Just go on the field and ask any individual on this planet about their favourite outing. Most people confess to watching a movie, whether exclusively or during their out-of-this-world road trip. The world is a stage and we are all actors, the famous Shakespeare quote that defines our lives. How to tackle life and how a human born on the same planet handles it, experiences it, and overcomes it... etc. The one that accompanies a vacuum in a day that is created, and one struggles to fill it solid and hard. What is so special about a movie, and some call it cinema?. By the way, cinema is derived from the Greek word ‘kinema’, which means something in motion (Kinetic) and in this world, it is of the moving images called the video. We have been taught that one image is equal to 100 words or more, which depicts so many things to be perceived. Rather than reading a page of a hundred, observe an image, and it says it all. Coming to the video, how many images, details, feelings and more. So many images that move, which define a video. Take around 15 snaps and merge them, and the outcome will be an eye-opener of the images in motion, and that feeling would be great. We would have experienced rather than attempted from a known friend of flipping a notebook continuously, which had some art in various positions and when flipped in a swift, airy manner, those images move, and it tells a story. Though it was invented close to a century ago and more, it still stands valid and vibrant. The impact it has created amongst the people is infinite. Credit to Mr Eadweard Muybridge for such an invention of the moving image. Though crores of film products have been created, the base of one shot remains from that man’s vision long back.
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Many thought-provoking creators have been born in this field, and the creations they have showered us with are innumerable and refreshing. How many experiences, emotions, artists, technicians and how many survive due to this field? It had made many not want to hang their necks from the ceiling or jump from the bridge. It has been and is strong evidence of the history of mankind to show the next generations what a history we had. It is up to them to judge; however, what was lived is lived, and the experience is special. Starting from French to German to Italian to across the world, what a revolution.
Kinema, the cinema, has shown the world various colours through various cinematic techniques and through the editor. The world has seen drama, black and white cinema, silent cinema (Credits to Mr Charlie Chaplin for showing the world a way to laugh after people handling challenges daily), street plays, colour cinema and whatnot. How many genres and how many types of stories, though around 7 types of stories only exist, the stories of each one on the planet differ at least to a certain extent. It has no boundary, and one would say this invention is one of the world's wonders, too.
It captures the 7 world wonders too, being a world wonder, as one would imagine. How many creations and one would not or cannot create without experiences and without references (like articles, ancestor stories, books, poems, novels, news, videos, etc.). Thanks to the above-mentioned for being an inspiration to the creators in a way. The starting point in a race is vital, and the same with life, so is the storyline for a cinematic creation. When this "kinema" gets its support from ‘graphy’ through technical equipment, it writes or records images; the graphy originally was defined the same. How many transformations, the main being from analog to digital(from film rolls to digital storage) and how many functions in the film making department starting from writing, screenplay, direction, cinematography, photography, editing, sound design, sound mixing, colorist like DI- colourist, art design, location manager casting, music, lighting, production which includes pre-production, post-production transport and pantry, dance choreography, stunt choreography, costume, visual effects VFX, computer graphics CG, dubbing, assistants and associates to direction, cameraman acting coach..etc. And what more. Each function is a blessing to work on and knowing it is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. There are institutions preaching film-making in detail for aspirants across the world, which is also an additional boost to this industry.
When it comes to transformation, as mentioned about the digital forms and colours play a primary part. How many colours, you name it, and it offers just as a multi-cuisine restaurant, irrespective of regions and countries. It shows the beauty of picturization, the pros and cons of humans and other creatures, too. Colours white, black, black and white, "VIBGYOR" pattern...etc. And a mixture of colours in a single frame too. One might be curious about the black and white amalgamation as it was the mother of colours. The “Grey”. It is neither damn bright nor dark. Though black doesn’t mean the cons side of a coin, it refers to darkness or short of light. The grey coloured images and the frames were also well received in certain portions of the narrative. Let us also see the grey portion that is the deadly or not exceptionally well-known side of this universe in detail behind the screen and on-screen.
Actors and technicians in this field, upon tasting success, go to the glam-zone and under the limelight for at least a few years. Though reaching heights is not a cake walk, once reached, sustenance is a challenge and depends on one’s skill and the situation.
Upon reaching heights, they get attracted and they attract equally. On this view, they go into multiple relationships, take divorce choices casually, and play a ball game with their offspring on the caregiver's part. They try to be an inspiration to their products in handling relationships not so seriously. They go to the extent of dating their same gender fellow actors or any known ones, and underage opposite gender actresses or known ones, as relationships had no specific clauses in the Indian constitution in their view.
To add one to this clause’s bucket list is the infamous live-in relationships. Who invented it and where do they live, and what do they do, and whom are they set examples for, and many more queries in the pipeline. The answer is “Even God doesn’t know”.
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Actors chose to insert lip lock scenes in the plot to add an attention factor to the youth in general and men audiences. This will enhance their market value as one of their performance points, as in the yearly appraisal performance metrics. And lip lock would be a stress reliever and bond creator with the ladies for the men leads, and in some cases, vice versa too, as the lady actors of the one who accepts such roles are offered better characterisation and acting, as it ensures high income pulling roles. Witnessing this, the blood in their own biological product’s veins starts progressing in a seductive way and most probably ensures their parents' satisfaction by following their footsteps. Some offspring do escape this trap, but could be counted.
