What is Experimental Film? Response

       Fred Camper brings up six key elements of experimental film in his writing. Not all are necessary for a film to be considered avant-garde, but they are all common qualities found in them. For example, the vast majority of experimental films will not have a clear message, but obviously some experimental films have a clear political meaning or purpose, while retaining other qualities such as utilizing reflexivity or offering a non-linear sequence of events. Camper also says that experimental films have a much smaller budget than other types of film, estimating in the hundreds to thousands of dollars. Nowadays with video however, a filmmaker can create an experimental production for next to nothing. I believe we’re in a new era of filmmaking and we will start to see new elements of experimental film. When Camper said that avant-garde films should call attention to the medium, I thought of how video can do this in a new way with glitch art or datamoshing, as seen in the picture below.

Anonymously submitted glitch art - http://i.imgur.com/BjAnP2o.jpg