locker (2008), 1944 (2015), Wildeye (2015), and 1917 (2019). Films in

1020-408: Is independent of changes in digital data recording technologies and file formats that might otherwise render digitally archived material unreadable in the long term. A "film intermediate" is an analog variation of a digital intermediate, where a project shot on digital video is printed onto film stock and transferred back to digital video to emulate film. The term was coined after it was used on

1080-421: Is someone out there for everyone"); the story typically revolves around characters falling into (and out of, and back into) love. Annie Hall (1977), The Notebook (2004), Carol (2015), Her (2013) , and La La Land (2016) are examples of romance dramas. The science fiction drama film is often the story of a protagonist (and their allies) facing something "unknown" that has the potential to change

1140-488: Is strictly for all the dog lovers and their cohorts whom you usually spot at the beach on a Sunday morning. The family-friendly entertainer brims you with warmth." Writing for The New Indian Express , Bhuvanesh Chandar said " Mughizh reflects on several deep topics, including overcoming fear, handling grief, raising children, and of course, the love that dogs are capable of". M. Suganth, editor-in-chief of The Times of India called it as "a film that easily works better than

1200-622: Is that in a documentary it uses real people to describe history or current events; in a docudrama it uses professionally trained actors to play the roles in the current event, that is "dramatized" a bit. Examples: Black Mass (2015) and Zodiac (2007). Unlike docudramas, docu-fictional films combine documentary and fiction, where actual footage or real events are intermingled with recreated scenes. Examples: Interior. Leather Bar (2013) and Your Name Here (2015). Many otherwise serious productions have humorous scenes and characters intended to provide comic relief . A comedy drama has humor as

1260-415: Is usually the final creative adjustment to a movie before distribution in theaters . It is distinguished from the telecine process in which film is scanned and color is manipulated early in the process to facilitate editing. However the lines between telecine and DI are continually blurred and are often executed on the same hardware by colorists of the same background. These two steps are typically part of

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1320-755: The western super-genre often take place in the American Southwest or Mexico, with a large number of scenes occurring outdoors so we can soak in scenic landscapes. Visceral expectations for the audience include fistfights, gunplay, and chase scenes. There is also the expectation of spectacular panoramic images of the countryside including sunsets, wide open landscapes, and endless deserts and sky.   Examples of western dramas include: True Grit (1969) and its 2010 remake , Mad Max (1979), Unforgiven (1992), No Country for Old Men (2007), Django Unchained (2012), Hell or High Water (2016), and Logan (2017). Some film categories that use

1380-484: The 1970s, with significant improvements in the late 1980s and early 1990s. During this time, digitally processing an entire feature-length film was impractical because the scanners and recorders were extremely slow and the image files were too large compared to computing power available. Instead, individual shots or short sequences were processed for visual effects . In 1992, Visual Effects Supervisor/Producer Chris F. Woods broke through several "techno-barriers" in creating

1440-489: The Apes (1968), A Clockwork Orange (1971), Blade Runner (1982) and its sequel Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Children of Men (2006), Interstellar (2014), and Arrival (2016). In the sports super-genre, characters will be playing sports. Thematically, the story is often one of "Our Team" versus "Their Team"; their team will always try to win, and our team will show the world that they deserve recognition or redemption;

1500-533: The Oscar-winning 2012 short film " Curfew ". The process was also used on the films Dune (2021) and The Batman (2022). Telecine tools to electronically capture film images are nearly as old as broadcast television, but the resulting images were widely considered unsuitable for exposing back onto film for theatrical distribution. Film scanners and recorders with quality sufficient to produce images that could be inter-cut with regular film began appearing in

1560-407: The audience jump through a series of mental "hoops"; it is not uncommon for the crime drama to use verbal gymnastics to keep the audience and the protagonist on their toes.   Examples of crime dramas include: The Godfather (1972), Chinatown (1974), Goodfellas (1990), The Usual Suspects (1995), The Big Short (2015), and Udta Punjab (2016). According to Eric R. Williams ,

