What is a Cinema

            What is a Cinema?

Name: Pintu Solanki

Roll no.:29

Paper no.: 13 “Mass communication And Media Studies”

M. A. Semester: 4

Email ID: solankipintu1991@gmail.com

Submitted to: Department of English

Smt. S. B. Gardi

Maharaja Krishnakumar sinhji

Bhavnagar University

    v Cinema

Ø  What is a Cinema?

·        “A cinema is a theatre where films are shown to the public. A building consisting of several cinema halls is called a multiplex.”

·        Cinema is a reflection of society, both present and past.

·        Cinema is a form of communication.

·        Cinema powerful vehicle for culture, education, leisure and propaganda

      Silver screen is a decent medium for diversion. Film is most likely one of the miracles of the present age. Silver screen is a film i.e.… a story and so forth recorded as set of moving pictures to be appeared on screen of a theatre house and TV. It is a channel of expression and correspondence. The film as a standout amongst the most vital developments of current science.

          Cinema has been one of the greatest influences in our modern life, and it’s also a form of art, the seventh art along with photography, architecture, literature, play, painting and music. It’s the combination of technology, business, entertainment and aesthetics ,each and everything of these four has important role in present day world and it’s also visible in the variation of its forms, Film is technology, movie is the business and entertainment, and cinema is the aesthetics. (Istiak)

  v Short History of Cinema

    Back in the late 1800s, entertainment on a Friday night was noticeably lower tech than today. But that wasn't so much an obstacle as it was an opportunity, which saw the birth of the cinematic art form.

Over the 120 years or so since those first attempts at creating moving pictures using consecutive still images, films have come a long way, both in terms of storytelling and in terms of technical achievement.

  v Short History of Indian Cinema

  A standout amongst the most thriving film enterprises discovered today is in India. Be that as it may, the pioneers of the business were really nonnatives. In 1896, the Lumiere siblings exhibited the craft of silver screen when they screened Cinematography comprising of six short movies to an excited gathering of people in Bombay. The achievement of these movies prompted the screening of movies by James B. Stewart and Ted Hughes.

    In 1897, Save Dada made two short films, but the fathers of Indian cinema were Dada Saheb Phalke who in 1913 made the first feature length silent film and Ardeshir Irani who in 1931 made India's first talking film.

   With the demise of the silent era and the advent of the talkies, the main source for inspiration for films came from mythological texts. Films were produced in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Bengali. Mythology flourished more in South India where its social conservative morals equated film acting to prostitution. But by the 1930’s, word had spread around the world about the vibrant film industry in India and foreigners with stars in their eyes landed upon Bombay shores.

•     Types of Cinema

   v Commercial Cinema

     It mostly goes for giving inspiration to the people. it incorporates the elements of common cinemastar high spending plan, wealth of music, tune and move. It generally falls back on phantasy to give enjoyment to individuals. For instance, movies like Vaqt, Sholay, Muqhddar Ka Sikandar are few case of such movies.

   v Art Cinema

   The Art Cinema is more realistic and relevant in the needs of people and society. This form is not very popular. It is also called ‘parallel cinema’ ‘alternative cinema’ or ‘New main stream of commercial cinema’. Their dominant feature were their social concern, purposefulness, realism, narrative style, exclusion of unrelated songs, dances and fights and other familiar devices of commercial package.

  v Feature Films

    Feature film means fictionalised film exceeding, 200 metres in length in 36mn or matching length in other gauge or on video. Feature film means full length cinematography film produced completely or partly in India with a format and a story woven around a number of characters where the plot is animation or cartoon portrayal and does not include an advertisement film. Feature films are about a story enacted by a people cast and to convey a moral but firstly to entertain to audience. They continue to be most popular form of entertainment. Feature films could be commercial or art films. These are produced for mass information and entertainment. These films create cultural waves and to certain modify behaviour. These films have the elements like comedy, drama, suspense, science, fiction, detective or horror.

  v Documentary Films

    Documentary dramatizes an idea or theme uses the truthful material in order to dramatize its idea, it tells its simple story in terms of beings and human interests. Occasionally can be exhibited in school, village and labour are as through mobile vans so that a number of children can take advantages of these this film. As expressed by Goswami “Making film for children is a hard task than making films for adults. The producer has to take great care at every step. Only the best should be shown to children. Their whole can be adversely affected if they see the wrong films in the formative state of their mental development.”

  v Regional Cinema

   v Hindi cinema

    The 1970s saw the coming of Masala motion pictures in Bollywood. The groups of onlookers were enraptured and hypnotized by the atmosphere of performing artists like Rajesh Khanna, Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar, Hema Malini, and numerous others. The most noticeable and effective chief, Manmohan Desai was considered by a few people as the father of Masala films. According to Manmohan Desai,“I want people to forget their misery. I want to take them into a dream world where there is no poverty, where there are no beggars, where fate is kind and god is busy looking after its flock.”

