When one contemplates the concepts of cinema and attractions‚ the ideas of the modern day blockbuster film might come to mind. World disasters‚ car chases‚ and high profile police investigations are just some of the story lines that attract people to theatres year round. The term "cinema of attraction" introduced by Tom Gunning into the study of film is defined more precisely. To quote Gunning‚ a cinema of attraction: "directly solicits spectator attention‚ inciting visual curiosity‚ and supplying
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Industry Analysis Industry Overview The cinema industry is primarily engaged in operating movie theatres and/or exhibiting videos at film festivals. The major products and services in this industry in the UK are single screen theatres‚ multiplex theatres (8 to 15 screens) and megaplex theatres (more than 16 screens). Cinemas in the UK typically operated at 20% capacity. Admissions in 2001 were at the highest level in decades – 156 million admissions generated £974 million in ticket sales –
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Is the label “national cinema” still a useful one? Critically evaluate the usefulness of the term in relation to at least two films from this course. 1. floating life 2. chunking express 3. my blueberry night Like different countries have different culture‚ customs and give people different feeling‚ as an important part of one’s culture industry‚ movies from different places gives people different sense of feeling. That’s the magic of National cinema. But under the big trend of globalisation
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IMPACT AESTHETICS: BACK TO THE FUTURE IN DIGITAL CINEMA? Scott McQuire Millennial fantasies As anyone interested in film culture knows‚ the last decade has witnessed an explosion of pronouncements concerning the future of cinema. Many are fuelled by naked technological determinism‚ resulting in apocalyptic scenarios in which cinema either undergoes digital rebirth to emerge more powerful than ever in the new millennium‚ or is marginalised by a range of ‘new media’ which inevitably include some
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he needs some sort of entertainment and relaxation. Cinema has proved a wonderful and forceful means of entertainment and amusement. A young man of today can go without food but not without a film. The cinema is the cheapest and the most popular form of amusement. Laborers can afford to miss their evening meal‚ not their evening show. Students prefer films to reading books. Thus‚ cinema exercises a very powerful effect on society. Cinema is a universal teacher. It educates the people in different
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The cinema of attraction. ‘A matter of making images seen.’ This is what Fernand Léger was writing in 1902 about the new art‚ trying to describe the possible changes in cinema‚ by emphasizing the fact that imitating the movements of nature is not necessarily the best way of defining cinema’s essence. This is only one of the writings concerning this topic which influenced Tom Gunning in characterizing the cinematic period before 1906 as that of the ‘cinema of attractions’. In this essay I am
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Malayalam cinema Malayalam cinema is the Indian film industry based in kerala‚ India‚ dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Malayalamlanguage. At first (beginning in the 1920s)‚ the Malayalam film industry was based in Trivandrum. Although the film industry started to develop and flourish only by the late-1940s. Later‚ the industry shifted to Chennai (formerly Madras)‚ which then was the capital of the South Indian film industry. By the end of 1980s‚ the Malayalam film industry
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Film and Culture 27 September 2010 Cinema Paradiso: Feeling the Love Through Music and Sound Cinema Paradiso was made in 1988‚ and was written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. It won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 1989. Cinema Paradiso follows the life of Salvatore Di Vita from the time he was a boy to his successful career as a film director. Love truly is what the movie is about. Whether it is to have a love of film‚ love of someone else‚ or having a love for what you do‚ it is
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Italian Neo realism; Pure Cinema 1. Ladri de Biccilette [Bicycle Thieves] (Vittorio De Sica) Do you agree with Andre Bazin that Ladri de Biccilette is an example of ‘pure cinema’? (Bazin [1971] p.60). To what extent is such a pure cinema possible and‚ in your opinion‚ which Italian Neo-realist film screened on the unit comes closest to it? Explain your reasoning. This essay will address the characteristics of ‘pure cinema’ and the extent of its practical nature. It also seeks to analyse
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Giuseppe Tornatore constructs the way in which the film Cinema Paradiso is seen on screen with care and thought‚ such that he reveals the main ideas to the audience in the best way possible. In doing so‚ Tornatore can manipulate and influence the way the audience views and interprets this highly emotive film. Giuseppe utilises film techniques‚ specifically differing camera angles‚ to establish and represent his views and ideas within the film Cinema Paradiso‚ assisting him in creating either a sense of
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