I have never made a movie. I have been always someone who consumed art rather than created it. There are very few movie makers who made it very personal. There is a thin line where art is profession and art is personal. Especially when it comes to cinema because cinema is a great business. Also, it can be met between the both. Where do you stand? And please explain your stance if you want to.
#What do you think about cinema as an artform?
iron plank
heady heron
Cinema as a whole involves many artforms. Acting, directing, music directing, singing, dancing, illustrating etc. And cinema initially, is purely an art before being made into a business. Again, nothing wrong in showcasing your art for a price but it becomes a problem when you start making cinema solely to earn a sum. All good as long as you respect the art.
vast fiber
Cinema as we typically receive it requires so many people that it must commericalize itself in order to survive. The most commercial films -ones that may be called toy commercials rather than films- still involve the same techniques that great movies do. Interestingly enough, many great films borrow from advertising since the objective -telling a viewer a story- is the same.
A great degree of artistry is required in order to make a film that millions of people want to watch. A marvel movie for example involves visual effects and a solid understanding of storytelling in order to function.
It would be unfair to automatically discount all commercial filmmaking endeavors especially since what we consider ordinary and crass today will inevitably be considered "History" or "of its time" to future generations. The commercial success of a film does indeed tell you a lot about how a culture responds to that film because instead of doing other things with their hard earned cash, they saw THAT film.
However on the other side of the coin there needs to be people pushing beyond, the avant garde, capital A art films. Often they pave the way for new stories to be told and for the medium to be reinvented once again.
Young compared to painting and music, cinema of today looks very different from cinema of 10 years ago and I wonder if we are still discovering new things to do with the medium. I think so.