1620-412: The broader sense if their storytelling is achieved by means of actors who represent ( mimesis ) characters . In this broader sense, drama is a mode distinct from novels, short stories , and narrative poetry or songs . In the modern era, before the birth of cinema or television, "drama" within theatre was a type of play that was neither a comedy nor a tragedy . It is this narrower sense that

1680-533: The characters' inner life and psychological problems. Examples: Requiem for a Dream (2000), Oldboy (2003), Babel (2006), Whiplash (2014), and Anomalisa (2015) Satire can involve humor, but the result is typically sharp social commentary that is anything but funny. Satire often uses irony or exaggeration to expose faults in society or individuals that influence social ideology.  Examples: Thank You for Smoking (2005) and Idiocracy (2006). Straight drama applies to those that do not attempt

1740-402: The cinematographer in '96 , handled the promotional stills for the film, with posters designed by Gopi Prasannaa . In addition, director Balaji Tharaneetharan joined the technical team as lyricist and dialogue writer, with Pradeep Kumar and Malvi Sundaresan serving vocals for the songs. The film is produced by Sethupathi himself under his own banner Vijay Sethupathi Productions, for which

1800-473: The course of the film. Thematically, horror films often serve as morality tales, with the killer serving up violent penance for the victims' past sins.  Metaphorically, these become battles of Good vs. Evil or Purity vs. Sin.  Psycho (1960), Halloween (1978), The Shining (1980), The Conjuring (2013), It (2017), mother! (2017), and Hereditary (2018) are examples of horror drama films. Day-in-the-life films takes small events in

1860-454: The crew members and the film's title, the film was reported to have four actors as a part of the principal cast. Sethupathi revealed that it is a "feel-good film about family and relationships". Scooby was happily riding on a bike when he was chased down to get his consent. Which thankfully the crew managed to get. He was a complete riot. Extremely difficult to control. Scooby was not the kind of dog who paid heed to training. This turned out to be

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1920-416: The digital image would look once it was printed onto release print stock. This removed a large amount of guesswork from the film-making process, and allowed greater freedom in the colour grading process while reducing risk. The digital master is often used as a source for a DCI-compliant distribution of the motion picture for digital projection . For archival purposes, the digital master created during

1980-406: The digital intermediate process can be recorded to very stable high dynamic range yellow-cyan-magenta (YCM) separations on black-and-white film with an expected 100-year or longer life. While still subject to the natural degradation of any analog chemical master, this archival format, long used in the industry prior to the invention of DI, was considered valuable for providing an archival medium that

2040-475: The director was approaching him to produce the film, while he was actually pitching the idea to him as an actor. Without any second thoughts he accepted to act and also produce the film under his own banner Vijay Sethupathi productions. Karthik Swaminathan, an assistant of cinematographer-director Jeeva, with whom he worked in Unnale Unnale (film) , Dhaam_Dhoom (film) has directed this film. Regina Cassandra

2100-410: The entire graph of Scooby and the family, Maayakkaara was composed depicting the beautiful bonding that transpires within the family because of scooby's homecoming. The first track titled "Maayakaara" released to good reception, gained popularity for its freshness and soothing music. The Mughizh theme song,  is inspired  from  Kaavya's backstory. The world of the film is depicted through

2160-481: The family as a whole reacts to a central challenge. There are four micro-genres for the family drama: Family Bond , Family Feud , Family Loss , and Family Rift . A sub-type of drama films that uses plots that appeal to the heightened emotions of the audience. Melodramatic plots often deal with "crises of human emotion, failed romance or friendship, strained familial situations, tragedy, illness, neuroses, or emotional and physical hardship". Film critics sometimes use

2220-423: The family's bonding with Scooby. The song composed by Revaa was written by Balaji Tharaneetharan, sung by Govind Vasantha and Malvi Sundaresan. Before Maayakkaara, the team had another song composed for the same situation. But while shooting, the scenes demanded a different graph altogether based on Scooby s reactions. Post watching the visuals the team decided to compose a new song to go with the visual mood. Based on

2280-409: The film and television industries, along with film studies , adopted. " Radio drama " has been used in both senses—originally transmitted in a live performance, it has also been used to describe the more high-brow and serious end of the dramatic output of radio . The Screenwriters Taxonomy contends that film genres are fundamentally based upon a film's atmosphere, character and story, and therefore

