Film is considered to be an important art form, a source of popular entertainment, and a powerful medium for educating—or indoctrinating—citizens. The visual basis of film gives it a universal power of communication.

Which type of lighting in theater is useful for providing soft light over a wide field of space, such as backdrops and scenery? floodlights.

A backlight hits an actor or object from behind. It is placed higher than the object it is lighting. Backlights are used to separate an object or an actor from a background. They give more shape and depth. Backlights help the frame feel three-dimensional.

Why is it important to know what a film’s purpose is? It can help you know what theoretical tools you will need to analyze it. Newsreels showed only recreations of newsworthy events.

Films have often served as a tool of propaganda given their unique ability to reproduce images, movement and sound in an extremely lifelike matter. Unlike other art forms, films possess a sense of immediacy and are capable of creating the illusion of reality….

Film theory is a set of scholarly approaches within the academic discipline of film or cinema studies that began in the 1920s by questioning the formal essential attributes of motion pictures; and that now provides conceptual frameworks for understanding film’s relationship to reality, the other arts, individual …

Broadly, this so-called ‘Classical Film Theory’ can be divided into ‘phenomenological concerns’ about the convincing depiction of the world, and ‘linguistic concerns’ about the possibilities of providing a point of view of the world through inclusion, exclusion and connection.

Film criticism is the study, interpretation, and evaluation of a film and its place in cinema history. Film theory (e.g. feminist, postmodernist, etc.) often informs the critical analysis of a film….

While film reviews could discourage people from going to the cinema, we have seen many films doing rather well despite the negative publicity they receive. A filmmaker will make a film, a cinema-goer will spend his money to watch it, and a film critic will review it for his readers.

Studying film and theater has its perks: you will appreciate movies and plays even more, and you will undoubtedly see more than ever before: the visual details, and the social and political themes, which are vital when it comes to understanding the world around us.

From psychological thrillers to rom-coms, film is a part of everyday life and the industry is developing and growing every single day. Society is reflected in movies and in turn movies influence society by changes in representations, challenging audience’s morals and transforming viewers’ opinions….

They can be upset when a parent figure dies in a movie or frightening things happen to children. Viewing movies with sex, violence, drug abuse, adult themes, and offensive language can have a negative effect on children and adolescents. Many movies are not appropriate for children.

The best influence on our behavior is that movies and television reduce stress. Watching films, we can escape our own problems for a little while. Also, sometime movies show positive ways to resolve problems we all face. While TV and movies shouldn’t be a way to hide from life, sometimes they can help us cope.

How do movies reflect the values of a society? Movies reflect the values of a society based on history by the manner of dress, hairstyles, and what is going on in the world at the time. It gives us a glimpse of what it looks like in different era.

Cinema is all about storytelling, and pretty much everything you put into your film, dialog, props, lighting, a song, or even an edit, communicates something to your audience. Subtext can be used in just about anything in your film, whether it be in the script, the editing, or the cinematography….

But too much screen time can be a bad thing: Children who consistently spend more than 4 hours per day watching TV are more likely to be overweight. Kids who view violent acts on TV are more likely to show aggressive behavior, and to fear that the world is scary and that something bad will happen to them.

Although horror movies do not directly impact the brain in a positive way, they can have a desensitization effect. Your Hormones: Watching horror movies releases dopamine and adrenaline. This release can actually trigger someone to faint or have a panic attack….

The youth does try to imitate whatever is shown in the movies and this reflects in their dressing style, their way of talking and so on. Watching movies allows us to disconnect for a while and helps us to relax. Movies encourage ideas and help us in knowing what is going on around the world….

The positive effects of movies on human behaviour

• Violence Reduction: The most popular genre of film nowadays is drama. Youth loves movies about rumours, intrigues, violence, relationships, bullying, etc.
• Educational Importance. Students who skip school or drop classes can see the outcomes of such actions in many modern educational films.
• Critical Thinking.

The vulgarity shown in the movies leaves a bad impact on the minds of the young generation as well as children of our society. Youngsters try to act like the lead characters of the movies. So, if they are shown smoking, taking alcohol or drugs, doing crimes, it will be harmful to youngsters….

Teens might not recognise this effect, but violent movies have been known to lead to bullying in school or violent behaviour at home. Watching violent movies can also cause increased aggressive behaviour that can lead to problems down the road in terms of getting into and even finishing high school….

Media plays very a important role and has influence in virtually every aspect of our lives. Newspaper, magazine, radio, television and internet are the different types of media. It greatly affects our lives because media has the power to influence our thoughts….

The bad impact of social media: People become unhappy with their current circumstances, leading to problems with self-esteem and depression. Most studies have shown that, social media’s violent games result in increase in violent tendencies and behaviours in children….

Television has a big impact on the way we spend our free time. It probably affects younger people more than adults, as they watch more TV. Through TV we perceive the glamorous life of people and believe that they are better off than we are. Television contributes to our education and knowledge.

Some positive effects are: it enhances learning skills and recognize emotions; and the negative effects are it leads to violence, behave aggressively and lastly, it leads to emotional problems….

Our culture shapes the way we work and play, and it makes a difference in how we view ourselves and others. It affects our values—what we consider right and wrong. This is how the society we live in influences our choices. But our choices can also influence others and ultimately help shape our society.