Experimental film examples

 Experimental film involves breaking the rules of the narrative, Mise-en-scene and genre. This could include having a split-screen which shows two different narratives happening on screen together either for a scene or for the whole movie. They also lack a traditional narrative.

An example of experimental film is David Lynch's 'The Grandmother' where there is no dialogue at all except for the grunting noises from the mother. Lynch uses stop motion sequences in the film to show the boy move about which is an example of experimental film. Mielies 'A Trip to the Moon' is one of the very first experimental films as the silent films made before this were realist films from the Lumiere Brothers. It is the first expressionist  piece of filmmaking as it's the first to have a narrative. The reason it's experimental is because it's the first sci/fi film with the characters going off-planet and this hadn't been seen before in film. Although, the film isn't purely experimental as it does have a narrative. 

The short film 'Pitch Black Heist' is an example of experimental film due to it not conforming entirely to the heist genre. An example of it subverting conventions is how the bank robbers don't want a reward or any cash which is an odd trait for bank robbers but the reason they want to do this task is to put his mother in jail. Another example of this film subverting conventions is by the characters completing the heist in pitch black darkness hence the title 'Pitch Black Heist'. These challenge the limit of the heist genre.

 Breaking the 'Fourth wall' is an example of experimental film as it bends the rules of film form by establishing a relationship with the audience. A split-screen film is also experimental as it has two narratives playing out on screen at the same time as each-other. A film that shows its end scene in the opening is experimental as it breaks the conventions of the narrative. Experimental film can have little or no editing.