Family prefers the most not for their heirs or better half or known ones being part of this family of film, which they feel that their heir’s going to be better half sides too not be part of the one. One would definitely want to know the reason; the success rate in this field can be easily plotted in a Pareto diagram with the film function dominating the charts at the top of the 80% vital few for unsuccessful rates and a non-user-friendly career. It pulls on one’s energy and attempt level capability to the core that their family would obviously opt not to make the close one’s career choice. The aspirants might wonder whether their biological parents might have played this field in their lives before birth or if they are just cooking up stories based on famous myths.
The current industry’s or the public’s relief, the comedy section, though the former don’t prefer it much as it accepts defeat in a way when compared with their favourite glamour section. It started evolving long ago, but became well-known after Charlie Chaplin, the silent revolutionary who showed the world a reason to laugh, with an attire that got sound connect. To be precise about the origin of this section, the Jews who introduced such a portion as a relief for them after having witnessed countless miseries. Chaplin’s way was more special as it was a silent film with a musical approach. The grey part being, he invited the world to laugh in his pain, for which the world responded positively. Truth being the world hardly knows Chaplin’s actual face. The comical way inspired cartoons, the regular cinema and serial sections too. Actors onscreen are like, “I bear the pain and you get the gain”. In a way, it was widely accepted because the pain didn’t lead to the actor’s demise.
We come from a dynasty where we were finally relieved from the emperors after countless martyrs’ life sacrifices and with rich wisdom. Having walked through this path, we now don't forget the traitors and the poor in a way completely who were head-shakers for the emperors to fill their families' tummies. With no doubt, responsibility matters to lead the family, not at the cost of slavery, which is what most would prefer. Money is the ruler, but choose the pathwhereh money doesn’t literally kill you. Working around the clock to get a satisfying product and to release as per the target. We might not be surprised if one says the workers would even forget that the clock is round when they work so. Working 8 hours was revised to 12 hours in most working industries like automotive, IT, etc. The film fraternity challenged the rest upon working almost 4 hours short of the day’s total hours. Ultimately, they considered the investor's release commitment the priority over their well-being.
Who and why one should act matters, but not the trouble for those with a silver spoon or at least a bronze spoon. Aspirants aim and drive into an imaginary world of creativity where they seldom find the entry gate to gaze at the house, at least for rent. On the other side, the ones who were hanging over were pulled or pushed into the house, where the inmates themselves might step out after having experienced the entrant’s performances. The entrants would doubt themselves about going back to the hangover path after receiving almost zero appreciations from the spectators. The entrants were so favourite that they or their features show up first when searched by the common man on social media or Google. Not to forget, a few entrants who do survive as a result of good writing, direction and meeting good people.
Film experience on the silver screen is worldly and inexpressive, though its release remains challenging. Favourite actors with favourite elements sound successive. The one with strong elements and strong acting, the so-called good content, remains in the tail end over the years. Some relief ones being content-oriented too get the limelight in recent years. Producers fund the project, whereas the people, who give the authority to power, the commoners, who fill back the producer’s account. Producers by the people, for the people, not of the people, and to add, from the people. Creators and ‘creators to be’ are in the queue to cast their vote, but they return due to the shortage of booths, leaving the quality content in their bank accounts, which actually is the hub for the king “Money”. Money rotation is essential across the localities and not restricted to smart cities. One breathable thing is that the locked quality contents get some candlelight exposure after the recent years, fellow creators watch shows, who later support in its promotion, expecting the support in return, which sounds reasonable.
A life is born, and music becomes part of one from its presence in the womb. After having set foot on the proven life possible planet, it behaves positively when it gets high on experiencing engaging ones on television. On later dates, it evolves into the famous cinema medium. Cinema is bonded with humans since childhood hood though it is not the choice of families regarding one’s career. On entering the forests of Cinema, the jungle, they are being offered overseas references of materials, vision, masters, techniques and a few more. Cinema evolved since the French wave, not forgetting its origin and with due respect, one might doubt whether cinema started in a foreign land and whether it ends there. Hope not. It’s beyond countries and religions. With due respect to Kurusova, Hitchcock, Kuberick, Bressan, Cuppola, Spielberg, Nolan, Quentin & others with respect to the creators and Takashi, Poitier, Clauda McNeil, Redford, Brando, Robert di niro, Pacino, Freeman, Denzel, Meryl Streep and others with respect to the actor. There do exist creators and actors in the nation who have been liberated since 1947. Bhalke, Raj Kapoor, Shyam Benegal, Satyajit Ray, Adool Gopalakrishnan, Sridhar, Balachander, Balu Mahendra, Bharathiraja, Mani Ratnam, Kamal Haasan, Raj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, Devaki Rani, Thyagaraja Bhagavadar, Savithri, Sivaji, Amitabh, Kamal Haasan, Mohanlal, Thilakan, Sarita, Nasseruddin, to name a few, but not limited to. Let the flag rise high across the continent globally and not restrict to the ones in white or overseas black alone, as the world does like other colours.
