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Lecture 1
Songs, Stars, and Emotions in an Industrial Setting
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to all
studen
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across
the
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Bollywood =
1. A physical place
2. An industry
3. A popular culture
2 & 3: A small, closed world producing one of
the most widely and densely consumed
popular cultures on the planet.
A very personalized, long-lived, familiar cast
of characters.
3 & 2: An enormous, shared historical
repertoire, frame of reference and set of
symbols from which to construct new symbols
and meanings.
A physical space
&
A collection of
industrial spaces
Industrial spaces
Filming studios/shooting floors
Film music recording studios
Music recording studios
A small, closed world producing one
of the most widely and densely
consumed popular cultures on the
planet, created by a very
personalized, long-lived, familiar
cast of characters.
Film directors
Stars
Music directors
Playback singers
Lyricists
Choreographers
Arrangers/Assistants/Background Composers
Taal Barsaat
Director: Subash Ghai Director: Raj Kapoor
Music Director: A. R. Rahman Music Director: Shankar-
Jaikishen
Starring: Aishwarya Rai, Akshay Starring: Raj Kapoor, Nargis,
Khanna, Anil Kapoor, Amirsh Puri, Premnath, Nimmi
Alok Nath, et al Lyrics: Shailendra, Hasrat
Lyrics: Subash Ghai, Javed Siddiqui Jaipuri
Choreography: Saroj Khan, Ahmed Choreography: Krishan Kumar
Khan, Shiamak Davar
Playback singers
Taal Barsaat
1. Kariye
Hawa Mein naa (Sukhwinder
Udta Jaye* (Lata Singh, Alka Yagnik)
Mangeshkar)
2.
JiyaTaal se taal
Beqarar Hai*mila do*Mangeshkar)
(Lata (Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan)
3. Ishq Bina*
Barsaat (Sujatha
Mein Humse Mohan,
Mile Sonu Nigam, Anuradha Sriram)
(Lata Mangeshkar)
4. Nahin
Mujhe Kisisamne (Hariharan,
Se Pyaar Sukhwinder
Ho Gaya (Lata Singh)
Mangeshkar)
5. Ramta
Tirchi Nazar Jogi
Hai(Sukhwinder
Patli Kamar Hai Singh, Alka Yagnik)Mukesh)
(Lata Mangeshkar,
6.
AbNi main
Mera Kaunsamajhh
Saharagayi
(Lata(Richa Sharma, Sukhwinder Singh)
Mangeshkar)
7. KahinMein
Zindagi aagHardam
lage (Asha
RotaBhosle,
Hi Raha Aditya Narayan,
(Mohammad Rafi)Richa Sharma)
8. Taal
Meri Se TaalMein
Aankhon (remix) (Sukhwinder
Bas Gaya Singh)
Koi Re (Lata Mangeshkar)
9. IshqGaye
Chhod BinaBalam
(sad) Mujhe
(Kavitha Krishnamurthy,
(Lata Sukhwinder Singh)
Mangeshkar, Mukesh)
10.Kyaa dekh Pardesi
Bichhde Huye rahe ho(Lata
tum Mangeshkar)
(Vaishali Samant, Sunidhi Chauhan,
Sukhwinder Singh)
Kishore Kumar Playback singers ??
The Stars of Indian Popular Music
Mohd Raf
Playback singers ?? A cultural/industrial
response to a technological issue
Convert sound waves to electro-magnetic impulses,
Convert sound waves to light waves,
Record sound on magnetic tape
record sound on celluloid film:
Variable density
Variable area
Coursework
Four Quizzes on Lecture and Reading Content @ 7% (28% total)
(Weeks 3, 6, 9, 12)
Two Essays:
1: Remixes and Versions (20%) (approx. 1500 words) - Week 4
2. Stardom and Performativity (25%) (approx. 2000 words) - Week 11
Two Group Projects:
Relate narrative
information, Produce emotional
response,
or (usually)
Scene 1 Scene 3
some of
both
Scene 5
Diegesis: The internal logic of
the narrative; Scene 4
Scene 2 Scene 6
the narrative context
Offer
contexts
for the
production
of
spectacle
Demonstrate and erotic
something display
about a
characters
nature or
about a
situation