Surrealist FILM. Techniques.

Surrealist Techniques are the next thing I've been looking at in ways to come up with a concept and how to go about filming in a surrealist way...

In every form that surrealism takes place (art,literature,poetry), numerous techniques and games are used to provide inspiration. Many of these are said to free imagination by producing a creative process free of conscious control. The importance of the unconscious as a source of inspiration is central to the nature of surrealism.

Here are some quotes about surrealism:

'No idea or image that might lend itself to a rational explanation of any kind would be accepted.'

'Nothing, in the film, symbolizes anything. The only method of investigation of the symbols would be, perhaps, psychoanalysis.'

Taking these quotes and thinking about them we need to decide as a group how far we really want to take these ideas/techniques. We could apply it to all aspects of the filming, eg. when deciding what gels to use, asking a random person to pick a colour. Although this could just end up looking and being crap.

I also came across this alphabetical list of surrealist films to look out for!