Film Analysis Essays

What are movies?

Movies also known as films are types of visual communication in which moving pictures and sounds are used to convey messages, information, or stories. As movies depict culture hence movies increase cultural sensitivity.

History of movies:-

The movie industry which is nowadays very much developed originated in the early 19th century through a series of technological developments like the discovery of moving pictures (videos). The history of movies begins after these technologies reached their culmination. The movie industry after getting grip on the pitch has changed and advanced a lot, a picture of which is present nowadays. Nowadays we watch movies on our smartphones, VCRs, TVs, etc. but during the beginning period of the invention of movies, the movies were watched on Kinescope predecessor of the motion picture projector which was invented by Thomas Edison and William Dickson. It is a device consisting of a cabinet with a window through which only a single person can watch.

Kinetoscope

Like social media movies also have pros and cons. As movies present cultures, norms, and attributes of different nations so it’s up to you how you get them and what kind of movies you watch because on the internet you’ll find every kind of stuff. Three major industries of movies being made are Hollywood, Bollywood, and Lollywood. Hollywood includes English movies while Bollywood is Indian and Lollywood is Pakistani movie industries. Hollywood has a strong grip on movie making while Bollywood is much better than Lollywood in filmmaking. Previously like in the 1900s presentation of movies used to be very decent and presentable those you can watch with family like Oliver from 1968 in which the young boy Oliver is sold just because he has asked for another bowl of gruel.

In Oliver, spouse abuse is shown when Sikes brutally beats his wife Nancy and kills her just because she was protecting Oliver.

Nowadays movies have become more vulgar as compared to the past, especially Hollywood movies. They have broken the cultural barriers and are promoting nudity in their latest movies. Stuff like that is not necessary for a movie to be successful or good.

Today’s movies are promoting a lot of destruction they are either Hollywood or Bollywood. We have a lot of examples like Avengers, Transformers, Terminators, Resident evil, etc. In Bollywood cinema we have a lot of examples Race, Rocky handsome, Don, Gabbar is back, Raees, Phantom, etc. All of these movies have both good and bad sides like if they are trying to portray saving someone’s life they are doing it through a lot of destruction and much more negativity. Not all movies are corrupting youth but there are also movies that make us learn a lot like Baghban which was a family film and very informative.

Present movies are more of action n thrill destruction and romance which affects youth deeply, for instance, their dressing styles, driving styles, and most importantly their way of communication. They put themselves in the character.

Impact of movies

The positive impact of movies:-

Apart from negativity, today’s movies are also spreading awareness Dangal inspires many people to encourage their daughters in sports and another Pakistani movie known as motorcycle girl is forwarding the message that girls also can do anything that boys can if they have strong willpower and motivation. Now the psychology of many parents is changing due to movies as previously they prefer their girls to be doctors and boys engineers but now they are pretty much changing may be motivated by movies like Ghazi which attracts youth towards the navy.

In the past movies mostly focused on romance and were based on love stories but now the trend is changing and movie makers are coming up with a lot of more interesting stuff which focuses on life goals and career counseling.

The negative impact of movies:-

Movies also have a lot of bad impacts on society along with youth like in many movies they show eve-teasing and stalking as normal and heroic which leaves a very negative impact on youth and is turning them into harassers. Many moviemakers add stuff that spreads violence and stalking just to make their movie successful ignoring their impact on society and youth. Today movies are objectifying women by making item songs and the irony is that these same people preach gender sensitivity and the same people are demeaning women. Previously the trend of item songs was common in Indian movies but now it’s setting its pitch in Pakistani movies too like recent item songs from recent Pakistani movies Tooti fruity, Billi, etc. in many movies alcohol drinking is symbolized as heroism for male actors which again also encourages youth. Most of the movies teach the lesson of taking revenge rather than taking justice by law from which the emotional youth gets a lot of motivation. The stunts shown in the movies cause a lot of youth destruction because they try to copy them which sometimes leads to severe accidents.