Film manifesto
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There have been a number of manifesto
s related to film
. These propose the author/s feelings and briefing on the how and why of film:
Manifesto
A manifesto is a public declaration of principles and intentions, often political in nature. Manifestos relating to religious belief are generally referred to as creeds. Manifestos may also be life stance-related.-Etymology:...
s related to film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
. These propose the author/s feelings and briefing on the how and why of film:
| Manifesto Manifesto A manifesto is a public declaration of principles and intentions, often political in nature. Manifestos relating to religious belief are generally referred to as creeds. Manifestos may also be life stance-related.-Etymology:... |
Author/s | Defining Features | Example Films |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dogme 95 Dogme 95 Dogme 95 was an avant-garde filmmaking movement started in 1995 by the Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg, who created the "Dogme 95 Manifesto" and the "Vow of Chastity". These were rules to create filmmaking based on the traditional values of story, acting, and theme, and... |
Lars von Trier, Thomas Vinterberg, Kristian Levring, and Søren Kragh-Jacobsen | The goal of the Dogme collective is to purify filmmaking by refusing expensive and spectacular special effects, postproduction modifications and other gimmicks. The emphasis on purity forces the filmmakers to focus on the actual story and on the actors' performances. | The Celebration (Original title "Festen", Denmark, 1998) The Idiots (Original title "Idioterne", Denmark, 1998) |
| Pluginmanifesto Pluginmanifesto The pluginmanifesto is a document written by Ana Kronschnabl that looks at the challenges for filmmaking for the internet and other reduced bandwidth platforms... |
Ana Kronschnabl | The pluginmanifesto is a document written by Ana Kronschnabl that looks at the challenges for filmmaking for the internet and other reduced bandwidth platforms (such as mobile phones, PDAs and PlayStation Portables. | 'Distance Over Time' - http://www.plugincinema.com/plugin/plugin_cinema/index.htm#f28 |
| Futurist Cinema | Marinetti, Bruno Corra, Emilio Settimelli, Arnaldo Ginna, Giacomo Balla, Remo Chiti | Aimed to, "...free the cinema as an expressive medium in order to make it the ideal instrument of a new art, immensely vaster and lighter than all the existing arts." | http://www.unknown.nu/futurism/cinema.html |
| Free Cinema Free Cinema Free Cinema was a documentary film movement that emerged in England in the mid-1950s. The term referred to an absence of propagandised intent or deliberate box office appeal. Co-founded by Lindsay Anderson, though he later disdained the 'movement' tag, with Karel Reisz, Tony Richardson and Lorenza... |
Lorenza Mazzetti, Lindsay Anderson, Tony Richardson, Karel Reisz | Was about taking cameras out onto the streets to try to capture a naturalistic and unscripted look. http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/freecinema/images/programme/lg-page1-manifesto.jpg | O Dreamland by Lindsay Anderson (1953) http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/freecinema/ |