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- 1. Movies: Beginning to Covid Era Silent Era Talkies Era Golden age Parallel cinema Fridge Era Prepared by Bahnisikha Ghosh bsg 1
- 2. INTRODUCTION • The word “MOVIE” is a shortened form of the “Moving Pictures” • Movie is a series of moving images shown on a screen • It is a very powerful medium of Mass Communication • India is the world’s largest movie producing country. • It produces around 1000 films every year where more or less 300 films produced in Hindi while the remaining are in regional languages bsg 2
- 3. History: Chronophotographic • Chronophotographic studies of the motion of animals and humans in real-time • By photographer Eadweard Muybridge • a simple movement in front of the camera The Horse in Motion, 1878 bsg 3
- 4. Edison & Dickson: Kinetoscope • Kinetoscope, forerunner of the motion-picture film projector • In 1891, the inventor Thomas Alva Edison, together with William Dickson came out with what they called the kinetoscope • In it, a strip of film was passed rapidly between a lens and an electric light bulb while the viewer peered through a peephole • That could last for about half a minute • At a time one individual can see the picture bsg 4
- 5. Auguste & Louis Lumière: Cinematographe • The Cinematographe invented by the Lumiere brothers functioned better than the Kinetoscope of Edison & Dickson • First screening was in Paris on 28 December 1895 • The films could last for one to two minutes • For the first time in India Lumiere brothers shown cinema on July 7, 1896, at the Watson hotel, Mumbai bsg 5
- 6. Dada Saheb Phalke: Silent Era • Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, popularly known as Dadasaheb Phalke, was an Indian producer-director-screenwriter, known as the Father of Indian cinema • The credit of producing first full length motion picture in India goes to Dada Saheb Phalke who made Raja Harishchandra in 1913 • It was a silent picture, running time 40 minutes • That time no women were available to play female leads • Male actors were performed female roles • He made more than 100 silent films which include Mohini Bhasmasur, Satyaban Savitri, Lanka Dahan, Sri Krishna Janma bsg 6
- 7. Glimpse from the Silent Era Raja Harishchandra bsg 7
- 8. Talkies Era • The first Indian produced talkie movie was Alam Ara • Produced in March 1931 by Ardeshir Irani in Bombay Majestic theatre • With the induction of sound in Indian films there was unprecedented rise of music in Indian cinema • The first color movie also produced by Ardeshir Irani who made ‘Kisan Kanya (Peasant Girl)’ in 1937 which dealt with peasant revolt against feudal oppression • ‘Indra Sabha’ marking the beginning of song and dance in India’s film • It had as many as 72 songs including several superb Ghazals in Urdu bsg 8
- 9. Glimpse from the Talkies Era A 211 minutes Urdu play of 1932 directed by J.J Madan First color movie produced by Ardeshir Irani, 1937 bsg 9
- 10. Golden Age of Indian cinema • The period from the late 1940s to 1960s is regarded as the Golden age of Indian cinema by film historians • Through these films filmmakers expressed the social themes of then • These include: Guru Dutt’s ‘Pyasa’ (1957), ‘Kaagaz ke phool’ (1959); Raj Kapoor’s ‘Awaara’ (1951), Mehboob Khan’s ‘Mother India’ (1957); K Asif’s ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ (1960); V Shantaram’s ‘Do Ankhe Barah Hath’ (1957); Chetan Anand’s ‘Neecha Nagar’ (1946); Bimal Roy’s ‘Do Bigha Zameen’ (1953), Ritwik Ghatak’s ‘Nagarik’ (1952), Satyajit Ray’s ‘Pather Panchali’ (1954) bsg 10
- 11. Few Indian cinema from the Golden Age bsg 11
- 12. Parallel Cinema Movement • Parallel cinema, was a film movement in Indian cinema that originated in the state of West Bengal in the 1950s • As an alternative to the mainstream commercial Indian cinema • Inspired by Italian Neorealism • The movement was initially led by Bengali & internationally acclaimed filmmakers • Such as Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Ritwik Ghatak, Tapan Sinha • Later led by: Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Shyam Benegal, Girish Karnad, Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Goutam Ghose, Rituparno Ghosh, Aparna Sen bsg 12
- 13. Renowned Parallel Cinema Makers Satyajit Ray Ritwik Ghatak Tapan Sinha Mrinal Sen Adoor Gopalakrishnan Aparna Sen Rituparno Ghosh Goutam Ghose Buddhadeb Dasgupta Girish Karnad Shyam Benegal bsg 13
- 14. Few Parallel Cinema bsg 14
- 15. Pandemic period: Fridge Era • Covid-19 pandemic which started in Wuhan, China is now affecting the entire world • Numbers of the case are increasing day by day. • Lockdowns are imposed, the economy is going down and number of deaths has increased • Educational institutes, offices, etc. are closed; people have to shut themselves inside their homes • Thousands of people are lost their job • Theatres are closed bsg 15
- 16. Postponed blockbuster movies • The shooting of movies is suspended • The release of blockbuster movies are postponed indefinitely like Sooryavanshi, Sir, Sandeep Aur Pinky Farrar, Haathi Mere Sathi, 83 , Chehre bsg 16
- 18. Rise of OTT platform • However, some movies like Dill Bechara, Shakuntala Devi, Radhe, Gulabo Sitabo, etc. • were released on digital platforms or OTT (Over The Top) platforms like Zee5, amazon prime , Hot star Netflix, etc. bsg 18
- 19. Movies on OTT platforms bsg 19
- 20. Suspended to shoot TV serials • Similarly , the shooting of TV serials is also suspended while many web series are released on digital platforms regularly • This keeps the audience engaged in lockdown and sales of these digital platforms reaching the sky bsg 20
- 21. Shooting with maintaining Covid protocols bsg 21
- 22. Shoot from home bsg 22
- 23. Hindi & Bengali web series on ho!cho! bsg 23
- 24. Before Pandemic period • Movies were released in theaters or cinema halls before the covid. • Which helped the theaters to collect revenue and it was done in a larger scale • There were a lot of manpower involved while doing the shooting • People used to gather with family to watch a movie in theatres bsg 24
- 25. Before Pandemic period bsg 25
- 26. Loss During Pandemic • Movie and drama theatres faced huge loss • Though to attract people Doordarshan started to re-air the shows like Ramayana, Mahabharat, Byomkesh Bakshi which created a world record of most-watched shows in April • Daily wage workers of the entertainment industry majorly affected • According to The Free press Journal film industry lost nearly Rs 4,000 crore in 2020 during the lockdown bsg 26
- 27. Cinema Halls During Pandemic bsg 27
- 28. Future aspects • OTT (Over The Top) may dominate Film Industry in near future • There will be a upcoming trend in increasing release of movies in OTT platform or • OTT provide better opportunities for non-Commercial and Low budget films • Even after removing the barriers of lockdown • Even after the Covid Impact in India • But OTT can`t be a revenue platform for buying a Rs 200 crore or more budget film ho!cho! bsg 28
- 29. Conclusion • The COVID-19 pandemic has had a substantial impact on the film industry & mirroring its impacts across all the sectors • But still people are spending more time streaming through the OTT platforms • Movies and OTT platforms become savior of many people who were alone or having a hard time in this pandemic situation. • People who lost their job due to the covid are slowly and steadily going back to there jobs • And we can believe that the movie theaters going to come back more strongly. bsg 29
- 30. Thank You bsg 30