1.4 INDIAN FILM
India is the world’s largest producer of films—in the 1990s, the country made more than 800 films annually. It is the only country that has a bigger audience for indigenous films than imported ones. It also boasts one of the biggest international audiences.
Indian films mean different things to different people. For the majority, they mean “Bollywood” (a conflation of Bombay, the old name for Mumbai, and Hollywood), and for others,they mean exquisite art movies as exemplified by the work of Satyajit Ray. The films of Bollywood tended to be rigidly formulaic Hindi-language musicals, comedies, or melodramas. In the 1990s, Bollywood musicals, the staple of the Indian film industry, became more and more popular among non-Indians
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Renoir encouraged Ray to fulfil his dream of making a film based on Pather Panchali, a novel by Bibhutibhushan Banerjee that deals with Bengali village life. With the majority of money coming from the West Bengal government, Ray was able to make Pather Panchali in 1955, the first film in his Apu trilogy. Aside from Renoir’s importance to Ray, the influence of The River cannot be overestimated. It was one of the first films from the West to show India other than as an exotic background to Kipling-style colonial adventures. It was only after this film that Fritz Lang visited India in 1956 to make Taj Mahal, later abandoned. James Ivory also made several films there, including Shakespeare-Wallah (1965) and Heat and Dust (1983). Another European director to be influenced was Louis Malle (Phantom India, 1969). The success of Ray’s films proved that it was possible to work outside the commercial …show more content…
Meanwhile, Bollywood movies were improving in quality, both technically and artistically. Ramesh Sippy’s Sholay (1975), starring one of the greatest Bollywood actors, Amitabh Bachchan, is one of the most successful Hindi films of the 1970s. In the 1980s, Indian “art film” was not so visible. However, in 1988, Mira Nair’s Salaam Bombay!, became a huge international success. Made in record time and for little money, it was an impressively assembled mosaic of Mumbai’s street life, its harsh cruelties and fleeting pleasures. Other critically acclaimed Indian films in recent years have been Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen (1994), an examination of caste discrimination, human suffering, and the role of women in India’s changing culture; Deepa Mehta’s Fire (1996), which references Indian mysticism and the epic poetry of the Ramayana as well as late-20th-century feminism; and Sudhir Mishra’s hard-hitting Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi (2005), about three college students in the 1970s, and how the political and social upheaval of the times changes their lives. India is the world’s largest producer of feature films, most of them musicals, the soundtracks of which are released before the movie is. Since the 1980s, the sale of music rights has generated income for the film industry equivalent to the distribution
Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman’s, documentary, Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids, released in 2004 (IMBD), focuses on the struggling lives of 9 children living in Calcutta’s “Red Light District.” Born into Brothels applies ethnography to describe the life of many families in the Red Light District. These children’s lives are endangered by many diseases, lack of proper nourishment and lack of adult supervision. The film shows different cultural traditions of joining the “The Line” in Calcutta's Red Light District. Briski, the director and photographer, originally went to the Red Light District to photograph the woman’s life style in the district and observed the way they lived in those living situations.
Genre is a label that categorizes a film to the audience, but not to assess the artwork. It can be defined as a hint or trigger that makes the viewers willing to purchase the tickets and to spend their leisure time watching it. Sometimes movies contain more than one genres which is hard to be identified. Nonetheless, Singing in the Rain and La La Land, the two well-known musical films had created great impacts in the musical movie industry. Both films use “singing” to create love stories along with the plots and cinematographies by making the female character the famous movie star at the end.
Kishan Patel Art 2901 Exam 1 Essay 1 (100 points) Early films by Edison and Lumiere involved very simple cinematography, little to no editing and simple realist mise en scene. However, Georges Melies, a theater proprietor and an amateur magician, laid foundation for the new generation films. In A Voyage to the Moon, he becomes first person to introduce a sci-fi film.
Sengupta explains that Boyle’s film solely portrays the negative aspects of capitalism in Mumbai as well as the harsh reality that it’s citizens experience and live in. Sengupta conveys accurate points when describing life in the slums based on what we witness in Danny Boyle’s movie, Slumdog Millionaire. When talking about the slums and the streets of Mumbai, Sengupta is precise when explaining that the city is cluttered with waste and rubbish. In Slumdog Millionaire, there is a scene where Jamal, Salim, and the other children of Mumbai are running from police officers in which Boyle uses different camera angles to show different parts of the city. In this scene, all of the shots expose trash laying in the background behind the slums and in the rivers surrounding Mumbai.
