Reading Response

Introduction to Avant-Garde
-With this being my third or so class that has touched on avant-garde and experimental film making, this is my second or so time reading this article. However, the reading provides insightful information towards avant-garde film making. Avant-garde is the artistic/stylistic approach to Hollywood film making without the need for an actual plot. I believe that avant-garde got the name slapped on it becuase people were unsure what to call it, which possibly gave it a bad rap from that time on. An avant-garde film is one that is much deeper than a plot, where anything the artist wants can portray anything its needed to be. I agree with the fact that being a new viewer to the experimental realm of film making is strange and unclear at first. I like to reference them to optical illusions where one can perceive and image from another. They are challenging at first, but the more you look at, the easier they become to understand.

The Film as an Original Art form
- I could barely read this due to my horrible eyes and lenscrafters tardiness on my glasses, but what I pulled from it was interesting. I agree with the fact that the artsy portrayal of film lies within documentary and experimental film making. Hollywood seems to subdue the deep cinematic shots where the artist's views are shown. But then I do disagree with with the same statement. The narrative stories that come out of Hollywood, for the most part, are their own types of art forms for they have adapted their ideas from literature. Richter does make valid points in which I can both agree and disagree with, I'm sure most people feel this away about his writing.

Manifest Destiny

Growing up on the Outer Banks of North Carolina groomed me for an interesting childhood and a noticeable difference from "others". I enjoy narritive films but feel as if Hollywood has taken too much of a control over the production, taking away from the uniquness from each artist. Experimental and avant-garde allow artist to portray whatever he or she desires and then allows the viewer to perceive it however they wish. In order for one to have a true production of their own, I feel that they must prevail in all steps from storyboards to shooting to editing to promotion. Hollywood has too many people taking care of all these steps and the artists meaning can be lost in all of this. I do understand however, that this is the style that is needed in order to produce narritive movies at a fast pace and with large. I enjoy skimboarding and snowboarding more than anything else in the world, well almost anything esle, and being able to travel, film, edit, and publish these movies would be a future goal in life. Experimental filmmaking is the closest genre that UNCW could provide for me, so I plan on having fun and enjoying it to the fullest.