{"id":3794745,"date":"2022-07-30T03:44:48","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T10:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dostoevsky-bts.com\/blog\/?p=3794745"},"modified":"2022-07-30T03:44:52","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T10:44:52","slug":"being-a-spectator-charm-of-behind-the-scenes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dostoevsky-bts.com\/blog\/being-a-spectator-charm-of-behind-the-scenes\/","title":{"rendered":"Being a Spectator: Charm of Behind-the-Scenes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Unknown is attractive. Thus, throughout history, people were always drawn to the unknown. In fact, the cinema world created a genre called &#8220;mystery&#8221;, as well as behind-the-scenes to honor the unknown. What is going on behind the closed doors? Who is behind all of these? When Edison filmed a series of kinetoscope films between 1894 and 1896, these films quickly became a great success. Especially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WmZ4VPmhAkw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Seminary Girls<\/em><\/strong><\/a>. In this short film, girls in the dormitory have a pillow fight. The movie was a big breakthrough. Because, until that moment, nobody knew what was going on behind the closed doors of a girls\u2019 dormitory in 1894.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Edison Kinetoscope Films 1894-1896\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WmZ4VPmhAkw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Since, history kept repeating itself. People kept wondering what happens behind the scenes. With cinema coming into our lives, it became easier to have eyes and ears everywhere. Unknown areas and behind-the-scenes are easier to watch more than ever. It is intriguing, and more; it is charming. That is why,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0838564\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Vitaly Sumin<\/a>, an award-winner director decided to show behind the scene struggles of his award-winning movie. <a href=\"http:\/\/vmpfilms.com\/Notes_from_the_new_world.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><em>Notes from the New World (2011)<\/em><\/strong><\/a> which was inspired by Dostoevsky\u2019s <em>Notes from Underground <\/em>continues to be a great success. However, during the filming Vitaly Sumin and his crew faced many hardships. And that is how<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/dostoevsky-bts.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>AN LA STORY: The Making of the award-winning Notes from the New World<\/em><\/a> <\/strong>is coming to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">First Behind-the-Scenes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Behind-the-Scenes, also known as \u201cmaking-of\u201d is a type of documentary that shows what is going on behind the production of a movie or a television show, or any other form of production. The first behind-the-scene movies were in the bonus parts on DVDs. In sitcoms, this section was often called bloopers. Overtime directors discovered the charm of behind-the-scenes. In 1982, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Burden_of_Dreams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Burden of Dreams<\/em><\/strong><\/a> which was a making-of documentary film by Les Blank was shot. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0047396\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Rear Window<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (1954) by Alfred Hitchcock was about the mystery and charm of secretly observing people. However, behind the scenes were popular way before these movies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eyes Everywhere<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cToday there are eyes everywhere, and it took just one generation.\u201d Says David Lyon, Aaron Doyle, and Randy Lippert in their introduction. (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/books\/edition\/Eyes_Everywhere\/mJLHBQAAQBAJ?hl=en&amp;gbpv=1&amp;dq=cameras+everywhere&amp;printsec=frontcover\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Lyon, Aaron Doyle, Randy Lippert. (2012). Introduction. In Eyes Everywhere: The Global Growth of Camera Surveillance. Routledge.<\/a><\/em>) Behind the scenes is not only functional in the cinema world, but it is also for political reasons and security. Camera surveillance is multiplying, and intensifying in many countries. Moreover, each day countries all around the world install more cameras. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tooltester.com\/en\/blog\/the-worlds-most-surveilled-countries\/\">Tooltester,<\/a> China, USA, and UK are the world leaders in terms of how many CCTV cameras per person they have.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dostoevsky-bts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/infographic-most-watched-citizens-1157x1200-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"987\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/dostoevsky-bts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/infographic-most-watched-citizens-1157x1200-1-987x1024.png\" alt=\"Surveillance data from Tooltester - behind-the-scenes\" class=\"wp-image-3796554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dostoevsky-bts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/infographic-most-watched-citizens-1157x1200-1-987x1024.png 987w, https:\/\/dostoevsky-bts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/infographic-most-watched-citizens-1157x1200-1-289x300.png 289w, https:\/\/dostoevsky-bts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/infographic-most-watched-citizens-1157x1200-1.png 1157w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 987px) 100vw, 987px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>&#8220;The report by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.safety.com\/average-american-filmed-by-an-estimated-238-security-cameras-a-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Safety.com<\/a>&nbsp;finds that surveillance technology is spreading to every corner of the globe. Studies estimate there will be around&nbsp;<em>one billion<\/em>&nbsp;security cameras filming worldwide by 2021. Between 10 and 18 percent of those devices will be in the United States.&#8221;<\/p><cite>Melore, C. (2020, September 24). <em>INTELLIGENCE, SCIENCE &amp; TECHNOLOGY NEWS, SOCIETY &amp; CULTURE NEWS<\/em>. Retrieved from studyfinds.org: https:\/\/www.studyfinds.org\/americans-security-cameras-study\/<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>This fact might be scary. However, it is not only governments that record people. About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordstream.com\/blog\/ws\/2017\/04\/20\/instagram-statistics#:~:text=8.,shared%20on%20Instagram%20per%20day.