Expressionism was a cultural movement that started in Germany in the early
1900's. The aim of it was to be able to express ones self with out having
rules and restrictions to regulate you. German Expressionism encompassed
a wide variety of different media including theatre, architecture, music, art
and cinema/ film. German expressionist film was a part of this creative
movement but German expressionist films were a lot darker and a much
more Gothic style of film then most film of that time period. German
expressionist filmmakers produced very few "feel good films".
In the period of time after World War 1, the German film industry
boomed. However because of the harsh economic times in Germany,
it was difficult for filmmakers to create movies could compete with
film elsewhere in the world, like Hollywood. So German filmmakers
developed there own style which relied heavily on symbolism and
mis en scene and film sets to add atmosphere to the films and thus
German Expressionist film was born.
This is an example of a German Expressionist film called
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.
This needs explanation, you need to show uinderstanding of the expressionist style, mis en scene, etc.
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