What's the point of Dogma95?

65438-0995 Danish film directors group was established in Copenhagen. Most of its members are young directors who graduated from the Danish National Film Academy, such as Lars von Trier, the main sponsor of the organization, as well as thomas vinterberg, Christine Levelli and Soren Cragg Jacobson. The name of the organization comes from the dogmatic oath signed by its members on March 1995. Dogma means "doctrine", "dogma" or "creed", and 95 indicates the year of the organization's birth. The main points of the oath can be summarized as follows: 10 commandment: 1? The film must be shot in the field, and no scenery or props are allowed; 2? Don't make a sound out of the picture, don't make a picture out of the sound; 3? You must shoot with a camera. The story of the film doesn't have to happen in the presence of the camera, but the film must be shot where the story takes place. 4? The film must be colored and not affected by special illumination; 5? It is forbidden to perform optical processing or use filters; 6? The film must not contain superficial behaviors (such as murder, violence and other scenes); 7? There is no separation of time and space; 8? Do not accept genre films; 9? Film size must be 35 mm; 10? The director's name cannot appear on the staff list. Dogmatic members must abide by the above commandments when shooting, and the organization even formulated specific steps for making dogmatic films and applying for dogmatic film certificates. The first film qualified for dogma was Family Reunion (thomas vinterberg, 1998), the second was Idiot (Lars von Trier, 1998), and the third was Soren Cragg Jacobson, 1998). By 2000, about 15 films had obtained Dogma film certificates. The directors of these films were not only members of Dogma 95 Group, but also directors from France, the United States, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, Argentina and South Korea. At first, members of Dogma's team acted as the highest referee to evaluate Dogma's film qualification, and then the director who applied for Dogma's film qualification signed a document stating that he abided by these commandments. For this change, Trier, the core figure of the organization, explained this: Just like the Ten Commandments in the Bible, it is impossible to strictly abide by the dogma, and the perfect dogma film has not been filmed, and it is impossible to shoot it. However, this intention itself is noble. For every director, how to approach these commandments as close as possible and examine whether he is trying to abide by them should be mentioned in the height of artistic consciousness. In the era when digital movies are so popular that everyone can make movies, the oath of dogma can be said to be a restriction on film creation, but it limits the capture of the surface reality of life and advocates highlighting the inner world of characters. This oath not only opposes the individualism of French new wave films, but also opposes the technicalism of American Hollywood films, but advocates inheriting the artistic spirit of Scandinavian film school (or Nordic film school). Dogma 95, as a film director organization, was active in the world film industry in the second half of 1990s. Its film art concept surpassed Denmark and was accepted by film directors in many other countries. Since the beginning of 2 1 century, this organization and its influence have basically disappeared. (

Dogma95 is a standard initiated by the famous Danish director Lars Vontyre in 1995. This standard is divided into 10 items, as follows:

1: It must be shot in real scene. 2. There is no silent music. 3. You must shoot with a hand-held camera. 4: You can't use lighting effects. 5: Do not use color filters. 6. There should be no superficial scenes, such as murder. 7. The theme must be modern. 8: I can't shoot a genre film. 9: The film format must be 35mm. 10: The name of the director must not appear at the beginning and end of the film.

This standard is based on the phenomenon that movies in the world are increasingly pursuing special effects and sensory stimulation, but giving up the exploration of human nature in movies. It has no particularly strict organization. One way is to register in their official website, pay a certain fee, and become a member of Dogma95 after examination. Dogma95' s pursuit embodies the spirit of the film, but it is also suspected of overcorrection. In fact, it has eleven standards that are difficult to achieve. Lars Vontyre's later works, such as Dancer in the Dark, did not strictly abide by this standard.