Course no.:- 15
“Mass communication and Media studies’”
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- Contents
“Cinema studies, genre and impact on the society”. 3
Abstract:- 3
Acknowledgements:- 4
Introduction:- 5
Basic Classification of film:- 5
Literary genre criticism:- 6
Power of patriarchy in “ Bahubali”:- 6
New Historicism in “Tanaji”,:- 6
Nowadays cinema:- 7
Purpose of cinema:- 7
Ara of Amir khan:- 7
The Multiplex culture :- 8
Desire of Audience:- 9
21st Century – globalization and 3D movies:- 9
Conclusion:- 10
Bibliography:- 10
“Cinema studies, genre and impact on the society”
- Abstract:-
As we know that Nowadays, Indian cinema is becoming one of the oldest world cinemas and also known for the largest in terms of output If its evolution in parallel to the Western cinema with little crossover until very recently leaves a lot of Western moviegoers with the impression that it’s daunting and inscrutable. But with a few simple guidelines, any American movie buff should be able to explore Indian cinema particularly when it comes to the massive Hindi-language industry based in Mumbai commonly known as “Bollywood.” Everything has some specific part which creates new things. Without combination of all things, it’s remaining uncompleted So that Films can classify by the setting, theme, topic, mood, format, target audience or budget…etc. So in the research paper I mentioned about gene, cinema studies,and impact on society with some example of contemporary movies.
· Acknowledgements:-
I want to thank to my family members, friends, classmate, teachers, relatives and Vaidehi ma’am for always enthusiastically supporting me, listening to me talk about this assignments and especially when I was talking about it instead of actually doing it and also spending more times and give me some kind of guideline. One of the my primary teacher who telling about cinema into the class before I even knew what it was and in the M.A. level I got some clue which I never get during primary level. Reading and watching movie the series of Harry Potter and so many more books out loud when I was a in post graduation at that time all the characters will always stay with me so thank you to all who for your constant support, encouragement, and inspiration! Prakruti, I came to you with a dream of writing my assignments about cinema studies, genre and impact on society as a based on some contemporary or old movies. Thank you to all for your enthusiasm and help to make this assignment as a reality.
· Introduction:-
As we know that Nowadays, Indian cinema is becoming one of the oldest world cinemas and also known for the largest in terms of output If its evolution in parallel to the Western cinema with little crossover until very recently leaves a lot of Western moviegoers with the impression that it’s daunting and inscrutable. But with a few simple guidelines, any American movie buff should be able to explore Indian cinema particularly when it comes to the massive Hindi-language industry based in Mumbai commonly known as “Bollywood.”
· Basic Classification of film:-
A) Setting
B) Mood
C) Themes
D) Topic
E) Format
F) Target audience
G) Budget
H)Manner of Presentation
Everything has some specific part which creates new things. Without combination of all things, it’s remaining uncompleted So that Films can classify by the setting, theme, topic, mood, format, target audience or budget…etc. The setting is the milieu or environment where the story and action takes place e.g., Hallaro, Chapak, Tanaji film, a Western film or a space opera film. The themes or topics of the movie which refers to the issues or concepts that the film revolves around e.g., Dangal, Gold movie or crime film. The mood is the emotional tone of the film which matter a lot on the audience. There are various kind of mood like, comedy film, horror film or tearjerker film. Format refers to the way the film was shot like long short, camera movements, anamorphic widescreen or the manner of presentation like, 35 mm, 16 mm or 8 mm. Additional ways of categorizing film genres is by the target audience so that Sensor board declared certificated which based on children's film, teen film or women's film or by type of production like B movie, big-budget blockbuster or low-budget film.
· Literary genre criticism:-
A film genre which known as motion picture which work based on similarities in either the narrative elements or the emotional response to the film. In the film used various kind of genre like serious, comic… etc generally filmed work through various kinds of theories and some time film genre are borrowed from literary genre criticism. In the cinema world the basic genres include fiction and documentary or sometime used current issue or history There are put subgenres or have emerged from the such as docudrama. Other subgenres included the courtroom and trial-focused drama known as the legal drama. There are Types of fiction which may be unrelated or may be combined to form hybrid subgenres. Such as the melding of horror and comedy in the Evil Dead films. Other popular commenting are the romantic comedy and the action comedy film are more famous.
