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Lumiere Brothers' Cinematographe - correct answer ✔✔India discovered film in 1896 thanks to the
French Lumiere Brothers. In 1894, the brothers started working on a better version of the Kinetograph.
Although their invention, the Cinematographe, only ran at 16 FPS, as opposed to 48 FPS on Edison's
device, it was able to project the picture to a screen so a bunch of people could see it, whereas the
Kinetograph could only show the picture to one person. The Cinematographe was also quieter and
lighter. The Lumiere Company premiered the Cinematographe in Bombay at Watson's Hotel on July 7,
1896.
Save Dada - correct answer ✔✔Save Dada was India's first filmmaker. He bought a Cinematographe and
in 1899 made a wrestling film at Bombay's Hanging Gardens.
1913 - Phalke - correct answer ✔✔D. G. Phalke is India's "Father of Cinema" and founder of the
Hindustan Film Company. Between 1912 and 1914, Phalke released a mythological film called Raja
Harischandra, India's first feature film at 50 mins.
Alam Ara - correct answer ✔✔India entered the sound film era in 1931 with Imperial Film's Alam Ara,
featuring song-and-dance routines, and never looked back.
5 Characteristics of Indian Cinema - correct answer ✔✔Fantasy
Secondary Realism
Melodramatic Staging
Artistic Mise-en-scene
Moral stories
11 steps of the Indian filmmaking process - correct answer ✔✔Story selected (director/producer)
Casting - narration of story to major star
Budget - controlled by executive producer
, Technical unit hired
Shooting - 6 months to 3.5 years
Editing - rough cut
Re-editing to final cut after everyone has input
Board of Film Censors - may request changes
Background score composed/edited
Re-recording of dialogue ("looping")
Released - PR/publicity campaign (5 Indian release territories + overseas market)
4 Functions of music - correct answer ✔✔Introduce characters
Advance story
Enhance drama
Intensify emotions
4 modes of dance - correct answer ✔✔Bharat Natyam
Khatak
Cabaret
Modern
6 Key influences on Indian cinema - correct answer ✔✔Epic - Mahabharata and Ramayana
Classical Indian Theater
Stylized, episodic storylines (mythologicals)
Sanskrit Theater (up to 10th century)
Folk Theater
Post 10th century (Mughal-era) song/dance/humor
regional/peasant performers
Parsi Theater
15th century travel/social/historical dramas
songs, humor, mix of fantasy and reality
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