Dear Kiera Chapman,
I very much look forward to your paper on the relationship of academic
and amateur film criticism.
I'm sure you will find that people who have had no formal, post
secondary education in Fine Arts will write differently about Motion
Pictures than those who have. Since the majority of people do not have
a broad knowledge of Art History, Motion Pictures or the creative
process, most writing, I hypothesize, will be influenced by individual
sympathies or antipathies rather than knowledge of the actual evolution
of the Motion Picture crafting process.
My hope is that academics like yourself will continue carry the
responsibility of criticism with a clear understanding of the evolving
craft of motion pictures and a demonstrable love of Art and its role in
society. Certainly the art of Motion Pictures is in a developmental
process comparable to that of English during the Elizabethan period.
New forms and methods are continually emerging, but their merit will be
determined by how well they carry the established techniques forward,
clash with them, create a whole new form, or fall flat.
You will have to sift a great deal of mud to find any flecks of gold.
Here are a couple of sites to begin with. Happy reading...
http://www.indieclub.com/
http://www.dogme95.dk/
Cheers!
Kimberly Smith
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