Transnational cinema

Hollywood has become synonymous to great cinema, be it American or an international equivalent, it always comes back to a Hollywood comparison. Classical Hollywood style exhibits clarity, unity, goal-orientated characters, and closure, while most other elements are set aside to further progress the cumulative buildup of narrative. Often referred to as the “invisible style,” because it relies on this “unobtrusive craftsmanship,” classic Hollywood practices ensure viewers will be completely immersed

New Age Bollywood: Society’s call or IQ’s fall The actress flexes her belly muscles for the 367th time on screen. She seems to be quite content with the blatant stereotyping and the pigeon-holing. The fact that she is only there as a commodity doesn’t seem to bother her. The actor falls in love at first sight – with her or her belly dancing, we’re not really sure. The same actor proceeds to bash the skulls of 453 similar minded men lusting after the aforementioned belly to prove his love for the

film production in the world. However, the first films India watched were not made in Bollywood. The various stages of evolution of bollywood can be categorized as follows: Silent Era to Talkies (1930-1940): Dadasaheb Phalke, the father of Indian Cinema was a man with vision and courage. In the silent era, he pioneered the revolution and released his path breaking film, Raja Harishchandra, based on a mythological character on 21st April, 1913 in Olympia theatre. It was India’s first full-length feature

popular and important film theory 's that it still around today is Third Cinema also known as the Postcolonial theory. Third cinema emerged in early 1960 through the 1970 's in Latin America and was seen as a militant tool leading to freedom and a revolution. Third cinema was not only about films rather it was about literature and artwork as well as political manifestos written by filmmakers. The whole idea behind third cinema is that it “refers to the colonized, neo-colonized, or decolonized nations

In 1894 they created what was called a Cinématographe. With the birth of the cinema camera a new medium of expression was born. Thus allowing artists to capture life in a new light. THE HOLLYWOOD MACHINE During The Great Depression going to the cinema was the best way to escape the harsh grip of reality. One could go buy a movie ticket and watch “a cartoon, a newsreel, a B-feature and the main film, which amounted

love, revenge or justice for wrong doings, good and bad as well as killing. With these themes people all across the nation were united, one way or another people related to the films that were being viewed. It was at this point and time that Hindi cinema became a voice for those who could not be heard in politics, but actions would be glorified or exaggerated to appease all status of the caste system. Throughout pivotal moments in history, new themes would be expressed throughout film. Different cultures

How Bollywood Uses New Media Tools For Marketing its Movie. Nirajan Rijal Abstract In today’s world thousands of movies release each year. Every movie has its own promotional strategies. To pull audience in theatre, producers and movie distributors use innovative strategies. There is a tough competition between movies, so promotion is most important part. New media is the latest platform to market movies. Movie website

Instructions Not Included Imagine, it is a sunny day and the light reflects off of the surrounding sea and onto an ideal beach home. Nothing but beautiful people, sunshine, and good times. But alas good times do not always last as next comes a blast from the past so powerful it is still felt 8 years into the future! If all those images have been conjured up in the viewer’s mind, then you have the basic plot to this foreign film ‘Instructions Not Included’. But wait there is more I promise. Firstly

In the art world of the 1970’s, Mary Kelly responded directly to the issues raised in Mulvey’s article often making works that attempt to reclaim feminine identity. Most of Kelly’s films are works of research and documentation that concern ideas of women’s roles and women’s work. In the early 1970s Kelly was involved in the making of the film Night Cleaners (1970-1975). The film explored contemporary issues of feminist activism in following a group of working-class female service labourers and

The Cyclical Teen Musical Film Considered by Jane Feuer to be “the only form of musical that retains widespread popularity” (123), the teen musical film is a cyclical sub-genre of the musical film that keeps coming back again and again since the 1960s, proving that it is a sub-genre here to stay. And since this is a cyclical sub-genre, its historical development is also cyclical in matter: it develops slightly throughout the cycle, as per many other film genres, but always seems to return back to