After having enjoyed the ‘kinda garden’ days, we were upgraded to the pre-adult stage, where we have to take up classes followed by exams monthly, quarterly, half-yearly and of course annually. In getting scared to use numerous evaluation criteria and having been taught by the tutors daily, most tend to print their answers on paper with some solid or at least liquid support from their fellow mates in the intention to clear the evaluation with a passing margin. In the way of this academics, few take up this till their profession. One being the media and filmmaking. Films are based on stories written. Stories are based on experiences and references. References are from books, life lessons and also from overseas features or their predecessors’ features. Inspiration is valuable, but not at the risk of gaming with copyrights. In response to the ignorance and disrespect towards created stories, the next generations do perform their part by gaming with the scripts and to the extent of with the ones of new creators too.
Conspiracy, as said above, has also extended its wide arms over the performance appraisals and the reviews. You pay and I perform is the actors commitment to the director and producer, though the feminine do have to also commit to laying their flesh or seducing on a need basis, as they were portrayed, thereby adding fuel to the fire. Regarding the appraisals, the annual awards, which recognise talents and good creations, though were solid oinearlier days and currently got inspiration from the commercial market to revisit their criteria. In the lines of ‘Buy one and get one free’, ‘Your presence and assured award you take back home. In addition, you favour commercial, and we favour your performance. The ones who are sound on Gandhi printed rectangular paper’s balance survive the most, and the rest strive really hard, though a few are unfortunate after their true sweat.
This is on the annual part. With respect to the monthly or rather the immediate appraisal post the silver screen release, the product, which is of a year or less of hard work, gets reviewed on its quality of output. Spectators and fans throng the theatres to witness their favourite on the screen and 'fill' their pockets to a certain extent to fill the pockets of the film producers and more importantly watch to relax their minds by going through an experience of a new and different world.
The ones that have happened are a history to the ones living at the present, awaiting things to happen. Writing was originally invented to record things and for economical purposes. Recording is most significant. And recording what has actually happened is even more significant. Spectators are left with the products they witness, which are partial to history and politically sound.
The current trend of caste based films, which does get well recognition as a way of creation, is well crafted. As a well-wisher to the misery faced by many on caste, one such way to overcome is to not repeat the term and the past and focus on the positives if not being practised.
Creators reach the heights with their quality outputs, which impress not only the directors but also the public. They build new houses and widen their societal and daily needs before they are actually destined with. As with machines and automobiles, which lose their heat, in this scenario, on usage of the fuel that was once filled, technicians and actors do lose their heat then and there based on content and their market do touch the bottom or at least the middle of the hill top. On reaching the same, they do struggle like new entrants in filling their pockets with some currency notes, though their writings were worth the creation. The market then punishes them by lending them the attitude to de-focus their health and family, resulting in an exit from the life they were offered by their producers. The fraternity that once applauded their works remains immature in forgetting to or unlearning the applauding skill. Being a powerful and worthy creator, having experienced hill bottom, their minds refuse to face another bottom in reaching the fellow creators whose pockets were overfilled and worthy of offering to the unfilled ones.
We get high on intimacy and intercourse since those days. Next to or rather a trigger point to intimacy is primarily dominated by the hangover creators, the drug and the cigars. One goes to a second or even third world post, consuming the same. When humans search for the elements that give them the high, they get this on top, like the favourite stars or star kids’ links on top during a Google search, leading to the masses’ attention. Consuming drugs and smoking with cigars is a different feel. Being banned and getting consumed by the anxious and curious ones. The highlight part being the practice getting captured on the camera and brought to the public’s attention, inspiring them and inspiring further. The creators are not to be criticised completely as they do know their responsibility and ensure warning cards such as “Drinking is injurious to health, Smoking kills, Don’t drink and drive”. This having been put, it shall not influence the spectators is what they feel. Spectators are too smart nowadays than they were before, and they laugh and enjoy their drugs watching the warning cards.
I tried to cover the syllabus to my focal length possible. However, I still have doubts regarding the possibility of topics getting left out as cinema is unpredictable and a challenging medium.
The verdict- in case the common man, alias cinema spectator, is being offered by the declaring authority
One or say tonnes of spectators would definitely not deny the fact that this medium of film media does entertain to a large extent. Having said that, each creator, producer, technician and performer shall stand responsible in offering chances to all the applicants, along with the primary job of offering quality output to the spectators, for whom the hard works were put and taking them to the world that the creator has already lived or wishes to live. Let the team jointly collaborate to prepare a pitch on the field for all the worthy aspirants and upcoming cohorts to play at least once to prove their skill in the game they are passionate about and love the most, awaiting with skills groomed. Let ‘Kinema’, the cinema, be the ‘Baap’ of ‘Ma’ with kindness.
A solution perspective
LET THE “ART” RULE AND NOTHING WRONG IN BEING A LIFE LONG STUDENT TO SUCH A RULER, WHO ONLY TRIUMPHS BY GETTING WORK DONE FROM AN UNDERSTANDING TEAM