Editors Note

J.S Newton Editor in Chief

The end of another busy semester is fast approaching, andInstitutional Research Data has just come out, showing that Manipal University M&E Division has thesecond larg-est undergraduate headcount at The Manipal University for this semester.

It was yet another fabulous month filled with academic hustles and activity bustles. Reeload, the Film Festival con-ducted by the MBA students was the first of its kind.

The event witnessed active participation from various institutions across the coun-try and even a few international entries. Let me congratulate all the organisers for doing a fantastic effort and wish to see more next year.

Talking on films, we had an eminent scholar and filmmaker who visited the campus in the Month of April. K.Hariharan, the Director of LV Prasad Film Academy, Chennai took two days of masterclass for the MBA students covering all aspects of film production

The month of May will make Manipal go green. The M&E Division is all geared to conduct the Cyclothon event on the 7th of the month which would be the “Earth Day” as support to the Go Green Campaign.

All the details of the above can be read in the inside pages. As the campus is all get-ting into exam fever, let me wish you all the good luck with your exams.And yes, remember to GO GREEN from this month onwards!

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May 2011 Issue

CHRYSALIS

Editors Note

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Campus News

HariharanHariharan covered all the aspects of filmmaking in simple and easy to follow language for the future media managers who filled the hall in huge numbers. The much articulate filmmaker earned the attention and respect of the students within a few minutes of his session which was rich and well structured.The screening of the aes-thetically and grammatically brilliant films turned the icing on the cake.icing on the cake.

His National Award Winning Film "Ezhavathu Mani-than", earned him international acclaim, featuring in Moscow and other Film Festivals. K. Hariharan has also directed many Documentaries, Short Features and Chil-dren's films. He is a Visiting Faculty Member at the Uni-versity of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and other uni-versities in India and abroad.

“I want to show my toys!” :Prof. Shiva (Faculty, BSc. Animation)

ItIt is easy to question the motive of holding a toy exhi-bition in a college, let alone a college consisting of BSc Animation and MBA – Media & Entertainment students; but, do we really need a reason to become children again?

So what started off as a sceptical attempt to make our half hearted presence felt in the event, turned out to be a refreshing walk down memory lane. All the exhibits were displayed in a class room. From the expected su-perhero posters, toy action figures, advanced remote controlled cars, teddy bears and dolls to more concept based content like sketches, face paintings and real lifelife models, the place was teeming with life; wide- eyed, innocent, carefree life.

Our contribution to this Toy Story came from Yuvaraj Vamsi, Neha and Supriya who participated and won the runners up prize in the exhibition.

By the time the word about the exhibition spread and the junta started pouring in, it was time to wrap up the show. Much like childhood, you don’t know when it comes and you don’t know when it goes. -as told to Angad Singh

The Manipal M&E division is organising a cyclothon, to mark the launch of the “Go Green Campaign” for the city of Bengaluru on the 7th of May 2011This Go Green Campaign’s purpose is to plant more trees in and around the city and also to salute the home armed forces (Department of Police comprising of Traffic, Law & Order & the crime personnel’s) of this beautiful city.

This initiative will be launched with a Cyclothon which would include registered This initiative will be launched with a Cyclothon which would include registered participants from all around the city who would be cycling from Kalyana Mantapa grounds in Koramangala to Kanteerava Indoor Stadium on Kasturba Road cover-ing a distance of almost 6.5 kms.

The registration fee that will be collected from all the participants shall be donated to an NGO working towards the cause for a Greener Planet and at the end of the cycle rally we would like to salute Bengaluru Police for all their efforts to make this city safer and peaceful.

K.Hariharan, Director, L.V Prasad Film & TV Academy came down to the M&E Division to take a Master Class on Film Business Management on the 8th and 9th of April 2011 . An accomplished filmmaker and distinguished scholascholar, Hariharan is a graduate from the FTII,Pune.

Hariharan's masterclass enthralls audience

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Toy Story 2011

Manipal Goes Green This May

Campus News

REELOAD - A Film Festival from M&E

Students of Manipal University, division of Media and Entertainment, organised a REELOAD Film Fes-tival on March 18th 2011. The main sponsor for the film festival was Punjab National Bank.

The chief guest for the event was Bharathi Vishnu-vardhan one of the most popular actress in the Kan-nada film industry during the late 1960s to 1980s. Many films made by Students from different cities like Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune, in various languages were screened during the Festival.

The films were divided into mainly four categories - Short Films, Ad Films, Mobile Films, Animated Films

The complete schedule was made in such a way, that each category of the film was screened at a particular time at a specific venue. The best three films from each category was awarded. The prize distribution ceremony was in the evening followed by a Rock Show by a band called AAGAM

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The Big Event

UTSAV 2011 : A Sort of HomecomingEvery once in a while, each of us undertakes a jour-ney to trace our roots, while this journey may not neces-sarily lead us to our destination, but at some level, it always leads us to a home. A home we had never known, or a home we had heard of, or a home patiently awaiting our return.

Our journey took us to Manipal University, a home we had heard of. And what better way to welcome us back than ‘Utsav’, the annual cultural extravaganza of Kas-turba Medical College, Manipal held from the 11th to 15th of April 2011. We, the students of Manipal Univer-sity, MBA – Media & Entertainment, Bangalore, all geared up to meet our creators in the most ironic setting, a cultural competition. If it takes a competition to unite us, so be it!

In between the various competitive routines, we all took out time to appreciate the kingdom that is Manipal. A few hundred yards and you’re looking at a new college, com-plete with its hostels and an academic block. And once you make your way to the centre, you’re looking at the state-of-the art manipal.edu building, an architectural spectacle! Walk out of that building and you’re at the three-levelthree-level food court, with an array of cuisines to cater to your taste buds. All this made it difficult for us to un-derstand whether this was a college in a township or the other way round.

Coming back to our main objective, our students, Coming back to our main objective, our students, sixty in strength, accompanied by Prof. Prashant Mallur, were making a mark in all the events. We did exceedingly well in most of the disciplines with spe-cial mention to the Fashion Show, Mime & Street Play and a few individual song and dance routines. Praveen Reddy won the 3rd Prize for Spot Photogra-phy.

By the end of five days, our energies spent and our efforts appreciated, we were all set to come back to Bangalore. Our journey had not led us to our destina-tion, but surely a home, a home that favoured our sib-lings more…- as recollected by Birju Ramprasad

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