Friday, 22 January 2010

Experimental/Avant Garde/Arthouse film

Avant Garde- "any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)" http://www.thefreedictionary.com/avant-garde

Art House cinema- "A film intended to be a serious artistic work, often experimental and not designed for mass appeal."

These types of films were created as short film could not compete with Hollywood/Mainstream cinema so it found its own home as art.

'Maya Deren' is an example of an avant garde film maker, she made experimental films in the 40's-60's which displayed a highly individualistic sensibility towards short film










"Meshes of the afternoon" was a start for American avant garde film making using surrealism and manipulation of time and space. Her use of anti mainstream sets a stance in her "artistic license and creative freedom"







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