Introduction Black cinema refers to films that arose in the early 1900s. They consisted mainly of black actors in the lead roles. It is also known as African American cinema. It has given rise to various genres of films such as ‘Blaxploitation’. Black cinema continues to exist in modern times with the rise of many famous black celebrities and … [Read more...]
Anthology Films
Introduction Anthology films is like a dipper of a motion feature that showcases a number of short films incorporated in a single film roll. This was created and imagined for the purpose of entertaining and catering to the different tastes and preferences of the film goers while dishing-out to them a group of a variety of segmented plots and storyboards all in one film. The … [Read more...]
Postmodernism in Films
What is Post-Modernism ? Postmodernism defines as defiance and as a form of refusal to conform the ideas and theories of the modernist approach in films. It stands to revolt against the traditions and views and cultures offered by modernist theories and aims to replace the existent innovation with a fresh new one that is more revolutionary and refined and an extra-ordinary … [Read more...]
Marxist Theory on Films
Introduction Marxist Theory on Films is one of the most archaic frame of cinematic hypothesis. It was not until the dawning of the era of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in the 1920s that this age-old supposition was administered in the academic work in the realm of motion pictures genre. This particular exercise was carried down and got adopted through the … [Read more...]
Apparatus Theory
Introduction Apparatus theory began its sprawling sweep in the 70's and pulled its core alpha existence from a few suppositions such as Marxist Film theory and Psychoanalysis. Its manifestations and activities orbits on the techniques of the cameras and its eagle-eye abridging. Apparatus theory circles-in about the cinema and audience connectivity relationship. This theory … [Read more...]
French New Wave
Introduction French New Wave otherwise called as Nouvelle Vague is a film movement in France began in late 1950s. The wave was started by the critics in association with Cahiers de Cinema who later became filmmakers. Thought Nouvelle Vague is not a movement, it was visible that they challenged the ‘quality’ of French Cinema setting a postwar trend within the French film … [Read more...]
Italian Neo-Realism
Introduction Italian neo-realism is a new realism that focused on the common problems and not with revolution or any political based films and was started in 1942 and came to an end in 1951. The films were often made in common place with unprofessional actors in low budgets that gave the realist effect. This movement focused on the changing styles and the perception of the … [Read more...]