Feature Cinema

MASS COMMUNICATION ECM 4(1+3)

Lesson 7 : Types of Cinema

Feature Cinema

Feature film means fictionalised film exceeding 2000 metres in length in 35 mm or corresponding length in other gauge or on video. Feature film means a full length cinematograph film produced wholly or partly in India with a format and a story woven around a number of characters where the plot is revealed mainly through dialogue and not only through narration, animation, or cartoon depiction and does not include an advertisement film. Feature films are about a story enacted by a popular cast and usually has ending. The main objective of these films is not so much to convey a moral but firstly to entertain audience. They continue to be most popular form of entertainment. Feature films could be commercial or art films. These are produced for mass information and entertainment. These films create cultural waves and to certain degree, change the attitude of the viewers, increase information and modify behaviour. These films have the elements like comedy, drama, suspense, science fiction, detective, or horror.

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