Monday, August 6, 2018

Film Analysis of Amar Bondhu Rashed (2011)

August 06, 2018
MY FRIEND RASHED (AMAR BONDHU RASHED) (2011) Amar Bondhu Rashed (2011) is a fictional story written by the famous writer of Bangladesh Dr. Muhammed Zafar Ikbal and directed by Bangladeshi director Morshedul Islam in 2011.The film is about the liberation war of Bangladesh and about the struggle of a small-town boy during the liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971. Plot Segmentation. 1. Travelling to Dinajpur by train. a) Ibu remembers past and tells his son. b) A boy called Rashed admitted in class 7 in 1970. 2. Dinajpur a) Standing in front of Ibu’s house, he tells his son about the story ofindependent Bangladesh in 1971. b) At first Ibu and his friends don’t accept Rashed. But latterly, they accept them. c) They can know that Rashed discusses with his father about politics. 3. Political activities and political news a) Rashed knows political news and brings a flag of independent Bangladesh. b) Rashed, Ibu and their friends go to procession and listen the speech of Bangabondhu Sheikh Mijibur Rahman. 4. Entrance of Pak-military. a) The military kills Khan Bahadur and other people. b) Prodip and his family leaves the area and go to India. c) The military make the school a dwelling place d) Rashed incites Ajrofali , a Rzakar. 5. Freedom Fighters a) Freedom fighters make a house their dwelling place on the other side of the river. b) Rashed, shafique, Ibu and other friends join to freedom fighters. 6. War and activities of Rashed and his friends. a) They help freedom fighters by carrying school map, bullets. b) Freedom fighters and his friends fight against military in school. c) Shafique is wounded and the military catch him. 7. Plan after war. a) Rashed and his friends rescue Shafique from hospital by a small fight. b) Shafique, Ibu and his friends go to India. c) The military catch Rashed then Ajrofali kills him. 8. Ibu names his son Rashed and he finds his friend into his son. Analysis of the film according to the five general principles of film form Function: Function is an important principle of film form. There are functions in music, lighting, sound, set design, costume or any part of the story. Without functions, the whole film will be irrelevant. It also destroys the film form. In ‘My Friend Rashed’, we can see function in every shot, sequence or event. There are many functions in this film. Without this most valuable principle, no film can be created. Similarity and repetition: Similarity is another important principle of film form. Object, color, place, person, sound or character may be a motif. We can notice motif in this film. A motif also can be lighting pattern or camera position. In this film, we can know that similarity and repetition preserve the stability. It helps to know the next steps of a film. Similarity and repetition of this film are very strong. Difference and variation: Variation is also a fundamental principle of film form. A film is composed with not only similarity and repetition but also difference and variation. We notice that in this film, difference changes the system or way of sequence or event. For example, Rashed, Ibu, Shafique go to war. This is variation. We can also differentiate the characters. Similarity and repetition gives stability of the film but difference and variation moves the action ahead. Besides, we can also notice in this film that Rashed and his friends rescue Shafique. It is also a variation. Development: Developmentis another vial principle of film form. In this film, we can know by development how the steps advance. We can also know how similarity and repetition and difference and variation are lead. For knowing development, we have to segment the film part by part. We also can segment it into some parts. For example, bringing bullets and fighting against military. Unity/disunity: Unity or disunity is also another principle of film form. We can perceive similarity and variation of the film by unity. Unity can complete the film. Unity develops film form logically. Besides, disunity also plays an important role in expressing the thematic meaning of a film. Analysis of the film according to the tools of audiovisual story-telling Analysis and the tools of audiovisual story-telling are given below 1. The frame 2.Light 3.Color 4.Sound The Frame: Through the frame, the filmmakers tell the audience where to look at, what to see and how. Selecting frame is a vital or fundamental act of filmmaking. At first, the frame directs our attention. So we easily concentrate on the film. The frame or image of ‘My Friend Rashed’ is very important. We can notice sometimes object, characters, places, things are the frame. For example, the river, the military, the school etc. We can also know the activities of the film by frame. We can realize the whole film by frame. Light: Light is also an important thing for filmmaking. It creates the mood of the scene and the characters. In darkness, we can’t see anything. Camera also can’t see. So light is must. It can reveal, conceal form, texture or details. Light also can intrigue, excite or mystify. Light can concentrate us and move from one area to another. In this film, in every shot, light plays a vital role. We can differentiate night and day light of the film easily. No light, no film. Color: Color is also an important thing for creating mood and visual metaphor. Color directs our attention. It can also intrigue, excite, mystify. There is no use of color of this film. Color is used increasingly in commercial film. The film can express its expression without color. The Power of Sound: In a film the power of sound should be very active and clear. Sound can shape how we perceive and interpret the image. We can also interpret same images differently depending on the sound track. Film sound is very important because it can direct our attention. Sound can guide us through the image. The sound track of the film is very strong, active and clear. In every scene or shot, we can hear the clear sound track.It can identify or guide us about the scene especially about the character or object of the film. In a word, subtly, use of light, frame, sound track plays a vital role in this film. Though there is no use of color, this is a complete film.
A still photo from Amar Bondhu Rashed (2011)
MY FRIEND RASHED (AMAR BONDHU RASHED) (2011)

Amar Bondhu Rashed (2011) is a fictional story written by the famous writer of Bangladesh Dr. Muhammed Zafar Ikbal and directed by Bangladeshi director Morshedul Islam in 2011.The film is about the liberation war of Bangladesh and about the struggle
of a small-town boy during the liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971.

