The reading this week was really interesting. The part that stood out to me was the relation between non-narrative documentary in regards to experimental film.

Experimental film is essentially made to express personal opinion, experiences or point of views that can’t be used in mainstream context. Usually, experimental films have a narrative however it’s not distinct and easy to follow, it often requires interpretation, because it doesn’t involve mainstream storylines to follow. It’s a way of expressing rather than portraying. Usually consisting of ideas, with compositions of images or random elements which wouldn’t be present in mainstream films.

Now I’ve completed this reading, I’m excited to reach week 10 in cinema studies, as our topic will be documentary and we are watching a documentary called ‘Grizzly Man’. I feel as though now I’ll have a bit of prior knowledge about non-narrative documentaries and examples of such, which I will think about while watching the film and discussing in tutorial for that class. It will be interesting to see if this film has any relation to experimental film. Yay!