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Vertoy’s” Man with a Movie Camera”, or film by Chantal
Akeraman in such instances documentary films, while nonfiction,
may nonetheless recount a story. Unlike literary fiction which is
based on characters, situations and events that are entirely
imaginary; cinema always has a real referent called the “Pr<strong>of</strong>ilmic”,
which encompasses everything existing and done infront
<strong>of</strong> camera. In classical Hollywood, i.e. in 20 th century, narrative
usually in the form <strong>of</strong> the feature film, has held dominance in
commercial cinema and has become popularly synonymous with
“The Movies”. Classical, invisible filmmaking is realist fiction,
and its key element is continuity editing.
11) Film:-
A film also called a movie or motion picture, is a series <strong>of</strong> still or
moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images
with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques
or visual effects. The process <strong>of</strong> filmmaking has developed into
an art form and industry. Films are cultural artifacts created by
specific cultures, which reflect those culture and in turn affect
them. The word ‘film’ comes from the fact that photographic film
(film stock ) has historically been the primary medium for
recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other term like –
picture, picture show, Moving picture, photo-play, flick, the big
screen, the silver screen, the cinema and the movies. Films are
made up <strong>of</strong> a series <strong>of</strong> individual images called ‘Frames’.
However film theory seeks to develop concise and systematic
concepts that apply to the study <strong>of</strong> film as “Art”
References:-
1) Robert stam, Film Theory : an introduction. Orford ;
Blackwell Publishers, 2000.
2) A Film Theory Reader, Columbia University press 1986.
3) Los Angeles Times Magazine, “Lip Service”, March 25,
2001.
4) Bordwell, David, and Thomson, Kristin (2010) “Film History
: An Introduction, Third Edition” New York, NY : MCGraw –
Hill. P. 382.
5) Braudy and Cohen, Film Theory and critisim, sixth edition,
Oxford University press, 2004, page 861.
6) Jacques Derrida, ‘The Law <strong>of</strong> Genre’, Critical Inquiry,
Autumn, 1980, Vol. 7, p.g.55.
7) Stanley Cavell, “The World viewed : Reflections on the
Ontology <strong>of</strong> Film’ (1971)
8) Heath, Stephen (1981) : Questions <strong>of</strong> Cinema Bloomington :
Indiana university press.
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