Bioscope

MASS COMMUNICATION ECM 4(1+3)

Lesson 12: Folk Media Types

Bioscope

This is also a popular folk medium used for entertainment and for propagation of information on education, agriculture, etc. Bioscope consists of a box made of light wood. It contains quite a number of folding doors, each like a panel hinged on one side with another panel with colourful figures and mythological episodes and incarnations of gods and goddesses painted and filed as pictures. The doors are unfolded evoking the curiosity of the audience as preceded with the narration of the story by the story teller. This is helpful in conveying the people about educational messages like vegetable preservation, mosquito control, cultivation of different crops, etc. This can be made interesting with musical narration. The narrator unfolds each door and conveys, the message to the audience accordingly.

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