I selected the two videos because I was familiar with the concepts of surrealism and expressionism. Last semester I took a cinema class and we covered a chapter on German expressionism in theatre and further into film. The general idea of German expressionism was that it was a technique used where backdrops and props were make dramatic using shading, shadows and color to really help a stage set pop and give intense feelings to the audience. Its movement into film generally went into the genre of horror because the look of German expressionism was creepy, and it flowed well into the genre.
The key concept I learned from the Expressionism is that color was primarily used to enhance the effect of emotion. When a viewer looks on a piece of art, its usually the color of the piece that draws the eye into the work. The artist can then use other elements to move the viewer's eye round the piece in general, or along a guided line meaning the artist can guide you to specific things in a specific order. From the Surrealism video, I learned that both shape and color influence surrealism in that you don't just recreate what you see wen creating something new. The artist can create an image that represents something without looking at all like it.
The videos relate to the readings in the text in that they had more examples of what surrealism and expressionism is. The book does an excellent job of explain it, but its nice to see even more examples than just a few pages worth.
I really liked the films, because they add to the book readings and its nice to relax and be guided through a subject rather than reading nonstop about a topic.
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