Science of Cinematography

Cinematography . . .  from the first 24 frame scenes to today, the growth, the ways in which it influences us is just more than blowing away the mind.

My first Introduction to Mechanics of Cinema was through my research on the effects on Darkness. I interviewed so many people, and the strange thing is that, my whole perception about Cinema was just shattered.

The real strength of Cinema is not in Light, but the Dark, the darkness is what keeps cinema going. To define something is to loose cinema.

A human fundamentally seeks problems to find solution. Anything unsolved is what shakes a person to long for it, knowing it. In terms of light, the more the object of interest is hidden, the more the subject seeks it. 

It often runs at first establishing subject into normancy by law of associativeness, then runs through cycles of unexpectedness, making us question everything,followed by creating a central problem to making us solve it more, by increasing the number of anomalies from normancy, this is thereby followed by seeking process, and then as one goes towards the solution, as the solution seems closer, so does the difficulties increase. Finally, a state of hopelessness is shown, and suddenly from nowhere does the solution come . . . .

There are scenes of perfect normancy after every 10-30 minutes, to increase the longing for problem, and also creates a break to increase level of associativity with you, the subject followed by making you roll(making your seat belt tight after every 10-30 mins) and level of contrast, from normal to unexpected, the transition is what causes the movie to increase its involvement.

Every scene is precicely and in a very calculated way limited in time by the attaintion span of normal person which is 10 minutes approx. This is how long we can stimulate our mind to keep dopamine levels high. Followed by scenes of normalcy.

The overall flow and continuity, and aligning it, making it coherent, is very well taken care off.

We loose our interest in problems if we drag it more than the point of time span. Such small details are very carefully observed by editing departments. . . 

There is something called central idea, which is like a stem on which we keep on adding leaves, and grow the quest for exploration of that central idea, and finally find fruition. Every scene in some way is very swiftly way, associated with overall theme. . . .

This screen plot is what can be called circular plot, and can be emotional level or intellectual level or different levels. 

Sand, water, Dew or Fog, Forest etc natural elements of surprise are used to make you feel lost and vulnerable. They score good in both associativity as well as level of Hiding. 

The more there is darkness or element of surprise and unknown in film, the more suspense it is. . . 

Simple fact,

Even in real life a problem, is driving force for most of the population. It is a bait or like a trap for most of the people to keep the alive, living. 

If you just tear of the screen of drama from life, it will still want to know something, something more than drama, something more than what is going. There is this longing which finds expression in terms of problems we tackle, the buisiness, the social structures, etc.

It is like when you were a child, you could be quenched by a toy, when you are grown up, you need of finding expression has to be quenced by set of buisiness problems with higher level of difficulties,pleasures, longings , a level higher, but for a person of unprejudiced and keen gaze, the thirst can be quenched by infinity alone, this thirst is what makes him move towards mukti or liberation. 

Every civilization starts with survival, as it evolves, it moves towards, subtler, less physical expression and more artistic expressions(like europe and India), ends up in understanding inward quest for liberation(non-physical dimention of existance, boundless nature) as its ultimate quest.

Tall we stand short,

infront of all what is and what can be,

Humbled we stand like cover of Glaciers,

breaking and melting in the ocean of Eternity