A study of use of special effects in sri lankan film

Abstract

Cinema can be called an artistic medium on the one hand and an industry on the other. There the audience is a very important factor. Cinema, known as the seventh art medium in the world, is a collective art. In a film production, one can observe how special effects and visual effects are used to create various scenarios that are essential to the related creative work. Special effect technics is used to impress of the spectator the effects practiced is cinema are called visual effect or visual decoration. Research problem is the use of special effects successful in the Sri Lankan Cinema? in here. The main objective is to study the special effects of the film making process. The purpose of this study is to focus the attention of the designers on creating a wide range of creative works by identifying the problems of special effects in Sri-Lankan filmmaking. For the convivence of the research, the “Bandanaya” film produced using special effects in Sri Lanka was selected by random sampling. Qualitative analysis was used as the research methodology. The data was collected from literature review, articles published on the internet and audience survey reports and analyzed in detail. From the data analysis, it was clear that the economic situation of the country affects the use of special effects in the Sri Lankan filmmaking process. Analysis of the data revealed that the economic downturn in the country as a third world country, is a major factor in the use of special effects in the Sri Lankan filmmaking process. The lack of a specialized scope for this and the lack of skilled craftsmen with an educational background make it clear that the use of special effects in Sri Lankan cinema is minimal. It was concluded that special effects in cinema should be used more for the development of local cinema as an industry compared to world cinema. Providing theoretical knowledge as well as practical study in this subject and providing education abroad in important. It was concluded that the special effects of cinema have been successful even due to the problematic situation in Sri Lanka. This study will be important for gaining knowledge and understanding on the use of special effects to uplift the film industry.