EXTRA CREDIT: Jonas Mekas Experimental Filmmaking

Jonas Mekas had an interesting take on film. This typing of filmmaking is not abnormal for experimental films. Mekas used many different techniques in his films. All of the ones we viewed in class had a different style. He had shaky cameras, montage clips, time lapse, dialogue, audio, and even himself in the films. It's not common to have a filmmaker in the film. Experimental film separates itself from others due to its use of nature. The audience is unable to suspend their disbelief unlike other films with a clear story. I noticed with the titles of his film shown were all poorly hand written in marker. This a technique he used in most of his films. Some films were hard to read the story and others were easier. The Elvis film was pretty easy to understand. I guess the history of the time period can indicate whether one understand's his story. I happened to know who Elvis is. Younger generations, will possibly not know of Elvis and this film may not make any sense to them.