Friday 1 June 2007
Surrealism & Filmmaking
Surrealism is an art of movement where in films are often found in passing frames, the unexpected appearance of the strange into the normal which may or may not be more explored in the rest of the film. The focus in this kind films might be only on expressions or objects or anything, it can be described as an art of consciously. Surrealism has been a style of filmmaking since the 1920's. The German film makers have started surrealist style of films like The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and Nosferatu.
Salvador Dali and Luis Bunuel is another example of surrealist filmmakers. the 17 minutes short film ( Un Chien Andalou) also have introduced the world to the Surrealism in filmmaking.
Moreover, a best known example of Surrealist filmmakers now is David Lynch. He has received more than one academy awards of best directing. Elephant Man (1980), Blue (1987)Velvet and for Mulholland Drive (2002). Lynch’s films are known as dreamlike and nightmarish sequences.
http://www.moviemail-online.co.uk/scripts/media_view.pl?id=85&type=Articles
http://www.filmreference.com/encyclopedia/Romantic-Comedy-Yugoslavia/Surrealism-SURREALIST-CINEMA.html
http://www.filmreference.com/Films-A-An/L-Age-D-Or.html
Salvador Dali and Luis Bunuel is another example of surrealist filmmakers. the 17 minutes short film ( Un Chien Andalou) also have introduced the world to the Surrealism in filmmaking.
Moreover, a best known example of Surrealist filmmakers now is David Lynch. He has received more than one academy awards of best directing. Elephant Man (1980), Blue (1987)Velvet and for Mulholland Drive (2002). Lynch’s films are known as dreamlike and nightmarish sequences.
http://www.moviemail-online.co.uk/scripts/media_view.pl?id=85&type=Articles
http://www.filmreference.com/encyclopedia/Romantic-Comedy-Yugoslavia/Surrealism-SURREALIST-CINEMA.html
http://www.filmreference.com/Films-A-An/L-Age-D-Or.html
film maker
A n d r e w K รถ t t i n g , creative artist and a film maker. he directed a numerous of shorts films. His first film Gallivant 1996 a 87 minutes. in which he, his grandmother and his daughter Eden take a trip round the British coast starting and ending at the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill on Sea. Eden who speaks using sign language and has Joubert syndrome disease, and 90-year old granny Gladys give a real warmth to the film, and Kotting who gets the most out of the people they meet along the way. a journey round the coast beautiful shots of wonderful moments .
His latest, In the Wake of Dead dad 2007, a reflection on his relationship with his father (deaddad). The artist used a version of his dad as a huge balloon that have his dad’s picture. Where he take it to all the places his dad use to go. he ends the journey in Mexico in unusual way.
http://festival2007.lovebytes.org.uk/event.php?ref=19140001-Andrew-Kotting
http://proboscis.org.uk/mappingperception/film.html
http://elrino.co.uk/Andrew%20Kotting/ak.html
http://www.lovefilm.com/visitor/product/37668-Gallivant.html
http://www.deadad.info/
His latest, In the Wake of Dead dad 2007, a reflection on his relationship with his father (deaddad). The artist used a version of his dad as a huge balloon that have his dad’s picture. Where he take it to all the places his dad use to go. he ends the journey in Mexico in unusual way.
http://festival2007.lovebytes.org.uk/event.php?ref=19140001-Andrew-Kotting
http://proboscis.org.uk/mappingperception/film.html
http://elrino.co.uk/Andrew%20Kotting/ak.html
http://www.lovefilm.com/visitor/product/37668-Gallivant.html
http://www.deadad.info/
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