Impact of the moving Image on society
By: Zubair Hamid Parray
Cinema has been a major source of entertainment for the people of every age group around the world. Different genres of movies are produced and these influence the public in different ways. Since movies are explored by all, they influence the society immensely. This impact can be both negative and positive.
Cinema has a major influence on any society and can be used as a major tool for creating public awareness. Bollywood films like Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, Taare Zameen Par and Swades have helped in bringing about positive changes in the society.
Certain good movies and biopics can genuinely influence the viewer’s mind positively and can motivate one to work hard in life. Movies and songs can also give rise to the feeling of patriotism.
A movie is always a good sort of entertainment. It lets you forget all your problems and can take you to an all new world of imagination, which can be beautiful at times.
Films at times can also widen your scope of knowledge by divulging details. A historic film can improve your knowledge in history; a sci-fi movie can touch you with some knowledge of science and so on. Good comedy movies have the power to make you laugh and can thus enhance your mood while adventure movies can arise in you a spirit of adventure and motivation.
However, most of the movies nowadays show violence, nudity and drugs which can affect the public in a negative way. It can indirectly contribute to violent thoughts in one’s mind especially in the youth.
Certain content shown in the movies is not appropriate for some people. It can actually mess up with their mind.
People at times fail to differentiate between the movie and reality. They get so engrossed in it that they somehow start to believe that the reality is the same as portrayed in the movie which can have undesirable side effects. Certain movies can thus hurt the feelings of certain audiences. Some movies have hurt the religious sentiments of people and even resulted in riots.
Thus, we can conclude that movies can have a great impact on the viewer’s mind. It becomes the moral duty of the team to prepare the content that is appropriate and has a positive impact on the society.
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The Author Is Pursuing Bachelor’s Degree In English Literature And Linguistics At Government Degree College Sumbal Sonawari Bandipora