2340-486: The film intended to be their debut venture in digital space, until Vijay Sethupathi planned to release the film in theatres. The music and background score is composed by female composer Revaa. Mughizh marks Revaa's entry into Tamil cinema. She has earlier worked on Malayalam film Mangalyam Thanthunaena, Marathi film College Diary besides composing for digital media, pilot films and more than 200 ad jingles. Mughizh's soundtrack has 3 songs. The Maayakkaara song brings to life

2400-584: The film will be released theatrically on 8 October 2021. A teaser of 30 seconds was released on 1 October, a week before the release date, confirming that the film would have a theatrical release. It is the first Tamil film of a shorter duration (62 minutes) to be released in theatres. The film saw its theatrical release in October 2021 after the pandemic, when the lockdown was relaxed, with a 50 percent occupancy in multiplexes around Tamil Nadu and other major cities in India. Srivatsan S of The Hindu said that "Mughizh

2460-399: The film, unlike other short films which released directly through YouTube . However, as the negotiations failed to happen, the team intended for a direct premiere on YouTube. Further, the team had planned to market the film in television, where they were about to team up with satellite TV channels to acquire the rights and also to recover production costs. Later, Vijay Sethupathi announced that

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2520-450: The films that get distributed to theaters. Color grading is done by varying the amount of red, green, and blue light used to expose the intermediate. The digital intermediate process uses digital tools to color grade, which allows for much finer control of individual colors and areas of the image, and allows for the adjustment of image structure (grain, sharpness, etc.). The intermediate for film reproduction can then be produced by means of

2580-416: The future of humanity; this unknown may be represented by a villain with incomprehensible powers, a creature we do not understand, or a scientific scenario that threatens to change the world; the science fiction story forces the audience to consider the nature of human beings, the confines of time or space or the concepts of human existence in general. Examples include: Metropolis (1927), Planet of

2640-416: The hallmark of fantasy drama films is "a sense of wonderment, typically played out in a visually intense world inhabited by mythic creatures, magic or superhuman characters. Props and costumes within these films often belie a sense of mythology and folklore – whether ancient, futuristic, or other-worldly. The costumes, as well as the exotic world, reflect the personal, inner struggles that the hero faces in

2700-408: The labels "drama" and "comedy" are too broad to be considered a genre. Instead, the taxonomy contends that film dramas are a "Type" of film; listing at least ten different sub-types of film and television drama. Docudramas are dramatized adaptations of real-life events. While not always completely accurate, the general facts are more-or-less true. The difference between a docudrama and a documentary

2760-399: The legal system. Films that focus on dramatic events in history. Focuses on doctors, nurses, hospital staff, and ambulance saving victims and the interactions of their daily lives. Focuses on teenage characters, especially where a secondary school setting plays a role. Digital intermediate A digital intermediate often replaces or augments the photochemical timing process and

2820-420: The occasion of New Year's Eve (31 December 2020), Vijay Sethupathi announced the title of the film as Mughizh , with the technical crew of the film consisting of female composer Revaa as music composer , Sathya Ponmar as cinematographer , A. S. Laxmi Narayanan as sound designer and R. Govindaraj, who worked with Sethupathi in '96 and Tughlaq Durbar was the editor . N. Shanmuga Sundaram, who worked as

2880-407: The organic fabric she exuded intrinsically. Kavya's character is of a child who likes to exist in her own world of fantasies which give her immense joy. The characterisation of Kavya was very similar to Shreeja's, which turned out to be the biggest boon in bringing to life the character and the core essence of the film. She made her film debut. Though the team did not disclose the details about

2940-445: The overall color management process in a motion picture at different points in time. A digital intermediate is also customarily done at higher resolution and with greater color fidelity than telecine transfers. Although originally used to describe a process that started with film scanning and ended with film recording , digital intermediate is also used to describe color correction and color grading and even final mastering when

