1. Social Interaction in
Film based
Communities

3. a group of people who share the same
religion, race, job, belief, interest etc .
 thefeeling of sharing things and belonging
to a group in the place where you live.

4.  There
will be a common factor in every
community.
 Cinema Paradiso (Facebook community)
- Interest in films

5.  352 members
 Most of them from Kerala.
 Average age- 20-25 yrs.
 Boys dominate
 Around 30 members post/comment
frequently

6.  Serious movie goers
 Sensible audience
 Common people who like films
 Just for entertainment guys
 Pseudo intellectuals
 Professionals
 Only watch regional language or Indian movies

7. Strangers
 Most of the members really don’t
know about many others.
 They don’t even wish to know more
about them
 Even though they share and discuss
 They interact only on the basis of
the posts

8. Virtual Society
 It is not a real social interaction
 Computer Mediated Interaction
 No face to face interaction
 Chances for live discussions are
limited
 Identity is optional- fake or real
 You can hack my account and
interact like me. No one will find

9.  It may be,
 Film reviews
 Videos
 Pictures
 Links
 News
 Pages
 Creations of the members
or friends

10. Nature of Posts
 Serious/simple reviews of various movies
 Fan club fights
 Informative items
 Pictures(posters, actors, events)
 Film festival reviews
 Classic scenes(video)
 Songs, Funny scenes (video)
 Most of them are about
 Malayalam/South Indian and foreign movies

11. Sample posts
 Personal dislike
 Do any one in this Group have "GUTS" to post a "BEST
PERFORMANCE" scene(from any movie) of
"PRITHVIRAJ".....I challenge!!!
NB: I dont liked to transform my post to a worst verbal fight
 Serious, Personal experience
 SHWSHUNK REDEMPTION terribly haunt me. i use that
word again TERRIBLY haunts me. the HOPE.......... The
character brooks makes annoyance in my mind.He terribly
, i dont know what word i can use dont know..... the
dialogues of Red at the end also haunting......

12. • Pictures

13.  Film festival review
 Festival Report @ IDSFFK :- Today's bright moments-
"After the Deluge","In search of Narayani","Red
Blood","Longing","Amen","The Open Frame","Pole
Star","Pranayathil oruval Vazhthappedum Vidham"
Moments to Forget-"Sin","Kiran Joy of Giving"
Missed Ones- "Cinema Kommunisto","A Pestering
Journey","Shape of the Shapeless","Banaras Me"....
Totally it was a bright day......:)
 A sample discussion is on the next slide

14.  Getting inspired from 21GRAMS i think BABU Janardan created
the script of the movie CITY OF GODS. Am not impressed with the
movie 21grams. I think city of gods is much better screened and
more interesting than 21grams. the technique of telling the story
in the reverse order is well depicted in the script of babu. Here we
can say that he is inspired by watching this 21 grams and created a
good script
 July 29 at 11:09am ·LikeUnlike ·
 Renish Pn likes this.
 Donnie Brasco Prasanth Hariharan:- Anyway i have a different opinion...i
think 21 Grams is much better than the City of God....21 grams not only
employs the reverse order technique but picturises an invisible thread that
relates the lives of different p...ersons beautifully....Though City of God also
employs the reverse sequence technique....the story lacks
something....which hovers as an uneaseness to us.Prithviraj was not upto the
mark....and the actor that impressed me was none other than Indrajith.This
is my personal opinion...and i think anyone can accept it or neglect it as they
wish....See More
 July 29 at 8:11pm · LikeUnlike · 3 people
 Prasanth Hariharan i dont know something i missed in the movie
21Grams.Though the characters of different life are interconnected in this
film by reverse order of story telling the audient in mine is not satisfied.
something is lacking in this film.. July 30 at 8:04am ·

15.  Serious
 Funny
 Meaningless ( eg: fans club quarrels)
 Gossips (eg: Prithviraj’s marriage)
 Personal likes or dislikes
 No specific expiry period
Types of Discussions

16. Responses
 Like
 Comment
 Start a discussion and do follow up
 Share a link
 Don’t mind

17.  Depth of knowledge
 Personal interest regarding the post
 Personal interest regarding
the member who posted it.

18. In ormation Inter-Change
• You will get to know about many ‘must watch’
category movies
• Things you missed while you were watching
the movie
• Things you didn’t understand (eg: discussion
on Antichrist)
• Another level or side
• Upcoming movies in many languages

19.  Up to date reviews of film festivals are available
( IFFK )
 Sometimes silly things/gossips will be shared
 Notes on great artists and directors are shared

20. How it is useful?
 Opens the door of world cinema
 A place to express what we have to say on a
particular movie
 A number of known and unknown friends are
there to recognize you and they will respond
 It also helps to market many regional new
releases
 You will get a multi-dimensional idea

21.  Some members even exchange movies
 We people download movies which were there
in the discussion
 This social interactions are effective in its own
limitations
 Active participation will help us to make our
perspective sharper
 Suggestions for the revival of Indian films also
develop in these brief, irregular discussions

22. Vivek K R
II MA Mass Communication