"Films are also "texts" and hence one can do a linguistic or structural analysis of films, which will be a rewarding experience"

Ludic Inaugural | A Report

Ludic, a forum for film appreciation from the portals of The English Association, MCC, [TEA-MCC] was inaugurated at the Selaiyur Hall Indoor Theatre today, at 12.30 pm. 

Adlin of II MA, gave the opening prayer, and Dr.Felix Moses welcomed the chief guest and the audience. 

Georgina of II MA,  Secretary of the Association, compered the program. Dr.Ganesh, the President of the English Association, introduced Ludic to the staff and students of the Department of English, and announced the screening of "To Kill a Mockingbird," based on the classic Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee, a legendary movie, uniquely strong and sensitive about racism and the ways of the Old South during the Depression in the 1930s. 

Dr.Ganesh, introducing Ludic

This film, he added, is a sequel to a Guest Lecture by Dr. Geetha, Fatima's College, Madurai, on African American Literature, that was held on 04 December 2010 for our English literature students. You may want to read that past post HERE on our blog.

Dr. Dwight sharing his thoughts on Ludic

The chief guest of the day, Dr. Dwight Atkinson, elucidated on his insightful thoughts for 

Ludic.

"Films are also "texts" and hence one can do a linguistic or structural analysis of films, which will be a rewarding experience, he said. 

Commenting on an extensive survey on the movie watching styles of American and Greek women, he said that American women analysed movies technically - they were more interested in the science of film making, while the Greek women looked upon a movie as a story of human experience, and watched it in the hope of obtaining a better human understanding. 

Exhorting the students to engage the experts in conversation, he said that, it is not necessary that you abide by the film expert's opinions alone. It is equally important to engage the expert in a dialogue, for arriving at a comprehensive understanding of the same. 

Quoting the French philosopher and literary theorist Lyotard, who said that "invention is always born of dissension," he said that all original film making is born out of some disagreement with the existing scheme of things. 

Finally, he ended with an ardent thought that each and everyone of us will become an expert in the art of film appreciation, and an earnest desire that we watch films that are more contemporary and relevant to our everyday lives, even while watching the classics, which he said, he offered in the spirit of "ludicness".