GERMAN EXPRESSIONIST CINEMA - LIFEDRAWING WITH EMILY

This two hour lifedrawing session features inspired poses by EMILY bathed in eerie coloured light. Highly recommended!

In the 1920s, European societies embraced change and a forward-looking ethic, experimenting with bold ideas and artistic styles. The early Expressionist films, constrained by limited budgets, employed non-realistic set designs with geometrically absurd angles and painted designs on walls and floors to depict lights, shadows, and objects

The plots and stories of the Expressionist films often dealt with madness, insanity, betrayal and other “intellectual” topics triggered by the experiences of World War I (as opposed to standard action-adventure and romantic films)Notable examples of German Expressionist films include Metropolis (1927) by directed by Fritz Lang and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) directed by Robert Wiene. This movement was a reaction against realism, utilizing extreme distortions to convey inner emotional reality rather than surface appearances.