Well, this will be my last entry. I kept thinking about what this entry should be about .. so I think I'll just take a minute to write about the class I created this blog for ( Read more... )

The advertising of Bollywood films is actually not much different from what we get to see over here. Let's have a look at it nonetheless.

Bollywood productions make use of huge billboards, for instance. These used to be painted by artists, like so:

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In the entry on Indian film history, I already mentioned that Western - esp. US-American films - have always been popular in India. During the past few decades, the number of Western media coming to India has increased drastically, though. Music, movies, and TV spread widely, and the internet had a huge influence here, too, making Western media all ( Read more... )

Dance is another central element of Bollywood films. It typically happens in large groups. Most dances in Bollywood movies are modeled on traditional Indian dance styles, but the Western influence shows itself in various new movies ( Read more... )

As I've mentioned already, music and songs are extremely important in Bollywood movies. The music is not only a part of the film itself, but also a very powerful marketing tool: It is often released prior to the movie, also along with a music video (this for instance shows the influence from Western TV, music, and cinema ( Read more... )

You have probably come across the term already somewhere, especially since Bollywood movies have started to become popular around the world about a decade ago ... This entry will serve as a basic description of the term itself and an overview of Bollywood's features. The following entries will then cover the characteristics in detail, with examples ( Read more... )

I've looked at the Indian film history, which of course is the basis for Bollywood movies. Now let's look at some interesting facts about Indian films ( Read more... )

I'm guessing that due to the fact that India was still a British colony, when film was born, the Indian film industry developed almost as quickly and was up-to-date with sound and color film, for instance, as Western industries. But let's start at the beginning ( Read more... )

My colleague and I, whom I held the presentation with, thought about many possible topics. Characteristics of Austrian cinema, comparing Austrian and Hungarian movies, comparing European movies with Hollywood ... and then somehow we landed on Bollywood and decided to research that. It was absolutely new ground for me, but I quickly got interested ( Read more... )

Summing up the Staiger text was sort of exhausting, but this should be fun. For this entry, I read Vinzenz Hediger's text ''Der Trailer, das Schlüsselelement jeder Filmwerbekampagne ( Read more... )