Plot Segmentation.

 1. Travelling to Dinajpur by train.
a) Ibu remembers past and tells his son.
b) A boy called Rashed admitted in class 7 in 1970.
2. Dinajpur
a) Standing in front of Ibu’s house, he tells his son about the story ofindependent
Bangladesh in 1971.
b) At first Ibu and his friends don’t accept Rashed. But latterly, they accept them.
c) They can know that Rashed discusses with his father about politics.
3. Political activities and political news
a) Rashed knows political news and brings a flag of independent Bangladesh.
b) Rashed, Ibu and their friends go to procession and listen the speech of
Bangabondhu Sheikh Mijibur Rahman.
4. Entrance of Pak-military.
a) The military kills Khan Bahadur and other people.
b) Prodip and his family leaves the area and go to India.
c) The military make the school a dwelling place
d) Rashed incites Ajrofali , a Rzakar.
5. Freedom Fighters
a) Freedom fighters make a house their dwelling place on the other side of the river.
b) Rashed, shafique, Ibu and other friends join to freedom fighters.
6. War and activities of Rashed and his friends.
a) They help freedom fighters by carrying school map, bullets.
b) Freedom fighters and his friends fight against military in school.
c) Shafique is wounded and the military catch him.
7. Plan after war.
a) Rashed and his friends rescue Shafique from hospital by a small fight.
b) Shafique, Ibu and his friends go to India.
c) The military catch Rashed then Ajrofali kills him.
8. Ibu names his son Rashed and he finds his friend into his son.
MY FRIEND RASHED (AMAR BONDHU RASHED) (2011) Amar Bondhu Rashed (2011) is a fictional story written by the famous writer of Bangladesh Dr. Muhammed Zafar Ikbal and directed by Bangladeshi director Morshedul Islam in 2011.The film is about the liberation war of Bangladesh and about the struggle of a small-town boy during the liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971. Plot Segmentation. 1. Travelling to Dinajpur by train. a) Ibu remembers past and tells his son. b) A boy called Rashed admitted in class 7 in 1970. 2. Dinajpur a) Standing in front of Ibu’s house, he tells his son about the story ofindependent Bangladesh in 1971. b) At first Ibu and his friends don’t accept Rashed. But latterly, they accept them. c) They can know that Rashed discusses with his father about politics. 3. Political activities and political news a) Rashed knows political news and brings a flag of independent Bangladesh. b) Rashed, Ibu and their friends go to procession and listen the speech of Bangabondhu Sheikh Mijibur Rahman. 4. Entrance of Pak-military. a) The military kills Khan Bahadur and other people. b) Prodip and his family leaves the area and go to India. c) The military make the school a dwelling place d) Rashed incites Ajrofali , a Rzakar. 5. Freedom Fighters a) Freedom fighters make a house their dwelling place on the other side of the river. b) Rashed, shafique, Ibu and other friends join to freedom fighters. 6. War and activities of Rashed and his friends. a) They help freedom fighters by carrying school map, bullets. b) Freedom fighters and his friends fight against military in school. c) Shafique is wounded and the military catch him. 7. Plan after war. a) Rashed and his friends rescue Shafique from hospital by a small fight. b) Shafique, Ibu and his friends go to India. c) The military catch Rashed then Ajrofali kills him. 8. Ibu names his son Rashed and he finds his friend into his son. Analysis of the film according to the five general principles of film form Function: Function is an important principle of film form. There are functions in music, lighting, sound, set design, costume or any part of the story. Without functions, the whole film will be irrelevant. It also destroys the film form. In ‘My Friend Rashed’, we can see function in every shot, sequence or event. There are many functions in this film. Without this most valuable principle, no film can be created. Similarity and repetition: Similarity is another important principle of film form. Object, color, place, person, sound or character may be a motif. We can notice motif in this film. A motif also can be lighting pattern or camera position. In this film, we can know that similarity and repetition preserve the stability. It helps to know the next steps of a film. Similarity and repetition of this film are very strong. Difference and variation: Variation is also a fundamental principle of film form. A film is composed with not only similarity and repetition but also difference and variation. We notice that in this film, difference changes the system or way of sequence or event. For example, Rashed, Ibu, Shafique go to war. This is variation. We can also differentiate the characters. Similarity and repetition gives stability of the film but difference and variation moves the action ahead. Besides, we can also notice in this film that Rashed and his friends rescue Shafique. It is also a variation. Development: Developmentis another vial principle of film form. In this film, we can know by development how the steps advance. We can also know how similarity and repetition and difference and variation are lead. For knowing development, we have to segment the film part by part. We also can segment it into some parts. For example, bringing bullets and fighting against military. Unity/disunity: Unity or disunity is also another principle of film form. We can perceive similarity and variation of the film by unity. Unity can complete the film. Unity develops film form logically. Besides, disunity also plays an important role in expressing the thematic meaning of a film. Analysis of the film according to the tools of audiovisual story-telling Analysis and the tools of audiovisual story-telling are given below 1. The frame 2.Light 3.Color 4.Sound The Frame: Through the frame, the filmmakers tell the audience where to look at, what to see and how. Selecting frame is a vital or fundamental act of filmmaking. At first, the frame directs our attention. So we easily concentrate on the film. The frame or image of ‘My Friend Rashed’ is very important. We can notice sometimes object, characters, places, things are the frame. For example, the river, the military, the school etc. We can also know the activities of the film by frame. We can realize the whole film by frame. Light: Light is also an important thing for filmmaking. It creates the mood of the scene and the characters. In darkness, we can’t see anything. Camera also can’t see. So light is must. It can reveal, conceal form, texture or details. Light also can intrigue, excite or mystify. Light can concentrate us and move from one area to another. In this film, in every shot, light plays a vital role. We can differentiate night and day light of the film easily. No light, no film. Color: Color is also an important thing for creating mood and visual metaphor. Color directs our attention. It can also intrigue, excite, mystify. There is no use of color of this film. Color is used increasingly in commercial film. The film can express its expression without color. The Power of Sound: In a film the power of sound should be very active and clear. Sound can shape how we perceive and interpret the image. We can also interpret same images differently depending on the sound track. Film sound is very important because it can direct our attention. Sound can guide us through the image. The sound track of the film is very strong, active and clear. In every scene or shot, we can hear the clear sound track.It can identify or guide us about the scene especially about the character or object of the film. In a word, subtly, use of light, frame, sound track plays a vital role in this film. Though there is no use of color, this is a complete film.
A still photo from Amar Bondhu Rashed (2011)
Analysis of the film according to the five general
principles of film form

