FINAL FOR I.T.F.: CHAPTER 8 (Experimental Film/New Media)

movement

Derived from the Greek work kinema, the term "cinema" literally refers to ___________________.

underground

In 1960s America, the countercultural impulse was reflected in the _____________ films of artists such as Andy Warhol.

structural films

Experimental films that explore the material basis of the film medium are often called ____________.

constructivism

Experimental Soviet filmmakers of the 1920s were influenced by ____________, a movement that emphasized dynamic, graphic machine-age art that served a social purpose.

modernity

The term __________ describes both a period of history stretching from the end of the medieval era to the present and identifies an attitude toward progress and science shaped by human interaction.

Third Cinema

In response to regimes of political oppression in the Third World, a film movement called _____________ rejected both commercial cinema and art cinema in order to engage directly with the people.

experimental film organizations

The three major _____________________, according to the text, are associative, participatory, and structural

metaphoric

In Strike (1925), Sergei Eisenstein links images of workers being shot to images of a slaughtered bull. This is an example of ______________ association.

Abstract films

use color, shape, and line to create patterns and rhythms that are non-representational.

associative organizations

Films that explore psychological or formal resonances through metaphorical images or symbolic concepts follow ____________.

surrealism

Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel's film Un chien andalou (1928) is a famous example of ____________.

non-narrative

lack well-defined characters or plots.

lyrical style

Films that express emotions, beliefs, or personal visions have a __________.

"advance guard"

The term "avant-garde" literally means __________.

machinima

The use of video game engines to modify computer animation and create new narratives from game worlds

Expressive

_________ traditions in experimental media are tied to notions of artistic originality, authenticity, and interiority.

Expanded cinema

experimental media that incorporate experiences or elements outside of film, like live performance or computer technology.

critical

The experimental style or perspective most associated with political positions is ________.

activist video

The introduction of consumer video formats in the 1980s helped foster the growth of __________________ and video art.

Modernist art

from painting and music to design and architecture, reflected new human experiences of accelerated and disjunctive time, spatial juxtaposition, and fragmentation.

Experimental artists

frequently work with a variety of formats and technologies, including film, video, and digital applications that can broadly be termed moving-image media.

formalist

concerned with issues of form rather than issues of content

Associative organizations

create psychological or formal resonances, giving such films a dreamlike quality that engages viewers' emotions and curiosity. (Ex: metaphoric, symbolic)

Metaphoric associations

link together different objects, images, events, or individuals in order to generate a new perception, emotion, or idea.

symbolic associations

isolate discrete objects or singular images that can generate or be assigned abstract meanings.

Structural films

reject the illusionism of narrative film and instead follow a particular logic or problem, such as challenging the audience's perceptions with a focus on the material of the film or its formal principles.

Participatory films

emphasize the centrality of the viewer and the time and place of exhibition to the cinematic phenomenon

Hybrid films

Shares characteristics from at least two of the major film types (fictional, documentary, or experimental)