Raivision offers the following services to individuals, organisations and institutions:
- Film & TV production
Raivision has been producing feature and documentary films and TV programs in Australia as independant producers since 1997. For details of this journey please click here. We have now gained sufficient knowledge and experience in the art of film and TV production to provide the following services to individuals and groups:
- Scriptwring for your filmWe will work with you to develop a feature, short feature or documentary film that you may be thinking of producing. We will convert your film idea into a film screenplay ready for your to start production.
- CinematographyIf you do not have film production equipments to start production we will supply you the basic equipement for you to produce a professional digital film. Later if you wish to convert your digital film to films we can direct you to studios in Sydney and Bollywood to do just that.
If you do not have a cinematographer/camera operator to capture your fil footage, we can supply to one. We can also supply sound to capture professional quality sound and light technician to light up your sets according to your needs.
- Editing
We can provide you professional editing facilities and experienced video film editor to convert your film footage into a professional looking film. We can output the film on DVD or DVD cam tapes. If you require we can arrange background score for your film in Sydney or in Bollywood.
- Direction
If you need a director we can arrange an experienced director from Sydney or Bollywood to direct your film professionally.
- Acting
Raivision Academy films has trained and provided film and TV acting/anchoring experience to more acting talents from the Indian subconent than any other production house in Australia. We can reccommend several actors to act in your film. To get training in the art of film and TV production and acting see below.
- COMPLETE FILM PRODUCTION SOLUTION
If you prefer we will transform your film idea into final film on DVD or tape. After developing your film idea into a screenplay we can cast actors, engage crew, shoot and edit the film with background score. Within a short few months you will be able watch your film idea on your TV screen or on big screens. All you need is a great film idea and of course sufficient funds for us to convert this idea into a film ready for screening!!
- Courses in digital Film & TV production
The Director of Raivision has recently completed a professional PhD in film production. He is a qualified Trainer and Assessor with several years experience in lecturing, training and assessing tertiary students in Australia. He has writen, produced and directed 12 films (4 feature and 8 documentary film), 150 half hour TV programs and several music videos. He has written the first ever year long course in digital film & TV program for Fiji. (For more details see his Curriculum Vitae here). Since 1997 he has trained some 30 actors and TV achors/presenters and provided them opportunity to work in films and TV programs. All the training provided by Raivision Academy of Film & TV will be developed and delivered by the Director or under direct supervision of the Director. These are the courses available for you with Raivision Academy of Films:
- Film script development and screenplay writing
By completeing this course you will be able to develop a film idea (feature and documentary) in to a production script/screenplay.
- Cinematography/digital film operation for Film & TV
By completeing this course you will be able to capture good quality footage for a film from which an editor will be able to make selection for a film with tearing his or her head off. You will also learn about the relation between the camera person with other production crew and creative talents to ensure professional, and enjoyable atmosphere on the production sets .
- Basic Sound & Light techniques
This course teaches the sound and light technicians to capture good quality sound and how to light up the production set for filming. You will also learn about the relation between the camera person with other production crew and creative talents to ensure professional, and enjoyable atmosphere on the production sets .
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- Acting skills for Films
By completeing this course you will learn basic skills to act in from or a camera and how to react and interact with other actors during production and on production sets. You will learn about characterisation, learning you lines, voice modulation/projection and emoting to ensure you are able to potray your charactor professionaly on the screen.
- Anchoring and presentation/interview techniques for TV
By completeing this course you will be able to become a competent TV anchor/presenter or interviewer. You will overcome your fear of facing camera, learn the skills needed to interview TV guests, read news or anchor TV program or documentary films.
- Film and TV Production and Direction skills
By completeing this course you will be able to learn the basic skills needed to execute roles of film/TV producer or director.
- Online digital and HD ediitng skills
By completeing this course you will be able to
- Film Promotion and Marketing skills
By completeing this course you will be able to
- Journalism
You can engage Raivision to write well researched and professional quality articles to promote your productions or services in newspapers, magazines or websites.
