Expanded Cinema denotes a movement in the realm of experimental film and visual arts which was most prevalent in the 1960s and 1970s. Traditional cinema has always been bound to the screen as the sole feature of a room with a projector. Expanded Cinema breaks away from this trend by including live performances, audience participation, multiple projectors, and various other forms of technology. This eclectic form of a moving picture attempts to oppose the manners of watching and interacting with films by eliminating the passive consumption offered by main stream movies. In its most famous time period, Expanded Cinema drew people from very different artistic disciplines who wanted to find ways of combining various creative forms into total installations. Stan VanDerBeek was one of the best-known names with his early work in multimedia projections and computer animation, while Carolee Schneeeman was famous for blending film, performance art, and feminism all into one. With a more integrated approach to Cinema, Expanded Cinema shifts the emphasis away from conventional narrative film to an experimental form that amalgamates film, installation art, and performance. This participationist approach to viewing art invites self-creation and self-interpretation. The paradigm continues to shape the practice of modern filmmakers and artists as they seek to reconceptualize visual narrative and redefine the cinema within the context of contemporary digital culture.