Experimental Film- Analysis of Ballet Mecanique, 1924

Ballet Mecanique was an interesting experimental film. This was seen to be a completely new concept at the time of it's release and is definitely different to anything I have seen. The music created for it is a strange almost collision of music that for me created a certain uncomforting feel. I thought that it suited the film however as it was essentially a load of random images using mostly the shapes squares and triangles. These were cleverly repeated throughout making the images important to the viewer. Also many of the images are moving. I think that this film has something to do with the constant movement in society. This is because the fast and strange music mixed with the constant moving images gives a fast paced feel to the audience. The repeating image of steam and pistons moving is something that further exaggerates a social movement as 1924 was a time were there was a fight to revolutionise within europe due to the after effects of the First World War. I think the machinery and the shapes must have some sort of indication of the constant moving pace of society. I personally did not like this film due to the huge difference it has from any other film I have seen. However I appreciate it's value within the influencial side of film as this has changed the way filmmakers have created film and has shown that film can have no boundaries in things such as narrative and so on.