CFSI (Childrens Film Society India) makes kids several TV programs and movies in various Indian languages
February 21st, 2014
CFSI (Children's Film Society India) makes kids several TV programs and movies in various Indian languages. It was established in 1955, and their function comes under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India and is headquartered in Mumbai.
At PVR Cinemas, Goopi Gawaiyaa Bagha Bajaiyaa (GGBB) will be screened in morning shows at 9.00 am across India from January, 2014 onwards. It is the Society’s first step in 2014 to provide clean, wholesome and relevant films for children across India.
GGBB is an Adaptation of Satyajit Ray’s 1969 movie and it is an animated version of the world of Goopi and Bagha, two “musicians” who are banished from their realms as their music is cacophonous. They play their instruments in the forest and impress the King of Ghosts who gives them many boons such as magical shoes and delicious food. It has been screened at the BUSAN Film Festival and at the Toronto International Film Festival, among others. The movie was directed by Shipla Rande and GGBB is the opening film of the 18th International Children’s Film Festival at Hyderabad in November 2013. The movie is not only for kids but also for adults and parents. GGBB movie is 78minutes of nonviolent, and entertainment movie for kids between 7 to 16 years.
Phenakistoscope (1831) A phenakistoscope disc by Eadweard Muybridge (1893).The phenakistoscope was an early animation device. It was invented in 1831 simultaneously by the Belgian Joseph Plateau and the Austrian Simon von Stampfer. It consists of a disk with a series of images, drawn on radii evenly spaced around the center of the disk. Slots are cut out of the disk on the same radii as the drawings, but at a different distance from the center. The device would be placed in front of a mirror and spun. As the phenakistoscope is spun, a viewer would look through the slots at the reflection of the drawings which would only become visible when a slot passes by the viewer's eye. This created the illusion of animation.
