tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313855338944191404.post3845572502919143342..comments2024-03-03T05:35:35.207+05:30Comments on Passion for Movies: What Is A Film? An Observer's ViewpointArun Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638646338604761587noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313855338944191404.post-24945939145587734622012-08-17T13:39:56.490+05:302012-08-17T13:39:56.490+05:30very well explained!very well explained!Jerlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13897355836151249751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313855338944191404.post-6699847785538580772012-08-08T18:51:11.034+05:302012-08-08T18:51:11.034+05:30It is a good thing that sound was added later. It...It is a good thing that sound was added later. It allowed the art of moving images to develop independent of words. It is no accident that many of the original actors came from the stage. The elements of the stage translated to silent film. But, film was more emotionally close. For instance, the camera could concentrate on the face or the hands, up close.<br />In my earlier post, I said film appealed to the five senses. This is not true. Really film appeals to sight and sound. Touch, taste, and smell, are still as much imagined for the film viewer as they are for a reader of poetry. But even for sight and sound, the artist must still give organization to his sense data so it can be translated by the emotional and rational minds of his audience. With computers this is called programing.<br />Take for instance the smile. Most people have good feelings when they see a smile from their programing. But, I would not recommend smiling in a cage with a gorilla. His programing will see the teeth and view it as a sign of aggression. This is also true in prisons and male dominated military organizations. There, most keep a more neutral and stoic expression when around superiors. Mona Lisa’s smile shows sexual aggression without the teeth. That is artful. An effective film director has to be as artful from frame to frame.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313855338944191404.post-22430809366460996952012-08-08T05:21:21.823+05:302012-08-08T05:21:21.823+05:30@Divenita, Thanks for the comment. I am right now ...@Divenita, Thanks for the comment. I am right now trying to write something on Silent films. <br /><br />@Spriglief, Thanks for the comment. Keep visiting.Arun Kumarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14638646338604761587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313855338944191404.post-34214132317879054012012-08-07T19:36:07.480+05:302012-08-07T19:36:07.480+05:30The world exists through the abstraction of our se...The world exists through the abstraction of our senses. How we experience the world is not controlled by the five senses. It is controlled by how we organize the sense data in our minds. This organization, which can be called poetry, is the only thing that is concrete. Film just has the advantage of appealing to all five senses at once. Poetry on the other hand is organization at a fundamental level. So, the highest praise given to any film is to call it poetry by organizing all the sense data.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313855338944191404.post-82893455294857007632012-08-07T19:20:03.971+05:302012-08-07T19:20:03.971+05:30Well written :)!
Would love to see more of these ...Well written :)!<br /><br />Would love to see more of these maybe an entire article dedicated to silent films :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313855338944191404.post-4045909155849646852012-08-07T04:32:43.329+05:302012-08-07T04:32:43.329+05:30@Joe anna, Thanks for the comment. Yeah, the post ...@Joe anna, Thanks for the comment. Yeah, the post is kind of abstract and a bit more complex. <br /><br />@Ruchi S, Thank you.<br /><br />@Tanny, Thanks for those fine words. Keep visiting.Arun Kumarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14638646338604761587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313855338944191404.post-30279785090111882342012-08-06T13:55:38.432+05:302012-08-06T13:55:38.432+05:30Mental receptivity of the spectator definitely mat...Mental receptivity of the spectator definitely matters to any form of art.<br /><br />Succinct, thoughtful and very well knitted words. Absolutely brilliant !!Tannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00681145070198328013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313855338944191404.post-50614809191973835542012-08-06T10:18:34.056+05:302012-08-06T10:18:34.056+05:30A great write up!A great write up!Ruchi Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01182482994692680132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1313855338944191404.post-83961159416293502192012-08-05T20:09:49.960+05:302012-08-05T20:09:49.960+05:30" And, I claim, this dynamic mental pictorial..." And, I claim, this dynamic mental pictorialism called a film, is the most expressive art available to-day to a creative artist. <br /><br />Not just today, but forever Cinema will be the most creative art form, just because it embraces every other forms of art. <br /><br />A nice article on cinema. Hope comments would've poured in if the writing style had been a little more simpler than what it is now. What say you pal?வருணன்https://www.blogger.com/profile/06584307319447552922noreply@blogger.com