\">95 million<\/a> posts and many more are shared every day on only one social media platform. People <em>love<\/em> recording, and the other half<em> loves<\/em> watching and spectating. A lot of people might consider this an invasion of privacy. But most people might also think it is entertaining. It is charming to know what is going on in a place to which you have no access. That is why watching behind-the-scenes is intriguing and charming. As a society, this is something we do every day, every time we use social media. We sneak a peek into another person\u2019s story and be a spectator in their lives.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dostoevsky-bts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/rebecca-steven-by-the-window-malibu-house.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dostoevsky-bts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/rebecca-steven-by-the-window-malibu-house.jpg\" alt=\"Behind the scenes of Notes from the New World\" class=\"wp-image-3796555\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dostoevsky-bts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/rebecca-steven-by-the-window-malibu-house.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dostoevsky-bts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/rebecca-steven-by-the-window-malibu-house-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Still from <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2832722\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">An LA Story<\/a><\/em><\/strong> &#8211; shooting <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/vmpfilms.com\/Notes_from_the_new_world.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Notes from the New World<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<strong>AN LA STORY: Behind-the-Scenes&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>An LA Story<\/em><\/strong> is a behind-the-scenes documentary by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0838564\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vitaly Sumin<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/vmpfilms.com\/\">VMP Films<\/a>. The movie portrays the struggles the crew faced while filming <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/vmpfilms.com\/Notes_from_the_new_world.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Notes from the New World<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. The summary by Vitaly Sumin and Dan Marcus shared on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2832722\/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl\">IMDB<\/a> page of the movie start like this: \u201cSomeone \u2013 or something \u2013&nbsp;<em>did not want<\/em>&nbsp;this movie to be made\u2026\u201d After the challenges they encountered, director Vitaly Sumin decided to make a behind-the-scenes movie documenting the production of <strong><em>Notes from the New World<\/em><\/strong>. The movie shows the cast and the crew members unexpectedly finding themselves in the middle of the rituals of an ancient cult, betrayal, abandonment, and such; the struggle list goes on and on\u2026 That&#8217;s why by bringing to completion <strong><em>Notes from the New World<\/em><\/strong> Sumin managed to achieve the impossible.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As discussed earlier, behind-the-scenes have always been intriguing. But when it is based on making an independent movie in Hollywood, it is thrilling as well. After all, Hollywood is not known to be kind to independent filmmakers. However, the unforeseen disasters that came one after another caused something magnificent. <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2832722\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AN LA STORY: Behind-the-Scenes<\/a><\/em><\/strong> is currently in post-production. VMP film crew and Vitaly Sumin is working hard to present this exciting film to the whole world. Just like Edison\u2019s <strong><em>Seminary Girls<\/em><\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0838564\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vitaly Sumin<\/a>\u2019s <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2832722\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AN LA STORY: Behind the Scenes<\/a><\/em><\/strong> will show what is going on behind the closed doors of the indie production in Hollywood.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dostoevsky-bts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Player-LA_Story-658x1024.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dostoevsky-bts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Player-LA_Story-658x1024-658x1024.jpg\" alt=\"An LA Story: The Making of the Award-winning Notes from the New World - by Vitaly Sumin\" class=\"wp-image-3779365\" width=\"494\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dostoevsky-bts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Player-LA_Story-658x1024.jpg 658w, https:\/\/dostoevsky-bts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Player-LA_Story-658x1024-193x300.jpg 193w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Applying the Charm<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Nevertheless, watching a behind-the-scenes movie will be an experience you will not want to miss. Humankind was curious before, and we are even more curious today. People like to play the spectator. And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0838564\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vitaly Sumin<\/a> is giving the honor of being a spectator to everyone all around the world very soon. <strong><em>AN LA STORY<\/em><\/strong>, will open a window to Hollywood\u2019s indie world&#8217;s dark alleys and let the spectators discover the secrets of an industry everyone envies. Some things are not what they appear to be. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0838564\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vitaly Sumin<\/a> captured the true face of the indie&#8217;s Hollywood and he invites the whole world to see it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Behind-the-scenes movies began with the invention of the camera. In 1894, only a century ago, Edison showed what is possible to capture: behind closed doors. With technology evolving, surveillance cameras, and social media expanding, everyone became a part of this dynamic. Nowadays, everyone is an actor and a spectator at the same time. Indeed, it is very charming. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0838564\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vitaly Sumin<\/a>, an award-winning director was aware of behind-the-scenes charm and mystery. Therefore, he created <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2832722\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AN LA STORY: The Making of the award-winning Notes from the New World<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vmpfilms.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VMP<\/a> movie that is currently in post-production. AN LA STORY- BTS will soon meet its spectators.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AN LA STORY - BTS -  Dostoyevsky Reimagined - TRAILER\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/58390140?h=3194f5d81e&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Want to know about&nbsp;VMP Films and about the films we make? Want to participate in our projects? 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