The light table
Field Notes from Uttarakhand
Notes from the road, the edit room and the equipment case. What we learned making the films, written down before we forget it.
Entries03
Filed fromUttarakhand
Span2025 to 2026
- 03Frame 16:9Munsiyari, Pithoragarh · 4 March 2026
The road closes at four
We booked six days and the road gave us four and a half. What that does to a schedule, and why the film is better for it.Kabir Sen · 2 min - 02Frame 4:3The edit room, Dehradun · 19 January 2026
What a magazine teaches
A note on the one piece of equipment we kept after the format went: the clock. Why an artificial limit makes a better interview than an unlimited card.Mira Kapoor · 2 min - 01Frame 3:4Chamoli district · 28 November 2025
The fixer is the film
On the six weeks of telephone calls that decide whether a mountain shoot is possible, and why we will not quote against a shot list until we have the dates.Tara Sharma · 2 min