True Cinema movement
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True Cinema movement is a film movement founded by Rajan Sarma
, a Tamil
film director
of the 1980s. The movement mainly focus on initiating necessary steps on bringing out or developing 'expressive cinema' in contrast to the so called 'dramatic cinema' prevalent commonly in India
.
The main principles of the 'True Cinema' Movement are,
Also as in the words of Rajan Sarma, "True Cinema becomes complete, only when its visuals and sounds are combined evenly, equally and effectively." In other words, "True Cinema is one, which is understood only on collective access to its visual and audio." The other important initiative of the True Cinema Movement is the ' Expressive Cinema '.
Rajan Sarma
Rajan Sarma is a Tamil film and Serial director of the 1980s. He also directed several Tele-films. Though he quits the Tamil film industry by only directed two feature films, he enters the Television field and directed many Television serials on Doordarshan , Sun TV, Vijay TV etc. He also directed...
, a Tamil
Tamil language
Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...
film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
of the 1980s. The movement mainly focus on initiating necessary steps on bringing out or developing 'expressive cinema' in contrast to the so called 'dramatic cinema' prevalent commonly in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.
The main principles of the 'True Cinema' Movement are,
- Cinema is not only a medium of entertainmentEntertainmentEntertainment consists of any activity which provides a diversion or permits people to amuse themselves in their leisure time. Entertainment is generally passive, such as watching opera or a movie. Active forms of amusement, such as sports, are more often considered to be recreation...
; but also a ' medium of expressionExpressionExpression may refer to:Symbolic expression* Expression , a thought communicated by language* Expression , a finite combination of symbols that are well-formed according to applicable rules...
'. - Cinema should not be called as a visual medium; but instead as a ' Audio-visual Medium '.
- The cinema should not be restricted to as a mere story-telling medium. It should be used as a 'language'.
- Cinema should depend only on its own 'audio and visuals'. The music (songs and BGMBGMBGM can mean:*Greater Binghamton Airport serving Binghamton, New York *Background music*an abbreviation for the former Bell Globemedia, now Bell Media*BGM , Japanese band YMO's album*Bonnier Gazell Music...
s) should necessarily be avoided as it reduces the trueness of cinema.
Also as in the words of Rajan Sarma, "True Cinema becomes complete, only when its visuals and sounds are combined evenly, equally and effectively." In other words, "True Cinema is one, which is understood only on collective access to its visual and audio." The other important initiative of the True Cinema Movement is the ' Expressive Cinema '.
See also
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