I arrived in Mumbai on Friday night. It’s so strange how much easier it is to arrive in India a second time. Off the plane, straight to the pre-paid taxi counter, into my taxi, off to the hotel. It’s still a crazy full on traffic, people everywhere, something to look at constantly environment but it’s one I’m looking forward to rather than dreading.
I’m at a very nice hotel with lake views in the far north of Mumbai. Relaxing. Great pool. Have spent a day writing a presentation for today and getting documentation into order. Last night was the first networking event for X Media Lab. Met some very interesting people. I haven’t given out so many cards in such a short time before.
There is a real animation bent to FICCI-Frames and X Media Lab this time. Several animation production houses are represented at X Media Lab so I will get a good opportunity to discuss some of the animation ideas we have for the project. There’s also a real interest in co-production where the animation house puts up sweat equity in order to keep production costs down.
There’s a lot of opportunity around the digital expression for ‘The Billionaire’s Sleep’. I can see how the Imran character can extend into a storyteller on multiple devices and how the stories he tells can be taken much further than currently in the script. It will be interesting to see what I learn from the mentors and project teams participating in X Media Lab.