A Movie Buff's Guide to Interior Design

Watching a film is so much more than just looking at pictures that arrive on your screen. It's not just about listening to a song, liking it and then finding it on YouTube to play it on repeat. Watching film is an experience to behold, a story to unfold and a narrative that grasps in an instance. An ideal weekend is roaming around, doing chores at your place and calling it a day but for a film by a week and is the only time when he or she can find the approximate window of delving into the experience if we called cinema. Cinema is probably one of those few things where you don't get distracted by the barrier of language, by the barrier of linguistic advancements or the barriers of culture in your country. Is identified only when he can Transcend the multitude of languages that stand between him and the content that he wants to consume. When we talk about an ideal cinematic experience we cannot overshadow the diverse and adverse forms of content. You can watch short films, TV series documentaries and special arthouse films which take you to places which you wouldn't have discovered on your own. As we mentioned previously, watching a film is not just an activity that you do out of boredom or solicitation, it's an experience. You could be sitting in one corner of the world and look at the great visions of film producers and directors manifest in front of your eyes in the form of shots and scenes. Ordinarily when you watch a film you just don't watch it every shot has an impact on you every scene leaves you gasping for more. You can experience the adversity of human nature in Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali, find that romantic nook within yourself with Richard Linklater's Before Sunrise, get a heartbeat by looking at the struggle of a man to find love in Spike Jonze's Her, and whatnot. There is a huge section of regional Indian films that goes unnoticed such as Shyam Benegal's Mandi, Abhishek Shah's Hellaro, Ravi Jadhav's Natrang, and so much more. If you are into international films and want  taste of foreign cinematography, you could; send a chill down your spine with the Turkish Director Hasan Karacadag's Dabbe; experience the delicacy of female attention in Marcel Carné’s Les Enfants Du Paradis; see the biography of Russian visionary St. Andrei Rublev in Andrei Tarkovsky's Andrei Rublev. There is so much to look out for and thus, you need to enjoy the act of absorbing a film in style and comfort. Here are a few things that you might find easy to navigate with, when you're about to redesign your watching den: 

• Wide TV Cabinet and Showcases

When you're watching a film, you want to see every scene and every shot in detail. There is nothing that you want to spare anything owing to the size of your device and the picture quality. Having an android TV is a new norm which has taken up the interior designing game to another level. A big TV cabinet can be the perfect solution to all of your problems. You can place your Television set underneath the rack where you install your set-up box, your Surround sound console and other devices which allow you to use the new technological advancements to the fullest. When it comes to watching Content on television from the comfort of your house, it becomes very important to watch it in style and give it the respect it deserves. Having a good TV cabinet can not only help you store stuff that you would not be able to accommodate in your wardrobes or showcases alike. While the Cabinets accommodate the other things, the Showcases store all the fancy things that you want to put out on display. Whenever you watch a new film, you resonate with a new idea and you buy something similar to what you consumed earlier (We bought way too many Funko pops after watching The Office and GOT lol). Whenever you get a new piece, you want to put it on display, it could be posters, Funkopops, Artifacts, Maps and other fascinating things that you might buy as a souvenir to the film. Such good ideas and memories need to be stored in style and thus, the need for having a good showcase right next to your TV set becomes essential. You can put up profile lights under the shutters and brighten the arena to bring your showpiece into the focal point. 

• Low raised beds and high hung Lamps

In a cinema hall, you are constrained to sit in one position for 3 hours. Bigger halls have the options for recliners but, due to the pandemic situation, one has to double check for security and needs to be absolutely sure that he would want to sit in a public arena. When you're at your own place, you are enjoying the film in your own comfort with absolutely nothing to worry about. A normal bed in front of your TV cabinet would also be appropriate but a low raised bed would give you a better scientific angle to look at the big screen and awe in amusement. When you sit or lay down on a low raised bed, and the TV is mounted on the wall higher than you, it becomes easier for you to look at it from a comfortable angle and not strain your eyes too much. Another important element that you should consider pairing with a low raised bed is high hung Lamps. They don't just make practical sense, since your bed is low raised, but they also add that little aesthetic touch to the room, making it look a little taller and wider. Normal Lamps may not do justice to your room and make it look smaller but high hung lamps are different. (They also look like spotlights in the dark so you can give out your Oscar winning speeches and dialogue deliveries like a pro and feel as if you're in a Quentin Tarantino film). High hung lamps also resemble the lighting in a standard cinema hall, making your own room look like a personal cute cinema hall for all the good content pieces you want to see. 

• Surround sound setup and Sound proofing 

Some films are too rich in their audio hemisphere. There are all sorts of melodious tunes and songs that make you feel things and understand the characters as people next door. With a good surround sound setup, you experience the grandeur and majestically enhanced audio in a better way. Choosing the right setup for you and your home can be tricky, and picking the best home theater system will depend on the size of your home, whether you want something wired or wireless, and what you like to watch. While the surround sound systems cover the audio part of inclusion, Soundproofing the room provides the solution to the annoying noises from the streets. India is a tightly packed bundle of people and there can be obstacles which would annoy you as you try to delve deeper into a shot or a film. The loud cries of street hawkers, the rushing cars, honking trucks and battling aunties is the last thing that you want to hear while you ponder on the tragedies of a character or the view of Subtle and loud cacophonies in musicals or art house films. Soundproofing would cut off these noises and give you the silence to disassociate just to associate back into a bigger whole. When you recreate the entire vibe of a theater in your house, you want to leave out the annoying babies that cry throughout the film, the groups of friends who laugh too loudly, the couple that keeps chitter chattering while the film is still on (and doing other things to annoy EVERYBODY ELSE AROUND). When you put a sound proofing mechanism inside your room, you can leave out these things and watch the film in silence. 

• Blackout Drapes

There's something about watching a film in the dark. Not only do you see the colors vividly but you also experience the entirety of the film in a theater-like manner. Images on a cinema screen consist of an image you see of reflected light on a neutral surface (screen). They are relatively very weak illuminations that cannot be mixed with any ambient light without becoming milky looking and quickly washing out to a thin, faded image. Ambient or normal room light will dilute and overpower the image. Televisions, on the other hand, display an image with emitted light. Emitted light from a TV is bright enough to counter all but direct sunlight. Scientific literature has long supported the notion that reducing contrasts in perceived brightness between a visual display and its background will result in reduced visual fatigue and eyestrain. LRC researchers recently tested this hypothesis in the context of watching television. This is exactly why you need Blackout Drapes, in order to see the film or any form of content properly.

• Wallpapers

This specific point is in accordance with the size of the room that you are living in currently. Wallpapers with darker tones tend to make bigger spaces look smaller. If your room is smaller in dimensions, it would be a wiser decision to go with lighter tones on the walls as it allows more light to enter the room and make it appear bigger than it is. Full body mirrors serve a number of design and logistical purposes. A simple décor technique that makes a room feel bigger, adding full body mirrors to your room also lends a little ease to your morning routine—after all, there's nothing better than an unobstructed view of your day's ensemble. (You can pose and act as your favorite hero/heroine in the solitude of your room and nobody would EVER know). You can quickly check yourself out and leave your room looking like Marline Monroe or James Bond.