CBSE Observes World Day for Audiovisual Heritage on October 27

Hoping to protect and safeguard the heritage of audiovisual media like film, television, radio, photographic prints, CBSE is all set to observe World Day for Audiovisual Heritage on October 27. The CBSE board has suggested schools to celebrate by digitizing photographs, organizing week long film festivals and creating own film posters.

 

"Students may digitize their old school/local village/town/city photographs, which are available only in print form. They may also restore the prints using photo-editing software. they can celebrating the works of renowned directors such as Satyajit Ray, Bimal Roy, Guru Dutt Akira Kurosawa, Sergei M Eisenstein, Federico Fellini etc by screening their classic," Sugandh Sharma, additional director (research and innovation) stated.

Students can also celebrate the diversity of the Asian audiovisual heritage through folk/classical music and dance presentations. Students can create their own film posters as were done before the era of flex posters and digital prints.

CBSE Observes World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

The schools may conduct these activities in three groups of classes VI-VIII, IX-X and XI-XII till National Youth Day on January 12, 2016 and culminate it in the form of an 'Audio Visual Heritage Festival 2016'.

It was the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) which decided to observe October 27 as the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage. This is done by building global awareness of issues on preserving audiovisual material, such as sound recordings and moving images.

Through these activities CBSE aims to bring history and culture of our country alive for students through the screening of films from ester years, to promote awareness of and involvement of students in preserving the audiovisual heritage of our country, to inculcate respect for diversity, tolerance, mutual understanding and to inspire students to build a future through an understanding of the past and the present.

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