· Power of patriarchy in “ Bahubali”:-
As we know that Bahubali was a series of two movies about kingdoms and betrayals. It is a story about a young prince's quest to find his parents, and rightful place, as the heir to the throne. Despite the brilliant cinematography, we find the blockbuster to be heavily male-dominated with traditional sex role typing that tries to reflect the social norms of a mythical age and subtly reinforce the idea of gender and the absolute power of patriarchy. This perpetuation of stereotypes in movies that are based on myths and fantasies may seem to have no direct link to social reality. However, the effect and the influence of films on the viewers are far too great to be ignored.
- · New Historicism in “Tanaji”,:-
Stephen Greenblatt’s Renaissance self-Fashioning: From More to Shakespeare (1980) does a New Historicist reading of Renaissance plays, revealing how self fashioning was an episteme of the era, as depicted in the portraits and literature of the time. Analyzing the nature of power, Foucault expounds that power defines what is truth, knowledge, normalcy Foucault observes that history is characterized by gaps and fissures and that the history, rather than write in a coherent manner. New Historicism, an approach which believes and insists that all systems of thought and literary texts must be situated within a historical perspective, has been significantly influenced by the ideas of Derridean post-structuralism, Althusserian Marxism and Bakhtinian dialogism. Recently those entire movies normally based on history which put the character or character’s verdures or bravery in front of audience which hiding by others. So nowadays try to looking history new way try to deconstructed film. While the concept "textuality of history and historicity of texts", may be said to have drawn from the Derridean belief that there is nothing outside the text and reality is textualized.
- Nowadays cinema:-
As per my reading that nowadays hindi cinema become rootes of society. “Cinema” is a like term which deep rooted in our society that even a five year old kid could explain you the meanings of the same. Films is popular medium of mass communication and one of the biggest revenue earners for the country. This Journey began on July 7, 1896, when Lumiere brothers of France organized a show of their short films like “The sea bath‟. This event was described aptly by the Times of India as, “Magic of the Century” and has truly left the Indians hooked.
- Purpose of cinema:-
The production, narration, technology, characters, advertising, exhibition and even the purpose of cinema changed yet the cinema remained. The Hindi cinema has crossed over many paths The contemporary period of Hindi cinema depicts the time frame from the late 1990s to the present 21st century. The word “ Contemporary has own meaning that “ Current” or “ Present” time. Nowadays, the film business is more closely integrated with other sectors of the entertainment industry and the nature of the film audience has also changed dramatically. Not only has the modes of making of films changed but the narrative style and the script of the movies have become more in tune with the present day demands and aspirations. Even, the father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi (bapu) viewed cinema as a corrupting influence, and could not envisage a role for it in the construction of a swadeshi culture.No have become an essential part of modern life and they can be used with greater advantage for educational purposes… so far greater stress has been laid on a type of film, which presumably is supposed to be entertaining, but the standard or quality of which is not high. I hope that the industry will consider now in terms of meeting the standards and of aiming at producing high-class films that have educational and social values.
· Ara of Amir khan:-
This was just the beginning of the contemporary period of Hindi cinema and Hindi cinema was achieving new heights of excellence, the varied movies has proven that hindi cinema is now mature enough and has learnt to take risks. With the films like Tare Zameen Par (2007) and Chak de India (2007) which contains no heroine, no romance, no sex, no violence and yet they have become blockbusters, the success itself is testimony to the fact that the Indian audience has changed and so is the Indian filmmaking process.
Indian Cinema has had a long and illustrious run, even more than a century. In this century-long journey of twists and turns, there have been a few actors who have really made a lasting impact on the Indian society as a whole – one of them is Aamir Khan. After an initial start as the quintessential loverboy, Aamir Khan took measures to make movies having a social bearing as well. In this last decade of Indian Cinema‘s century, Aamir Khan has left an indelible mark on the pages of Indian Cinematic history. A lot of Aamir Khan‘s movies have significant social and societal undertones; they revolve around social issues and show the face of contemporary Indian society.