They were eager to break new ground with their own films. However, it wasn’t easy to get in to. Many made contacts as they became seasoned critics and eventually started raising money to film their own short films. Rohmer directed Journal d’un Scélérat in 1950. Other short films classified as new wave including John-Luc Godard’s Operation Beton, Truffaut’s Une Histoire d’Eau, and several more.
The film 13th directed by Ava DuVernay targets an intended audience of the Media and the three branches of the United States government with an emphasis that mass incarceration is an extension of slavery. It is intended to inform viewers about the criminalization of African Americans and the United States prison boom. 13th uses rhetorical devices in its claim to persuade the viewers by using exemplum in the opening seconds of the film. President Barack Obama presents statistics, saying “the United States is home to 5% of the world’s population but is home to 25% of the world’s prisoners.” Also the film uses a hyperbole in talking about the movie Birth of a Nation produced in 1915 which portrays a black man as a violent savage who will kill white women.
This essay will discuss the uses, strategies and the meanings that are generated by editing in cinema. The films that this essay will be focusing on are Psycho and Singin’ in the Rain. Both of these films are very different to each other and therefore use editing in varying ways in order to give the audience a different perception of the characters as well as the setting that these characters are involved in. Psycho focuses on building suspense for the audience throughout the film using editing, camera work and sound. This essay will be primarily focusing on editing with the discussion of camerawork where relevant.
Critical Thinking: 1) Is there a clear position/thesis statement? - Yes a. What is it? “Zombies are a reflection of their own narcissistic personality with poor education and lack of awareness of their own society/culture” b. How does it address the question asked.
Throughout the book and the movie it is shown that both of the families follow the same Punjabi culture, however they both have different ideas on what that is. The role of both the fathers is different, in the book he is very abusive and rude, in the movie the father is a very caring man who wants the best for his family no matter what. Both of the families want their children to have an arranged marriage, however in the book the marriages are forced, and in the movie it is up to the children whether they want to have an arranged marriage or not, which is why they enjoy the weddings more. The book is called (Un)arranged Marriage it gives a good idea about what is going to happen throughout the book, the movie being called Monsoon Wedding also gives a good idea on what’s going to happen in the movie.
Over the fifteen weeks of the first semester of film school, we were taught many interesting types and styles of early world cinema which were extremely informative and influenced the filmmaking style of the whole class and made us better filmmakers instantly. One such ‘ism’ which inspired me the most was German Expressionism which is a unique characteristic of Weimar Cinema. In this essay I am going to talk about the history of this ‘ism’, its impact on cinema, some significant works and how it inspired me and influenced my filmmaking style. German Expressionism is one of the earliest artistic genres to influence filmmaking, and one that ostensibly prepared for some other cutting edge artistic styles and techniques. It is an artistic genre
Genre Analysis of John Woo & Ramesh Sippy’s Movies Genre is like a language that used by directors and it encodes some important messages about movies. If you understand the genre, you can decode the movies and you can have more information about subtle realities are related with the films. In this article, I will explain the genre differences between John Woo and Ramesh Sippy movies. John Woo is a Chinese director and he grew up in Hong Kong.
With an investigation of the likeness and dissimilarity of culture, film classifications, and showcasing media amongst Hollywood and Bollywood, it is simpler to appreciate the genuine thought behind the specific filmmaking procedures and way to deal with progress. Hollywood and Bollywood both have advanced over the previous century with one of a kind and particular qualities while being equivalent in a couple of viewpoints. As far as the narrative in script writing is concerned there can be no comparison between the two as both are completely opposite and equally competent in their own right. Hollywood and Bollywood are two words that depict the $80 billion world silver screen industry.
In the academy award winning film ‘Slumdog millionaire’ directed by Danny Boyle, Main character Jamal Malik played by Dev Patel faces many challenges living on the streets and in the slums of Mumbai, India. During the film, Jamal experiences the death of a loved one and extreme poverty adding to the challenges put upon him. Throughout the film ‘Slumdog millionaire’ Danny Boyle’s challenges help viewers to understand characters and manifest the theme “Brutality of Humanity”. The key challenge in the film that helps us understand the Theme of Beauty and Brutality of Humanity is overcoming poverty. Danny Boyle utilises film techniques such as Costuming, Camera shots and Dialogue to show the theme “Brutality of Humanity”.
Abstract: Iranian films have a unique space in the realm of cinema. They are exceptional, simple, innovative and inspirational. Abbas Kiarostami is a prominent figure of Iranian cinema whose films received international acclaim. His extremely minimalist directorial mode, experimental style and unconventional narrative patterns make his films oppositional to the traditional feature films. He is one of the pioneers of Iranian New Wave cinema.
Throughout the years, the auteur theory slowly ensconced itself as an essential key to film analysis, providing a specific guideline to evaluate a director’s film. One of the most