Let us conclude our viewing of The Phantom of the Opera this morning. After viewing, let's discuss what we may have to say about reviewing the film.
Some students will take their leave to go on their field trip. Please read the article handout on Eisenstein, take notes, and view the material below in this post regarding Eisenstein and the important use of montage.
Montage song from South Park, Season 6.
As film continued to gain popularity, the film culture around the world inspired various directors and auteurs to create new and exciting films. The most influential film maker of early Russian film was Sergei Eisenstein.
Eisenstein is remembered in film for his contribution of the montage. The montage changed the way filmmakers approached film. It allows a filmmaker to tell a story through a sequence of shots that manipulate time. It is still used today and carries with it a psychological impact. In a script it is indicated by a series of descriptive lines, each spaced apart to indicate a series of shots, rather than description that would indicate one shot or scene. Click here for an example.
Here's a few clips from some of his films:
Some students will take their leave to go on their field trip. Please read the article handout on Eisenstein, take notes, and view the material below in this post regarding Eisenstein and the important use of montage.
Montage song from South Park, Season 6.
As film continued to gain popularity, the film culture around the world inspired various directors and auteurs to create new and exciting films. The most influential film maker of early Russian film was Sergei Eisenstein.
Eisenstein is remembered in film for his contribution of the montage. The montage changed the way filmmakers approached film. It allows a filmmaker to tell a story through a sequence of shots that manipulate time. It is still used today and carries with it a psychological impact. In a script it is indicated by a series of descriptive lines, each spaced apart to indicate a series of shots, rather than description that would indicate one shot or scene. Click here for an example.
Here's a few clips from some of his films:
- Battleship Potemkin (Odessa Step Sequence) (1925)
- Oktober
- Alexander Nevsky (1928) (battle on the ice sequence) - Music by Sergei Prokofiev. We can see how the invention of sound in the next few years will revolutionize film. The exciting tone of the music, nicely reflects the glory, fear, and trepidation of the characters in this scene.
HOMEWORK: Read and take notes about Sergei Eisenstein & his contribution to film.
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