Monday 13 September 2010

AVANT-GARDE FILM

Avant-garde is a French term that literally translates to advanced guard, it means innovative or, ahead of the time and is generally more experimental than conventional film. Avant-garde film makers experiment with new ideas, forms, techniques, and expressions. The objective is to steer clear of typical film conventions.

A film that springs to mind that demonstrates this is called "Rope" directed by Alfred Hitchcock in which the film is taking place in real time and being edited so as to appear as a single continuous shot through the use of long takes. I'm not sure if this film falls under the category of avant garde but its struck me as experimental.

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