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Soviet Montage. 1920s. Michelle Tvete Spring 2013. Born in Revolution--1917. Born in Revolution--1917. Kuleshov’s Workshop. Kuleshov’s Workshop. SOVIET MONTAGE FILMS. Characters 1) Represent a certain class 2) Group important NOT individual. SOVIET MONTAGE FILMS. Plot
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Soviet Montage 1920s Michelle Tvete Spring 2013
SOVIET MONTAGE FILMS • Characters • 1) Represent a certain class • 2) Group important NOT individual
SOVIET MONTAGE FILMS • Plot • Often focuses on strike or battle • in a revolution
SOVIET MONTAGE FILMS • FOCUS: Editing • To create emotional response in the audience
Eisenstein • Focus: • CONFLICT • between images— • not continuity or images themselves
Eisenstein CONFLICT CONFLICT
Eisenstein Dialectical Thesis + Antithesis=Synthesis = emotion or concept
Eisenstein The Lions sequence of The Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Eisenstein The Lions sequence of The Battleship Potemkin (1925) Nondiegetic
Eisenstein The Odessa Steps sequence of The Battleship Potemkin (1925)
INFLUENCE on FILM • Alfred Hitchcock’s Shower Scene from • Psycho (1960) • montage • 3 minutes • 50 cuts • extreme close-ups • few medium shots • 7 days to shoot • music: all strings— “The Murder”