PREM JYOTHIS
Prem Jyothis (1995) is a cinematographer and filmmaker based in India, Portugal, and Estonia. He is deeply passionate about visual storytelling within the infinite territory of human experiences. He is curious about the various dramaturgy tools to create immersive depictions of subjective perspectives in Cinema and visual art. He is a graduate from Kino Eyes (2021) movie masters and FTII, the National film Institute of India.
Publications
Implications of Cineamatogtraphy in tondoscope
Cinematography in progress by IMAGO 2022
Circular cinema is referred to as the Tondoscope (derived from the Tondo movement in the Renaissance) by Gust Van den Berghe (director of Lucifer, 2014). Regarding the perception of the viewer, it differs from the traditional rectangular visual formats of cinema and possesses specific traits; namely, visual balance, symmetry, and harmony. This paper tries to understand the implications of cinematography in a circular-shaped image, by analysing the characteristics of circular images from the history of various visual media along with the case studies Lucifer (2014) and I am not Madame Bovary(2016). Furthermore, it discusses the potentialities of tondoscope as a visual dramaturgical tool.
