Of Pledges and Days yet to come: 2 years of Broken Projector
July 20th, 2009 | by Gautam |
Yesterday, July 19th was BrokenProjector.com’s 2 year anniversary. This is longer than the combined reign of all my day jobs and romantic relationships put together. This blog has taught me a lot of things about cinema, the things that I never could’ve found on my own. BP was started in July 2007 right after my first involvement with a feature film shooting. I wanted to teach myself more on cinema by writing down my observations and it worked. If I am able to sit with a proven group of cinephiles and speak their language, it is because BP took me to that level.
Most people know it was active more during its first year, the previous one has gone without me writing on a regular basis. This is in part due to my day jobs (I’ve had two in the last year). Life has kept me busy. I’ve moved out of my parent’s home (for the second time), travelled a bit, found a job in the middle of the recession and started exploring Delhi a lot.
It was also the year in which I met the guys at IndianAuteur.com, a bunch of twenty-somethings like myself, trying to make films. It’s always great to hear that you’re not the only nut around. The first few issues had re-publishing of my older articles from BP and then eventually I started writing exclusively for IA issues.
So, on this occasion of 2 year completion I would like to publicly undertake an oath:
“For the remaining length of the year, I shall write one article for every week. That is a total of 24 till December 31st, 2009.”
I will also be re-designing the entire site, to make it more efficient and interactive. I also plan to add a donation link, keeping in mind my desire to make this blog self-sustaining. Every month I will accept donations till the sum total reaches $10.00 because that’s how much it costs to keep this site running for a month. Once the donations cross $10.00 I will disable the link till the end of the month. I’m curious to see how this works and if my blog can sustain itself.
I’ve tried generating income from the blog in the past through AdWords but I only made $10.00 over the entire span of almost a year that it was up. This time I hope the results are different.
Lately, I’ve been very disappointed with my day job and wished I could be out on the streets, making films, travelling the world and meeting interesting people. But life seldom comes without responsibility, and frankly I have been very negligent of this blog in the past one year or so. Right now, BP is a personification of my love for cinema and my never-ending faith in it.
So thanks dear Reader! Thank you for dropping by time and again and reading what I have to say, it is a privilege I get so little in real world and perhaps that is the reason why my articles come out more like conversations.
What more? I have a surprise for all of you! Especially for the ones who’ve been around since the days when little BP was still running around in diapers. Want to know what it is? Try guessing! The answer will be revealed tomorrow at 4 pm IST.
Much love to you!
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