Web Series are Better than Movies : Nowadays, Web series are becoming more preferable/better than movies by youth. After easy access of internet, web series and OTT streaming has boomed and still growing. This is because audience can watch any genre they like privately in there our space. For example, you want to watch Mirzapur and your brother wants to see College Romance then, both of you can watch it on your mobile phone. And to fill the library with different genres OTT companies like Netflix, Amazon Prime video, Hotstar, Sony Liv, MX player, Alt Balaji, etc are trying their best.
On the other hand movies are becoming dull in front of web series, because web series can be watched alone but for movies you have to go to the movie theatre to watch, nowadays movies are also premiered on OTT platforms which show the power and potential of OTT. Both movie and web series has there pros and cons listed below.
Pros and Cons of Web Series
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| 1. More Genres. | 1. Increased Screentime. |
| 2. View whenever you want. | 2. Are Addictive. |
| 3. HD content. | 3. Spoil fun due to Slow Internet. |
| 4. Multi Device Support. | 4. Time Wastage is more. |
| 5. Available Regional language. | 5. Data Drain. |
Pros and Cons of Movies
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| 1. Increase power of Imagination. | 1. Propaganda. |
| 2. Potray Truth of society. | 2. Can create bad role models. |
| 3. Increase your Knowledge. | 3. Can establish wrong ideas. |
| 4. Entertainment. | 4. Adultery. |
| 5. Eyeopener. | 5. Can be disturbing due to violence. |
Why web series are better than movies?
- Web series can be viewed alone on a mobile phone without anyother person’s interruption, on the other hand watching movie in a theatre can have little disturbance.
- Web series have multiple genre and you can watch your favorite genre, as there are a wide range of choices. Movies don’t have a wide range of genres.
- Web series expresses the character’s arc more than a movie.
- Web series are view on demand, means you can play, pause, skip with your own choice, not like movies where you can miss some scene because of disturbance or any urgent work.
- Web series producers are also making shows in regional languages, which is a huge advantage over movies.
- You don’t have to buy ticket everytime you want to watch a web series, you only need to buy subscription and can watch as many times you want, and as many shows you want.
Why web series are popular?
India was witnessing growth in internet users after “Jio revolution” and due to this young people were more on there mobile phone watching online videos on Youtube, Tiktok, etc. Due to this huge market of online streaming was building and big companies like Hotstar and Netflix grabbed the opportunity.
Netflix released “Sacred Games” and that changed the whole game. Sacred Games by netflix can be call as foundation pillar of Indian OTT building. After that many more popular web series like Mirzapur, Aashram, The family man, etc were released. Web Series are popular because of cinematography, crime, thriller, action, story, romance, any genre you say is covered by web series.
Fun Fact :
48.2% of web series audience age is between 18 to 22 years.
Hotstar has the most number of active paid subscriber about 52.9 million.
Why web series are addictive?
Web series are becoming addictive because all the episodes are released on a single day not like television shows which takes months to complete the story. If story is interesting and all episodes are available then no one can wait to binge all the episode, this makes web series more addictive.
“The neuronal pathways that cause heroin and s@x addictions are the same as an addiction to binge watching”
Dr. Renee Carr, Psy.D, a clinical psychologist
Why web series are not censored?
Censorship Board of India an government body checks the content of any movie and says that it is suitable for audience to watch or not. But this government body doesn’t regulates the OTT content as OTT platforms have there own control over what to stream on there platform. That is why web series are not censored.
Censorship has its own pros and cons, It can censor obscene and violent scenes from any show on the other hand it can also become a threat to freedom of speech.
Why web series use abusive language?
As web series are not censored and OTT platform owner has authority to release any adult or violent scene. Abusive languages are always used to expressed the feelings of the character, in movies it gets censored but in OTT they doesn’t remove abusive language as they want to portray the character as real as possible.
Why web series are not censored?
Censorship Board of India doesn’t regulates the OTT content and OTT platforms have there own control over what to stream on there platform. That is why web series are not censored.
Why web series use abusive language?
As web series are not censored and OTT platform owner has authority to release any adult or violent scene. Abusive languages are always used to expressed the feelings of the character, in movies it gets censored but in OTT they doesn’t remove abusive language as they want to portray the character as real as possible.
Why web series are addictive?
Web Series are popular because of cinematography, crime, thriller, action, story, romance, any genre you say is covered by web series.
Why web series are better than movies?
Web series are view on demand, means you can play, pause, skip with your own choice, not like movies where you can miss some scene because of disturbance or any urgent work.