3000-533: The shoot happened in and around Chennai, especially few scenes at Marina Beach in Chennai . People who had gathered to witness the shoot were extremely surprised when they saw stars arriving at the shoot which comprised such a small crew and an extremely simple production design to boot. Post-production for the film began in early November 2019 and team began works on editing , dubbing , re-recording , digital intermediate , color grading and special effects . During

3060-503: The space to figure it out for ourselves with its minimal approach. What this is able to achieve is navigate a minefield of emotions without ever resorting to sentimentality. At first, we mistake this as being simplistic and a tad too plain. But soon, you warm up to it and you understand why this approach was chosen." Abhishek Joshi of Dogwithblog wrote an entire blog on the movie and mentioned that,"Mughizh offers deep reflections on parenting, grief, and life itself".The movie explores grief from

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3120-530: The story does not always have to involve a team. The story could also be about an individual athlete or the story could focus on an individual playing on a team. Examples of this genre/type include:  The Hustler (1961), Hoosiers (1986), Remember the Titans (2000), and Moneyball (2011). War films typically tells the story of a small group of isolated individuals who – one by one – get killed (literally or metaphorically) by an outside force until there

3180-514: The story." Examples of fantasy dramas include The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003), Pan's Labyrinth (2006), Where the Wild Things Are (2009), and Life of Pi (2012). Horror dramas often involve the central characters isolated from the rest of society. These characters are often teenagers or people in their early twenties (the genre's central audience) and are eventually killed off during

3240-578: The term "pejoratively to connote an unrealistic, pathos-filled, camp tale of romance or domestic situations with stereotypical characters (often including a central female character) that would directly appeal to feminine audiences". Also called "women's movies", "weepies", tearjerkers, or "chick flicks". If they are targeted to a male audience, then they are called "guy cry" films. Often considered "soap-opera" drama. Focuses on religious characters, mystery play, beliefs, and respect. Character development based on themes involving criminals, law enforcement and

3300-534: The theme song which is an inspiration propelled by the beautiful waves of the sea. The movie begins with the theme song and ends with the theme song, just like how life comes a full circle. The theme also conveys the subtle and natural realisations which each family member goes through in Mughizh. The film ends with the lyric version of the theme song called Oyaadha alai pole, sung by Pradeep Kumar, written by Balaji Tharanreetharan. The entire Background score of Mughizh has

3360-526: The underwhelming anthologies that we have been getting since the pandemic". Ashameera Aiyyappan of Firstpost stated "Amid all the gangster dramas, action thrillers and the blood-soaked action that we see our top stars constantly indulge in, the mere fact that a marketable hero would accept a premise like this, feels like a miracle. This is why VJS, regardless of his successes or failures, is an actor that we always root for." Vishal Menon of Film Companion South stated " Mughizh holds its frames to give viewers

3420-485: The wall within Kavya break, and when this decision of the parents backfires, do demons pile up adding on to the already existing fears within Kavya? Or does this mammoth experience transform her, and does it propel her to blossom, exuding the first ever enriching fragrance of life. Her parents are at the threshold of assessing their parental skills and decisions. " Mughizh", is about a family 's life journey, where each member finds

3480-488: The word "comedy" or "drama" are not recognized by the Screenwriters Taxonomy as either a film genre or a film type. For instance, "Melodrama" and "Screwball Comedy" are considered Pathways,  while "romantic comedy" and "family drama" are macro-genres. A macro-genre in the Screenwriters Taxonomy. These films tell a story in which many of the central characters are related. The story revolves around how

3540-411: Was approached just few days before shooting commenced. She was very busy with her other film schedules but she did make time for the film, as she brought an extremely fresh breath of air to the role of a young mother. For the role of the 12-year-old girl the director had initially cast a trained actor, but later, on seeing Shreeja who had never faced the camera before, the director wanted to cast her, for

3600-440: Was immediately embraced, while optical printer use for VFX declined just as quickly. Chris Watts further revolutionized the process on the 1998 feature film Pleasantville , becoming the first visual effects supervisor for New Line Cinema to scan, process, and record the majority of a feature-length, live-action, Hollywood film digitally. The first Hollywood film to utilize a digital intermediate process from beginning to end

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