Film manifesto
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There have been a number of manifestos related to film. These propose the author/s feelings and briefing on the how and why of film:
| Manifesto | Author/s | Defining Features | Example Films |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dogme 95 | 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 | 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 | Lorenza Mazzetti, Lindsay Anderson, Tony Richardson, Karel Reisz | Was about taking cameras out onto the streets to try and 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/ |
