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How do any of the film-makers that you have seen, during the course of this module, make the cinema itself, their primary subject of investigation?
During this essay I will be discussing the experimental, avant-garde film maker Michael Snow, and pay particular attention to one of his films, Wavelength. ... He studied at the Ontario College of Art, and since then has become one of Canada’s best own artists and experimental film makers. ...
His work as a visual artist has earned him numerous honours, including the Order of Canada, Chevalier de l’ordre des arts et lettres (France), a Toronto Arts Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Los Angeles Film Critics’ Association Award, and honorary degrees from the University of Victoria, the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, and Brock University. ... This background has given his films an extreme artistic feel, as he uses the frames of the film like the canvas of a painting. ... Its modern meaning relates to art movements that are seen to be at the forefront, or cutting edge of their medium. Avant-garde film makers want to experiment with new ideas, forms of film manipulation, techniques of story telling and camera work, and expressions of artistic value within the film. ... Avant-garde films are characterised by a high degree of experimentation, whether it be manipulation of narrative methods, in highly stylized visual representation, or in radical departures from the norms or conventions current at the time,in fact they are often reffered to as experimental films, avant-garde film is always a vehicle for the filmmaker’s expression.
Approximate Word count = 1251
Approximate Pages = 5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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