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    Hindi Cinema

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    used to refer to the whole of Hindi cinema. Bollywood is only a part of the Bhartiya film industry. The name is a portmanteau of Bombay (the former name for Mumbai) and Hollywood‚ the center of the American film industry. Though some deplore the name‚ arguing that it makes the industry look like a poor cousin to Hollywood‚ it seems likely to persist and now has its own entry in the Oxford English Dictionary. Bollywood is commonly referred to as Hindi cinema‚ even though Hindustani‚ the substratum

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    Cinema Paradiso

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    Cinema Paradiso is set shortly after World War II in Salvatore Di Vita’s hometown of Sicily. Salvatore‚ nicknamed Toto‚ is a small child with a love for film who creates a close friendship with Alfredo‚ the cinema’s projectionist. Youth‚ the first theme we will discuss involves the trials and tribulations Toto goes through at the start of the movie. Toto has lived at least a few years without a father figure as his father went away to fight in World War II. After the war‚ however‚ his father does

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    impact of cinema

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    there is a £1.50 benefit to the economy." . Cinema has become a powerful vehicle for culture‚ education‚ leisure and propaganda. In a 1963 report for the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization looking at Indian Cinema and Culture‚ the author (Baldoon Dhingra) quoted a speech by Prime Minister Nehru who stated‚ "...the influence in India of films is greater than newspapers and books combined." Even at this early stage in cinema‚ the Indian film-market catered for over 25 million

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    The Therapy of the Cinema

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    reflect and analyse our biggest problems and fears. Cinematherapy has emerged precisely in order to make the most of those personal introspective moments offered by a series or film. It is a technique that uses the multiple psychological benefits of cinema together with cognitive therapy. It’s objective? To use audiovisual material as a tool to help ourselves overcome all kinds of psychological disorders. With a film a director meets one of the purposes of therapy: to make the public and the patient

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    world cinema

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    In the early 1900s Italy was the first to start a new advangarde movement in the cinema production‚ thanks to the art movement Futurism. The Manifesto of Futuristic Cinematography dates back to as early as 1916 some sources even started earlier. To the futurists‚ the cinema was an ideal form of art for their "wonderful plays"‚ being the start of a new artistic medium. As film had with no past and able to be manipulated by editing and simple special effects it became a new creative and subversive

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    Tgv Cinemas

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    Business Review P o w e r G e n e rati o n During the year‚ the Group consolidated its position as a major regional power player and put in place measures to fuel future growth. All the Group’s power plants across Malaysia‚ Egypt‚ Bangladesh‚ Pakistan‚ Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates continued to deliver strong operational performance while it undertook cost mitigation and productivity improvement measures. With some 13 power plants to date in its portfolio and a net generating capacity

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    Black Cinema

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    WGST 300—BLACK CINEMA Option A: Select two or more films from this course and compare and/or contrast them‚ using one or more of the above criteria (shared themes‚ etc.). SUPERFLY and DUTCHMAN “Lights‚ camera‚ and action!!” A popular phrase noted throughout the film and cinematic industry‚ but to directors‚ actors‚ and viewers of African American or Black Cinema this famous phrase helped jumpstart a movement throughout the black culture. Starting with radical movies that explained racial undertones

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    Swot Cinemas

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    is the cost of bringing films into the market. The average cost of releasing a film is more than $100 million. This cost in producing and releasing the films into the market has dramatically gone up the last five years around 25%. Exhibition Cinemas Strengths: During the global financial crisis in 2008‚ when the gas prices was going up‚ stock market decline‚ and there were significant layoffs‚ there wasn’t any more one could for $10 or for families under $30. Park amusements cost was an average

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    French Cinema

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    French Cinema Scene analysis The scene from the movie Rules of The Game by Jean Renoir shows many camera techniques and uses the camera to clench the true meaning of the screen. I will be discussing and analyzing the scene. The film beautifully demonstrates the use of precise shots and perfectly executed scenes. Throughout the scene of The Rules of the Game the camera is like another person in the room. It is invisible and wanders throughout the building almost like it is someone following what

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    Indian Cinema

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    just like there are theaters that in America that show Bollywood movies. Bollywood is known as the nickname for the popular Indian cinema industry. It gets its name from mixing the two names Bombay and Hollywood. Bombay is the original name for Mumbai before it changed its name back to Mumbai. Mumbai is the capital city of Bollywood and the birthplace of Indian cinema. Mumbai‚ Maharashtra is the equivalent to Hollywood‚ California. Maharashtra is one of 28 states that combine to make the overpopulated

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