Features Of A Good Film (Part 1)

There are a variety of films and different genre of movies portraying very many things but what are the real features of a good film. Is it the story or the screenplay or the cinematography or the animation ......I have to go on to mention a thousand things at least, but it won't end? Let's take it in a simple way. I think even before films and drama came into existence novels used to tell stories to people. What's the big difference one finds between a watching a movie and reading a novel? It's the imagination, in a movie we have nothing to imagine because everything is before our eyes but in a novel we have no boundaries for our imagination. Each one has an own way of imagining things depicted in the novel.

Basically, Cinema is a visual medium. So the audience should be able to understand the things happening in the screen even without any dialogue. So the features of a good film should be the things that is able make the people connect with the movie even without any dialogue. So what are the things that help the filmmaker to connect with the audience?

So lets go in this order,
Firstly, the atmosphere in the frame should be pleasant, then only the audience will be able to watch the movie at ease. This may comprise of good sets may be, realistic ones so that the audience can connect with it easily. If it is a period film, sets should make the audience feel that time period which the film maker wants to convey to the audience. So the sets play a vital role and convey many things to the audience.

Then comes the cinematography. The cinematographer must be able to convey the ideas of the director through his frames and lighting. Even lighting plays a major role in connecting the audience to the movie. There is definitely a difference between a horror movie and a romantic comedy in terms of lighting.