  Sholay, the groundbreaking film directed by Ramesh Sippy, not only got international accolades but also made Amitabh Bachchan a ‘Superstar’. Several women directors like Meera Nair, Aparna Sen and others showcased their talents in the 1980s. How can we forget the extraordinary and splendid performance of Rekha in the film Umrao Jaan in 1981.

  Worldwide perceivability went to the business with Raj Kapoor's Awara. Hindi silver screen developed amid the 1990s with the arrival of upwards of 215 movies. With Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Hindi silver screen enlisted its business nearness in the Western world.

   v Gujarati cinema

  The film business of Gujarat began its trip in 1932. From that point forward Gujarati movies massively added to Indian silver screen. Gujarati silver screen has picked up notoriety among the territorial film industry in India. Gujarati film is constantly in light of scripts from mythology to history and social to political. Since its origin Gujarati cinema has experimented with stories and issues from the Indian Society. The first Gujarati movie, Narasinh Mehta, was released in the year 1932 and was directed by Nanubhai Vakil.

  

   v Bhojpuri cinema

  Bhojpuri cinema was struggling for its survival and was in a dying state. But the joint endeavor of the artists, directors and producers of Bhojpuri cinema revived the industry by making it profitable again. Bhojpuri silver screen appeared in the year 1961 with arrival of first Bhojpuri film, Ganga Maiyya Tohe Piyari Chadhaibo This film was created by Biswanath Prasad Shahabadi.

  The industry was revived and took off  again in 2001 with the “Silver Jubilee” hit “Saiyyan Hamar”, catapulting the hero of the film, Ravi Kissan, to superstardom.

  v Bengali cinema

  The Bengali language cinematic tradition has had reputable filmmakers such as Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak and Mrinal Sen among its most acclaimed. Recent Bengali films that have captured national attention include Rituparno Ghosh's Choker Bali, starring Aishwarya Rai. Bengali filmmaking also includes Bangla science fiction films and films that focus on social issues. In 1993, the Bengali industry's net output was 57 films.

  The history of cinema in Bengal dates back to the 1890, when the first “bioscopes” were shown in theatres in Kolkata. The ‘parallel cinema movement began in the Bengali film industry in the 1950.

   v Impact of cinema

   Presently a day motion pictures greatly affect youth as well as on youngsters. Affect fundamentally relies on upon us, any film will have terrible and great and it is ourselves ought to ready to recognize them. People observing excessively of motion pictures .People get particularly pulled in to the parts that include intriguing characters. They attempt to mirror such parts.

    Cinema has become the most influential art form of 20th century from its marginal beginnings. India holds eminent position in film making in the world. It produces highest number of films every year. Whatever may be the quality of the film, they continue to be the popular mass media. Earlier, cinema was a simple means of mechanical recording, preserving and reproducing moving visual images. With the development of film technology, the art of cinema developed a language of its own. Kumar says, that cinema is called “the seventh art”, and its language has developed over the past 7080 years to a specialized and sophisticated level, opinion differ, however on whether cinema is a ‘pure’ art form or a ‘bastard’ art.

  v Positive Impact

   The constructive effect is any sort of good conduct of a character can influence the brain of a man and he/she can attempt to teach it in his/her life. Here and there even dismal motion pictures help us to be grateful for what we have. It may make us feel fortunate and leave a positive impact on our lives. If there is any kind of educational value or a great person’s life in the movie, people might try to do the same for a happy ending in their lives just like the movie.

  v Negative Impact

   The negative impact is People try to copy stunts which the heroes of the movies do; Thinking that they are brave which lead s them to injure themselves. It can range from a minor bruise to a major fracture. Movies play an essential role in teaching a person; Especially a child to accept ideas like a criminal attempted to murder, a victim attempted suicide, to hit a person in a cruel way or to do things using violent ways.

  A few kids are captivated by fiction films which can influence their psyche and they are not ready to separate between genuine and fiction life. Some blood and guts films can fear individuals and youngsters a considerable measure that they get frightened of everything and never attempt to face it. Film impacts wellbeing. Long motion pictures can influence a man's eyes. Viewing a film can make him extremely anxious.

 v Conclusion

   Film is a decent medium for excitement. Film is doubtlessly one of the marvels of the present age. There is not really a man who is not enamored with the FILM. In the twentieth century, Indian silver screen, alongside the Hollywood and Chinese film ventures, turned into a worldwide undertaking. Indian cinema has become a part and parcel of our daily life whether it is a regional or a Bollywood movie. It has a major role to play in our society. Though entertainment is the key word of Indian cinema it has far more responsibility as it impacts the mind of the audiences.