Taare Zameen Par “Har bachche ki apni khoobi hoti hai, apni kabiliyat hoti hai, apni chahat hoti hai…” -Taare Zameen Par 217 Story of Taare Zameen Par The film starts with a scene where Ishaan Nandkishore Awasthi (played by Darsheel Safary) catches a fish from a local pond using his socks and capturesit in his waterbottle; suddenly, the school bus conductor comes and scolds him that because of his carelessness, the whole bus had to wait for quite some time. This scene, in a nutshell, is the summation of the problems that Ishaan faces. The child is not doing anything wrong; he is an epitome of innocence. However, it also shows that this small boy has its own world and he is completely engrossed in it.
This is where the term youth icon and its importance comes in. Time and again, Aamir Khan has been voted as a youth icon on various fora and ceremonies. Apart from the social activities that Aamir Khan has undertaken, his movies have 187 been the primary drivers behind positioning him as a youth icon. Aamir Khan has always been a responsible actor and has ensured that after achieving stardom, he takes extra care in deciding which films to do and which not to. Aamir Khan‘s movies have always been youth-centric. his movies were majorly romantic in genre; consequently, his movies and the central theme of rebellious, young love became very popular. For example, his movie Dangle.
- · The Multiplex culture :-
In the contemporary period of Hindi Cinema there has been a recent transition to multiplex exhibition of films. The multiplex theater is an exhibition space designed for multiple screenings. India‘s first multiplex, opened in New Delhi in 1997 and from then on the Multiplex sector in India has seen phenomenal growth especially over the last few years. The advent of Multiplexes has been like a hard blow to the single screens. The Multiplexes which generally open inside big Shopping malls seek a middle class audience primarily located in urban areas. [Source: Internet]
· Desire of Audience:-
The audience of the contemporary period has become more mature and adventurous, he is no longer satisfied with one story being presented in novel ways, the need for different issues, angles and narratives has grown. The audience now looks for a combination of genres in a film, movies with a good script and an entertainment value is appreciated, for instance the best example can be 3 Idiots (2009) which was a blockbuster. The movie had everything be it comedy, friendship, romance or a social message all of which were blended in a way to create the perfect mix of a Hindi Blockbuster.
Kamalkumar Sharma attempted a classification system for Indian films by dividing them into 10 genres. These were:
1. Ballad Films
2. Play films and musical films
3. Cartoon films
4. Comic films
5. Story films
6. Epic films
7. Church films
8. Art films
9. Jungle films and
10. Fantasy films
· 21st Century – globalization and 3D movies:-
There has been an increasing globalization of cinema during this decade, with foreign-language films gaining popularity in English-speaking markets. Examples of such films include Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Mandarin), Amelie (French), Lagaan (Hindi), Spirited Away (Japanese), City of God (Portuguese), The Passion of the Christ (Aramaic), Apocalypto (Mayan), Slumdog Millionaire (a third in Hindi), and Inglorious Basterds (multiple languages). There has been a revival in 3D film popularity the first being James Cameron’s Ghosts of the Abyss which was released as the first full-length 3-D IMAX feature filmed with the Reality Camera System.
· Conclusion:-
Cinema films have the power to influence the thinking of the people. They have changed the society and social trends. They have introduced new fashions in society. They may be described as pace-setters. They can create a direct impact on our social life. Films can go a long way towards arousing national consciousness and also in utilising the energies of the youth in social reconstruction and nation-building by a skilful adaption of good moral, social and educative themes, and by introduction of popular sentiments, films can, to a great extent, formulate and guide public opinion.
- Bibliography:-
Amal, Suresh. "New historical context in the Bhahubali." Research Journal Of English (RJOE) Vol-2.Issue-3 (2017): pp. 1 -4.
Chakravarty, Sumita. "Teaching Indian Cinema." Cinema Journal,JSTOR vol. 47,.No. 1 (2007): pp. 105–108.
Sisodia, Kirti. "A study of Indian cinema in 21st century and social issues a special reference of Aamir Khans cinema." Shodhganga : a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET (2014): 239p.
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