1. History of
CinemaHistory Of Cinema
Vrushali Phatak

2. Camera Obsura
• Photographic cameras were a
development of the camera obscura,
a device dating back to the ancient
Chinese and ancient Greeks,which
uses a pinhole or lens to project an
image of the scene outside upside-
down onto a viewing surface.

4. Kodak and the birth of film

5. Persistence Of Vision
Persistence of vision is the phenomenon
of the eye by which an afterimage is thought
to persist for approximately one tenth of a second on the retina

6. Lumiere Brothers

7. First video
Arrival of Train Employee leaving
company

8.  Non fiction film
 Shots
 Experiments On commercial level
 First cinematographic exhibitions of the
lumiere Brothers were held in Bombay on
july 7,1896
 The exhibition included living photographic
pictures

9.  The great train robbery(1903)
 Fiction
 Director- Edwin Porter
 Narrative story telling
 Close up
 Parallel action
 Camera movements
and on location shoot
 12 minutes long
 Milestone in
filmmaking

10. Birth of a Nation(1915)
D.W.Griffith –
Father of modern
cinema
silent drama film
directed by D. W.
Griffith and based on
the novel and play The
Clansman

11.  New techniques were introduced
 Narrative structure
 Night photography
 Outdoor photography
 Moving camera
 Editing ( dissolve , fade)
 Title cards

12. Charlie
Chaplin
 Actor , film director , Composer ,
producer, screen writer ,editor
 Drunk man act was famous
 The Kid ( 1921)
 First feature full length
 Women in Paris (1923)
 Gold Rush(1925)
 The circus(1928)

13.  Refused to move in sound films
 City life and modern times silent films
 Controversial , political films
 The great Dictator
 1940 – decline popularity
 Lime Light
 King in newyork ( abundant the tramp)

14. Jazz Singer (1927)
 Alen Crosland ( American musical film)
 First talkie
 1936 – Remake for Radio
 1952- Remake
 1959- Television series episode
 6 songs in the movie

15. History of Indian cinema
 Pioneers of Indian Cinema
 1913 Rajah Harishchandra
 Most popular features were
 Savitri , Lankadahan , krishna
 Janma , bhasmasur mohini

16. Talkies Era
 The talkies era was set in motion by the
melody of love (1929).The first talkie to be
screened in India.
 The first Indiam talkie Alam Ara (1931)
directed by ardeshir Irani
 It include 7 songs.

17. The studio system
 With many new hands now need for the
production of films, which was gradually
developing in to small industry, the
studio system made its appearance in
Bombay , calcutta and madras
Ayodhyecha Raja (1932)
 Amar Jyoti (1936), Duniya na mane

18.  In 1929 along with four other partners V.G.
Damle, K.R. Dhaiber, S. Fatelal, S.B.
Kulkarni he formed the Prabhat Film
Company in Kolhapur. All were professionals
and lacked a strong financial background,
but their sound knowledge base and
willingness to learn ensured the success of
their studio. After which they made films like
Gopal Krishna, Khooni Khanjar, Rani Saheba
and Udaykal, where all of them were directed
by V.Shantaram.

19. V shantaram
 1927 first film
 Netaji Palakar
 Do Ankhen Barah hath
 Navarang
 Ayodhyecha Raja (1932)
 Amar jyoti(1936)

20.  The Prabhat Film co later moved to pune on
the site where the film and television Institute
of India now stands.

21.  Bombay talkies established in 1935 by
Himanshu Rai.
 Three mythological Films were produced in a
year.(sita devi)

22.  With great dexterity this pushy youngster
convinced Germany’s Emelka Studio to co-
produce the silent film Light of Asia (’27),
with The Great Eastern Film Corporation,
Delhi. Starring Himanshu Rai in the role of
Gautam Buddha, Light Of Asia was a
success in Germany.
 Rai now decided to become a producer
himself. He collaborated with various
filmmakers including the famous German
studio, UFA and made Shiraz and A Throw
Of Dice.

23. The Golden Age
 Soharab Modi
 Raj Kapoor
 Guru Datt
Soharab Modi – Zansi Ki Rani (1953) Indias
first color feature
Raj Kapoor who began his career as a clapper
boy in bombay talkies acted in and directed his
own films Awara , Barsaat , Shri 420 , Sangam
and Mera naan Joker

24. Films by Raj
kapoor

25.  Guru Datta excelled in delineating the tragic
mood in films like Kaagaz ke fool , Baazi ,
Pyaasa and sahib biwi aur gulam.

26.  1960 Mughal – e – azam (1960)
 Sholey (1975)
 The angry youn man ( Janjir)

27. Bengali Cinema
The Bengali cinema
dominated for over four
decades by satyajit ray ,
Mrinal Sen , Tapan sinha
and Ritwik Ghatak

28.  Satyajit Ray
Pather Panchali (1953)
Aparajitao(1957)
And Apur sansar (1959)
Jalasaghar(1958)
Devi(1969)
Teen Kanya(1961)
Charulata(1964)
Nayak (1966)

29. Mrinal Sen
 Mrinal Sen made
 first feature film, Raat Bhore, in
1955.
 next film, Neel Akasher
Neechey (Under the Blue Sky),
earned him local recognition
 his third film, Baishey Shravan
(the day when Rabindranath
Tagore died) was his first film
that gave him international
exposure.

30.  Baishey Shravan
 This was Mrinal
Sen's first film
that went to a
foreign film
festival. It was
shown in The
London Film
Festival.

31. Ritwik Ghatak
 Hard core communist
 Social activist
 FTII teacher
 Nagarik, Ajantrik, Subarnarekha, Meghe
Dhaka Tara