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The Emergence Of SFX (Special Effects) In Movies

Often several different techniques are used together in a single scene or shot to achieve the desired effect. Let’s have a look what is SFX all about.

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The Emergence Of SFX (Special Effects) In Movies

Often several different techniques are used together in a single scene or shot to achieve the desired effect. Let’s have a look what is SFX all about.

Chinese Cinema: Then and After

The phenomenal burgeoning of Chinese Cinema particularly in the last two decades has been a cause of intrigue amongst the cinephiles.

Theo Angelopoulos And Greece

Theo Angelopoulos ushers in his films a different Greece, a different humanity. A critique on Theo Angelopoulos' Ulysses' Gaze and other films.

Obscure Surrealist Classic – Un Soir Un Train

The subtlety of the narration, the use of multi-layered metaphors and beautiful intertwining of dreams and reality add to the ambiguity in Un Soir Un Train.

What Is Acting

Michael Chekhov, a great Russian actor, teacher, director, seemed to have an interesting approach to these challenges and emphasized the art in acting.

Films in Transition, Generations in Flux: China on the Move

Chinese films have a long history. The trajectory of Chinese films can be best understood with its intimacy with the political happenings of that region.

The Need For A Visual Syntax

Directors need to come up with a visual syntax which will properly translate the written word into relevant, significant and memorable imagery on the screen.

Austen vs. Rozema: Slavery In Mansfield Park 1999

Unlike the novel, slavery is a dominating presence in the film Mansfield Park (1999), a presence that resonates throughout the text.

From Kolkata to Dublin via Kabul: Tagore’s Internationalism And Cinema

Kabuliwala by Tagore:

Cinematic Adaptations Of Rabindranath

Since Tagore’s works are universal, they offer filmmakers a challenge to make the film as powerful, credible and appealing on celluloid as it is in print.

Editorial of Special issue on Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Thakur, the doyen of Indian culture and the first and only Nobel Laureate in Literature from India is our topic for the third issue of Vol IX.

Tagore’s Noukadubi And Rituparno’s Inspiration: Interrogating Marriage And Home

Rituparno Ghosh's Noukadubi's real power lies in its ability to serve contemporary cinematic purposes where characters are modernized, articulate, credible.

Narrative Of Tagore’s Songs Used In Tarun Majumdar’s Alo (2003)

As is the acknowledged hallmark of Majumdar’s films, Alo (Light) uses Rabindranath Tagore’s songs extensively.

Space Sound Color: Giving Life To An Art Film

Since its nascent beginnings, the so-called art film has maintained this basic manifesto while dovetailing into its various faces.

Co-Existence Of Parallel Cinema With Popular Cinema In Bengal In The 50s And 60s

Cinema in Bengal has taken many interesting twist and turns. Since the days of "bioscope" in the 1890s, Bengali cinema has followed a rather zigzag pattern.

Images And Imagery: A Poet’s Engagement With Moving Images

Sometimes Rabindranath Tagore made improvements on the scenario and the dialogues. But he did not suggest radically alternative treatments to the films

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