Brief overview

This is a brief overview of the film makers/animators work I have found interesting while covering them in class

There was a lot of different film makers/animators I did find interesting in class. The one I found most interesting was the style of Soviet Montage's. There were three main film makers/animators that all partook in creating the montage's. There was Lev Kuleshov, Sergei Eisentstein, and Daiga Vertov.

The Kuleshof Experiment. Image from Snapshot

Lev Kuleshov was a pioneer film theorist. He studied the film techniques of the Hollywood directors, like D.W Griffith. Lev introduced crosscutting and montage into Russian films. Lev found that people responded differently to different shots, depending on the images they have seen before and after the shot. He could create a new meaning with two different shots. He created the Kuleshof Experiment.

The Odessa Steps, Image from YouTube

Sergei Eisentstein's film style was very influenced by the Russian Revolution. He created propaganda poster to help motivate people well the in Red Army. Sergei had attended Lev's workshop. His definition of montage was five different things.

Metric- The timing or number of frames

Rhythmic- Movement with in the frames

Tonal- The tone of the shot, the content of the visuals influence the emotional response.

Overtonal- Combination of Metric, Rhythmic and Tonal.

Intellectual- Express ideas by creating relationships between opposing visuals.

Man with the Movie Camera, Image from YouTube

Dziga Vertov worked as a newsreel cameraman and coined the term Kino Eye (film eye). Dziga believed that the world is seen more clearly though the eye of the camera rather than the human eye and that cinema should be real and truthful. Dziga disagreed with Sergei's  theory of narrative film making and thought that it could be corrupting. He attempted to create a unique environment in film, free of theatrical effects and influence and artificial lighting. He wanted to show real life. He also created Russia's first animation 'Soviet Toy's'

Soviet Toy's, Image from YouTube

This has been a brief overview of the film makers/animators I found interesting

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