Screen Arts

Name of the Manifesto: The Oberhausen Manifesto was a declaration by a group of 26 young German filmmakers at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia on 28 February 1962. Aim of the Manifesto: The manifesto was a call to arms to establish a "new German feature film". It was initiated by Haro Senft and among the signatories were the directors Alexander Kluge and Edgar Reitz. The manifesto was associated with the motto "Papas Kino ist tot" (Papa's cinema is dead), although this phrase does not appear in the manifesto itself. Time period: Launched in 1962. by a Group of young film makers. Major Film makers within the movement:  Rainer Werner Fassbinder  Werner Herzog Wim Wenders Themes expressed through the films: Herzog was exploring man’s inner essence – the beast inside – in Aguirre, Heart Of Glass and The Enigma Of Kaspar Hauser Fassbinder dwelt on his capacity for artifice and elaborate parlour ga...

We watched a documentary on how CGI was first used in Jurassic park.  The Documentary covered how to the film started with using big puppets and and stop motion. But the introduction of CGI into the film vastly improved the visual realism of the dinosaurs and helped kick of  the CGI age of film. As CGI's cost dwarfed that of Stop motion and puppets made it an easy choice for many to use.  Watching the Film and seeing the process that they went through for that film is astounding. the technology back them was very basic but the animation and CGI have stood the test of time and are still very impactful to this day.