Event Title
In Praise of Stan Brakhage’s Vision: Mainstream Cinema and the Avant-Garde
Faculty Mentor
Deborah Cibelli
Location
Memorial Gym
Start Date
20-4-2012 2:30 PM
End Date
20-4-2012 3:30 PM
Description
Stan Brakhage’s filmmaking has influenced mainstream cinema and forged a link between avant-garde art and Hollywood movies. With his innovative use of camera movement, camera placement, and his painterly use of color, Brakhage changed the world of experimental film. My research provides a comparison of the techniques used by Brakhage with more modern, mainstream work by contemporary filmmakers. Visual analysis yields evidence of the appropriation of Brakhage’s style, particularly when portraying intense psychological abnormality.
In Praise of Stan Brakhage’s Vision: Mainstream Cinema and the Avant-Garde
Memorial Gym
Stan Brakhage’s filmmaking has influenced mainstream cinema and forged a link between avant-garde art and Hollywood movies. With his innovative use of camera movement, camera placement, and his painterly use of color, Brakhage changed the world of experimental film. My research provides a comparison of the techniques used by Brakhage with more modern, mainstream work by contemporary filmmakers. Visual analysis yields evidence of the appropriation of Brakhage’s style, particularly when portraying intense psychological abnormality.