Cinema in China developed slowly, the first locally made film being an adaptation of scenes from a Chinese opera, Tingchun Mountain, made in 1908. When sound came to motion pictures, Chinese filmmakers found themselves burdened with the additional problem of producing synchronized talkies for a multidialect population. As a result, a decentralization of film production…
Of the Eastern European countries, both Poland and Czechoslovakia have gained strong reputations for their impressive contributions to world cinema. Czechoslovakia, in particular, has made itself notable for different types of animation, and much of the country’s films, both feature length and short subjects, have contained strong symphonic scores. There are about ten composers in…
Film music in India is particularly characterized by the frequent use of song. Unlike the commercial use of songs in Western cinema, the Indian film song is deeply rooted in cultural tradition and mythology and, more times than not, is a reflection of the religious tones embodied in the Indian cinema and culture. An issue…
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