 Function: Function is an important principle of film form. There are functions in
music, lighting, sound, set design, costume or any part of the story. Without functions,
the whole film will be irrelevant. It also destroys the film form. In ‘My Friend Rashed’,
we can see function in every shot, sequence or event. There are many functions in this
film. Without this most valuable principle, no film can be created.

Similarity and repetition: Similarity is another important principle of film form.
Object, color, place, person, sound or character may be a motif. We can notice motif in
this film. A motif also can be lighting pattern or camera position. In this film, we can
know that similarity and repetition preserve the stability. It helps to know the next steps
of a film. Similarity and repetition of this film are very strong.

Difference and variation: Variation is also a fundamental principle of film form.
A film is composed with not only similarity and repetition but also difference and
variation. We notice that in this film, difference changes the system or way of sequence
or event.
For example, Rashed, Ibu, Shafique go to war. This is variation.
We can also differentiate the characters. Similarity and repetition gives stability of the
film but difference and variation moves the action ahead. Besides, we can also notice in
this film that Rashed and his friends rescue Shafique. It is also a variation.

 Development: Developmentis another vial principle of film form. In this film, we can
know by development how the steps advance. We can also know how similarity and repetition and difference and variation are lead. For knowing development, we have to segment the film part by part. We also can segment it into some parts.
For example, bringing bullets and fighting against military.

 Unity/disunity: Unity or disunity is also another principle of film form. We can
perceive similarity and variation of the film by unity. Unity can complete the film.
Unity develops film form logically.
Besides, disunity also plays an important role in expressing the thematic meaning of a
film.

 Analysis of the film according to the tools of
audiovisual story-telling

 Analysis and the tools of audiovisual story-telling are given below
1. The frame 2.Light 3.Color 4.Sound

The Frame: Through the frame, the filmmakers tell the audience where to look at,
what to see and how. Selecting frame is a vital or fundamental act of filmmaking.
At first, the frame directs our attention. So we easily concentrate on the film.
The frame or image of ‘My Friend Rashed’ is very important. We can notice sometimes object, characters, places, things are the frame.
For example, the river, the military, the school etc.
We can also know the activities of the film by frame. We can realize the whole film
by frame.

 Light: Light is also an important thing for filmmaking. It creates the mood of the
scene and the characters. In darkness, we can’t see anything. Camera also can’t see.
So light is must. It can reveal, conceal form, texture or details. Light also can intrigue,
excite or mystify. Light can concentrate us and move from one area to another. In this
film, in every shot, light plays a vital role. We can differentiate night and day light of the
film easily. No light, no film.

Color: Color is also an important thing for creating mood and visual metaphor. Color
directs our attention. It can also intrigue, excite, mystify. There is no use of color of this
film. Color is used increasingly in commercial film. The film can express its expression without color.

The Power of Sound: In a film the power of sound should be very active and clear.
Sound can shape how we perceive and interpret the image. We can also interpret same images differently depending on the sound track. Film sound is very important because
it can direct our attention. Sound can guide us through the image. The sound track of the
film is very strong, active and clear. In every scene or shot, we can hear the clear sound
track.It can identify or guide us about the scene especially about the character or object
of the film.
In a word, subtly, use of light, frame, sound track plays a vital role in this film. Though
there is no use of color, this is a complete film.

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