Avant Gard/Experimental/Arthouse Cinema

Short film could in no way compete with holly wood or the mainstream, so it found its clear home within art.
Both Avant Gard and experimental Art take a strong interest in short films, this is because they can change all of the dynamics that an normal film would have and take it to an artistic level.

Maya Denens " meshes of the afternoon" not only set the tone for Avant Gard but also added expressionism into the equation; the expresionist movements are filmed clinically and precisely to look void of reality as if the surreal nature of things happening are something of a dream, Maya uses no sound during the film and has the actress move flowingly almost like a dance. the music on meshes of the afternoon ins incredibly significant as it shows that the music can change the entire piece, the dance doesn't flow with the music, therefore i see this being more like an obscure movement to some awkwardly placed music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPi9i3gfSAM



Maya stands up as an anti-mainstream director and this is show in her artistic license in and creativity through her work, opposing normal codes and conventions and making her work look more like a moving painting rather than making a high budget film.

Mayas work differs from anything i've ever seen before as each shot looks like an individual painting especially at 2:30 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9Gve37nWBo) in part 1 of "at land" there is a bunch of men sitting smoking at a large table; this one frame has artistic significance just showing the high class doing what they do- like doccumenting what happens from the artistic point of view



The Berlin Horse 1970-
Directed by:Malcolm Le Grice
Sound by: Brian Eno
The berlin horse is basically just a horse walking around, then reversed with colours flashing with a very irritating piano piece being played in the background; this is seen as art. this piece for me shows that the experiments that artists took perhaps seem to be completely insignificant to some people; but have underlined meanings, Berlin horse was supposed to be an experiment of how peoples eyes react to colour and the sense of rhythm they build from the soundtrack.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDj8Tc6259o&feature=related