Broadening horizons

Who ever tried to look that way on the most successful films probably had noticed that these films consist of  many parts: composition (plot), characters, forms, colors and much more. Most importantly, in a good movie all the details from the largest to the smallest are carefully picked out (invented – I can say) and match perfectly. Although, we need a rich imagination to invent something really new in filmmaking, and even greater imagination and efficiency to start basicly from nowhere (for an aspiring filmmaker) and end it all with a perfect result.
     So, I've noticed that recently in many films the emphasis is concentrated on the expanding of an existing and typical film genre ("I guess I'll make a road movie" — "Cool, and I'm making a comedy about a typical loser, who got in atypical situation), or the strict genre frames (superhero films, romantic comedy, horror, etc.) or strict outside-genre frames (people try to create their Art-House or something unlike all existing film laws, while not quite understanding what they want it to look like). Every time I watch film premieres, I realize that opportunities of cinematograph are much greater than we see on the screen. This Cinematograph we have reminds me of an iceberg - 10% on the surface and 90% - buried under the water, what we do not see, but still it actually exists.
       How do we broaden our horizons and use all the opportunities we can? I've found such answer, a formula that works for me right now. It's a “History + innovations + my style”.
       History had left for us so rich baggage of achievements and priceless experience in all kinds of art! We can use it all for making films! The possibilities are just endless. Someone might think that the history of theater, music or painting is not related to specific of the filmmaking. In addition, many popular things are either hopelessly played-out, or still being used and known by everyone. Also, it can seem that everything is already invented a long time ago, what is that new can add? Maybe the whole history of the theater you will find boring and full of contradictions. For me, It looks like the waves. Once our ancestors improved drama, voice, and plastic to the notion of the classics. Proved it to such limits that had to deny almost everything and invent Romanticism.Then they have taken the secrets of the human soul so far that it becomed mysticism, Expressionism and the absurd, and the portraying of real life was brought to thenaturalism and moody realism.
       Now I see only the development of external form, not substance. Soon to come a new wave.
       If you think the way I wrote in the preceding paragraph, forget it. Such thoughts are not worth our filmmaking attention. We must see the forest among the trees. The most valuable achievements and mistakes of our predecessors is that we can look at these things objectively. To see the most interesting, most delicious, the essense of Romanticism, Naturalism and so on. And use it in accordance with the present and our very personal and unique vision. Later in my posts I'll try to explain how do I extract this essense, what it's like and how sweet it is.