Film 2120 1st Edition Lecture 13Outline of Last Lecture I. Other Terms II. Glass (Bert Haanstra, 1958)Outline of Current Lecture III. Avant-garde IV. ProductionV. DistributionVI. ExhibitionVII. ReceptionVIII. How to view Avant-Garde filmsIX. What to look for X. What to think about: goalsXI. non-representational abstractXII. Representational abstract XIII. AssociationalCurrent LectureA) Avant-Garde - Originally from French- Reject standard practices- Military term referring to scouts, who would strategically go “ahead” (avant) the rest of their company (garde)- In art, tends to refer to artists who experiment with techniques and styles that donot conform to mainstream cinema - Not concerned with entertaining you necessarily – although they can be entertaining, it will most likely be in different ways than you are accustomed toThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.B) Production1) Avant-Garde vs. mainstream cinema a. Avant-Garde- 1 filmmaker - Content has few constraints - Art historical style - Many purposes of filmb. Mainstream cinema - Specialized division of labor - Constraints on content - Film as entertainment/business- Main purpose narrative clarity C) Distribution1) Avant-Garde vs. mainstream cinema a. Avant-Garde- Independent cooperatives- Filmmaker control b. Hollywood• Major commercial distribution• Limited director controlD) Exhibition1)Avant-Garde vs. mainstream cinema a. Avant-Garde- Can’t get online- Can view at museums, festivals, art galleries b. Hollywood - Traditional movie theaters E) Reception1)Avant-Garde vs. mainstream cinema a. Avant-Garde- Specialized “informed” audience- Critics and scholars provide interpretation, history, analysis- Profits are not part of evaluationb. Hollywood- Popular “mass” audience- Critics evaluate it in popular press- Box office plays a big role in perceived “success” of a filmF) How to view Avant-Garde films1) 1)let images come to you 2) dream like sequence, there is no logic to it G) What to look for 1) repetition: there’s a lot of this in avant-garde films2) variation: how repetition is varied and why is there variation3) development: how does film change throughout 4) patterns: more regular than repetitionG) What to think about: goals1) exploration of the capabilities of the medium - What can film do, how can you explore lights, cuts- How film uses montage to create thoughts 2) exploration of the nature of human perception- interested in how humans work3) critique of mainstream culture - critique of mainstream culture 4) critique of mainstream narrative filmH) non-representational abstract1) it doesn’t mean anything, it is there just to be there 2) composition in Blue(Fischinger)- lots of colors, movements, and shapes I) Representational abstract 1) 1)do refer to a real world objects but in an abstract way 2) Ballet Mecanique(Andrew and Murphy 1923)- See objects - See machines in a abstract way - People seen as whole then breaks it down to just the eyes J) Associational 1) how things next to each other
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