- Milaap-Discover your Indian roots project
This project will assist those descendants of the indentured Indians laborers (the girmitiyas) who were transported to Fiji between 1879 and 1916 and exiled in there after successful completion of their indenture agreements (girmits), to reconnect with their ancestral homes and villages in India
An introduction to the term girmit
Today the terms girmit and girmitiyas are being used by increasing number of people to refer to approximately 1.2 million Indians who were transported from by several European nations to supply cheap labour to plantations in Mauritius, Guyana (previously known as British Guyana), Trinidad & Tobago, Surinam, Jamaica, South Africa, Reunion, Fiji and several other places.
Along with the terms girmit and girmitiyas (more often used in the Fijian Diaspora) terms such as Jehajis and contractees are also used to refer to the indentured Indians. Girmit and contractees have been derived from the agreement and contact these Indians supposedly agreed to and put their thumb prints to indicate that they understood and agreed to their terms of indenture. The term Jehajis are used to refer to the bond established between those transported on the same jehaj (ship) that transported them to the colonies. Often the bond of friendship lasted throughout the indentureship and in cases on the majority who were permanently exiled in the colonies; it lasted throughout their lives and often passed on to their descendants.
Today the descendants of these indentured Indians who were exiled in the colonies number somewhere from 10 million to 12 million people. Many still live in the now independent colonies, but a significant number of them now live in the western countries including Holland, UK, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Significant amount of work has been done in the original countries of indenture as well as in the west on the indenture system as well the indentured people. It is now revealed that there are many things that are common to all the indentured Indians, including where and how they were recruited, treatment during transportation and on the plantations and in the Coolie lines, problems with the original inhabitants or other races living in the colonies and the way majority of them could not return to their homes in India.
However despite all the common factors that unite the indenture experience and the common issues that concern many of them, till today no attempt has been made to bring representatives of all these communities on a common platform. One result of this is the 12 million people who share common cultures, experiences, political and social problems, do not share a common name. They are put under the banner of people of Indian origin (PIOs), which for me hold little significance nor relevance.
Therefore, in the absence of any common name, by default, I refer to them as girmitiyas and the system as the girmit system, until such time when a common name is agreed upon to refer exclusively to the indenture system and the descendants of the indentured Indians.
For more information about girmit and Milaap project please click here. Those requring basic information on tracing the immigration (girmit) passes of their girmitiya ancestors please click here. Scroll down the page until you get to this section headed INFORMATION ON TRACING IMMIGRATION PASSES IN FIJI. If you need more assistance or information on Fiji girmit or International girmit community please contact us via our contact section.
- India tourist, girmit and pilgrimage tours
INTRODUCTION
From 2010 Raivision Films will start an unique service to everyone who wish to travel to India in order to visit Indian's thousands of uniquely incredible tourist sites (including Bollywood), hundreds of religious sites or to visit the ancestral lands and villages of the incredible 1.2 million Indians who were transported to colonies by the European colonizers.
The tours will be designed with representatives of the tour group to meet the needs of the individual tour group. For an example the February 2011 tour group includes tourist attraction of Delhi, Jaipur, Agra, Missouri, Dehradun, with visits to trith (pilgrimage) sites in Delhi, Haridwar, Rishikesh, Mathura, Vrindaban and Ayodhya. This tour will also include tour of the key girmit areas in Uttar Pradesh and end with Bollywood tour in Mumbai.
UNIQUELY RAIVISION SERVICES
Professional filming and DVD production of the tours
A unique feature Raivision Film can attach to these tours is professional filming, editing and production of a 120 mins film on DVD of the highlights of the tours for each member of the tour groups. A small film production team will accompany the tour group to all the significant tour sites and film the sites (including reactions and interviews of the tour group members) with approvals from the Government of India on the sites where formal approvals are required.
Personalized tour guide from Sydney
Huge savings on the tours