Research on Surrealism

I developed my video project into a surrealistic film to continue my last semester's work, a campaign called "Money why?"  So I did some research on term "surrealism" in different fields to help with my concept developing.

Surrealism

Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s and is best know for its visual artworks and writings. The aim was to "resolve the previously contradictory conditions of dream and reality" Artists painted unnerving, illogical scene with photographic precision, created strange creatures from everyday objects and developed painting techniques that allowed the unconscious to express itself.

Surrealism works feature the element of surprise, unexpected juxtapositions and non sequitur.

There are many surrealist artists such as Rene Magritte 1898-1967, a Belgian surrealist artist.

Andre Breton

1896-1966, a French writer and poet. He's know best as the founder of surrealism. His writings include the first Surrealist Manifesto of 1924, in which the defined surrealism as "pure psychic automatism"

Surrealist Cinema 

Surrealist cinema is a modernist approach to film theory, critism and production with origins in Paris in the 1920s, surrealist cinema is characterized by juxtapositions, the rejection of dramatic psychology and a frequent use of shocking imagery. The first surrealist film was The Seashell and The Clergyman from 1928, directed by Germaine Dulac from a screen play by Antonin Artaud.

David Lynch

David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946) is an American film maker, television director, visual artist, musician and occasional actor. Known for his surrealist films, he has developed his own unique cinematic style, which has been dubbed "Lychian", a style characterized by its dream imagery and meticulous sound design. The surreal and in many cases, violent elements contained within his films have been known to "disturb, offend or mystify" audience.

Eraserhead

Eraserhead is a 1977 surrealist body horror film written and directed by American filmmaker David Lynch. Shot in Black and White.

(Resource from Wikipedia)

There's this internet problem in college this whole semester, wasn't able to download some surrealist movies to watch, but when holiday starts I will start studying more about surrealism. Reading this <Surrealist Manifesto> by Andre Breton could help me study more and understand more about surrealism. I will also watch some surrealist films during the holiday. I personally really appreciate surrealism, and would like to explore more into the history and all to develop my personal style of filming and photographing.