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    Soviet avantgarde, namely these are the movies - The Battleship Potemkin (S. Eisenstein, 1925), Mother (V. Pudovkin, 1926) and The Man with a movie camera (D. Vertov, 1929). The School of montage Most of the films that they were created in the Soviet Union, outside the school of montage, use topics of sitcoms and to a various literary adaptations. Conversely directors

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    cuts can delineate the plot and the meaning of the images distinctively. Battleship Potemkin, directed by Sergei Eisenstein was the example of how editing created emotions to the viewers in the theatre. The editing made the sequence into a lesson of how the Soviet Union authority was pressuring the public with complete dominance of violence. Battleship Potemkin is a movie produced by Eisenstein in 1925. A film about the Soviet Union soldiers' life on the battleship and how they disobey their authoritative

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    Sergei Eisenstein's film theory often reflects on the capabilities of allowing film editing to create the essence of the scenes. With the work of Arthur Penn's "Bonnie and Clyde" viewers see aspects of the formalist concepts while comparing Eisenstein interpretation of artistic cinematography. In “Eisenstein Cinematic Principle and Ideogram-Dialectical Approach” the article discusses the way cinematographic traits help revolutionize the way we view different forms graphically. The article maintains

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    influenced by their fathers and their political environments. Sergei Eisenstein’s father, Mikhail was an architect, tyrant, and civil engineer in Russia who expected his son to follow his beliefs and designated career steps. It was never to be Sergei’s choice to decide his own path. Conflict with his father’s attitude and point of view colored Eisenstein’s assessment of the leadership philosophy he could support. Ronald Bergan quotes Eisenstein in his biography, 'The reason why I came to support social

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    of justice and necessity, but whether or not the ends justify the means is something that every person must decide for themselves. The theme of revolution is explored in both A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens and Battleship Potemkin by Sergei Eisenstein, but their portrayals of it differ greatly. Throughout his Novel, Dickens clearly shows that he sympathizes with the peasants, but that he has very mixed feelings towards the way that the revolutionaries get what they want.

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    1. Sergei Eisenstein was one of the Soviet Union's greatest filmmakers who explored the various options offered by montage in both his films and in his critical writings. He sought to break up the illusion and make the audience think, compared to Hollywood's preferred mode of cutting film, which creates a smoothly flowing sequence that seeks to fabricate an entertaining illusion and keep the audience following the story. Dziga Vertov focused on using the new technology of the moving picture and expanding

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    Kal Bur How did The Odessa Steps sequence influence the theory of montage in film? The Battleship Potemkin, is a soviet film directed by Sergei Eisenstein in 1925. Sergei Eisenstein was a brief student at The Kuleshov Workshop, which was a class run by Soviet filmmaker, Lev Kuleshov at the Moscow Film School. The school was established in 1919, and is the world’s first film school. The Kuleshov Workshop explored the effects of juxtaposition in film, and how sequential shots convey a specific meaning

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    Sergei Eisenstein and Roberto Rossellini, both prominent filmmakers whose work is renowned across the world, were able to use film as a vehicle to show the atrocities of war. Eisenstein emphasized the use of quick montages to elicit responses while Rossellini employed techniques which allowed the subject to be present realistically and naturally to the audience. Sergei Eisenstein was born on January 23, 1898 in Latvia. Initially, he followed his father’s footsteps and studied civil engineering.

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    Summarizing The Technique Of Film & Video Editing. Film first began in 1895. By the time the first motion picture was made, editing was non-existant. The very first films made were less than a minute long. Only films like Melies' used at least a little bit of editing. Melies' films also grew longer in length, however they were all still single shots. Although the films were edited to have multiple shots and to tell a story, they were not made in a manner that we are now used to. It was only until

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    Short Critical Essay #3 – Option 2 Classical film theories are generally divided into two main camps. They have been categorized as Formalism and Realism. The formalist approach looks at the structure and form of the film. It analyzes the method by which the story materializes and how it forces the viewer to react based on the way it is presented. It incorporates character development, photographic composition, camera movement, set design, editing, etc. to that end. The realist approach scrutinizes

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