Film Studies 1022 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: German Expressionism, Sunlight, Surrealism
17 Apr 2016
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Objective and subjective films are on a continuum. Techniques are used to comment on the subject matter. Saw the capacity of film to transcend to exceed the visible real world. Like narrative, film style is a system. Stresses the alienation, dehumanization and fragmentation of the individual in this new modern society. Aimed to reflect the artists state of mind. Was picked up in literature and drama. Was primary mode of art in germany following the war. Reacts to the destruction and trauma of ww1. Depict distortion, exaggeration, primitivism and fantasy through vivid violent or dynamic applications of the formal elements. Abstractions are more important than the narrative, Solely filmed on sets, in a highly stylized manor. Angular details in set and odd camera angles show the fantasy. Formalism is dreamlike or nightmare resembling draws attention to its self and the film are self-reflective used techniques designed to prompt the viewers to think.
