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India holds eminent position in film making in the world. It produces-highest number of films every year. Whatever may be the quality of the film, they continue to be the popular mass media. Earlier, cinema was a simple means of mechanical recording, preserving and reproducing moving visual images. With the development of film technology, the art of cinema developed a language of its own.
'Cinema' and 'films' are used interchangeably but there is a difference between these two terms. Cinema has specific means to create imaginary time and space, and utilization of these means defines how cinematic a film is. Imaginary time can be created through movement by means of montage, camera movements and movement within the frame and through sounds of human voice, music and noise. Space can be created through image with the help of size of shots, camera angle, depth of field, montage and through sound 'off screen'. Films are made of stories, dance, music, drama, photography, painting, architecture and many other things that we call cinema. Films mean the particular movies that we see with all the elements they contain and cinema means the sum of the means made possible only by film technology which distinguish cinema from other arts. The greater the number of imaginaries of time and space, the more cinematic the film will be.
The term 'movies' is used for the films when attempt is to provide enjoyment and relaxation.
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