Bryan Konefsky, an experimentalfilmmaker and professor of media arts at the University of New Mexico, copies movie clips from film to digital format in his office.
At first the experimentalfilmmaker seems genuinely incapable of naming a title that most of us would instantly recognize, something that for him might be considered a guilty pleasure.
The group of filmmakers and rabid cinephiles digs up obscure films and hosts events at alternative venues throughout the city, indoors and outdoors.
As such, film scholars consider the experimental or avant-garde film to be one of the major modes of filmmaking, along with the narrative film, the documentary film and arguably animation.
As the term suggests, the experimental film is often but not necessarily made to test an audience's reaction to certain performances or types of presentation not normally found in mainstream cinema.
Though experimental film is known to a relatively small number of practioners, academics and connossieurs, it has influenced and continues to influence cinematography, visual effects and editing.
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