The Experimental Film in America

People have always tried to define art or preset it in categories to discern meaning or context. But truthfully art can be simplified to human expression and its variety of forms. Narrative, Documentary, and Experimental films are all qualified to be art, they are mediums of expression. To say that Documentary and Experimental films are the only ones to qualify as art would be hypocritical. D.W. Griffith may have staged actors to tell a common story, but don't people often find multiple ways to tell the same story. That in itself can be considered art, the ability to take something generic and turn it into something fascinating. The resources that a filmmaker uses are tools, the paint and the brushes, to produce something on the blank canvas that mesmerizes its audiences. Often times causing or inducing emotions not often explored. All forms of art are entities of this. In my opinion I enjoy narrative films the most, because the story can be the same but the artist behind the camera can evoke a different emotion from its audience depending on how it is filmed. Essentially experimental and narrative film often go hand in hand and because of the experimental filmmakers exploring different ways to display their art, it helped for narrative filmmaking to have more options in its construction.