Man With a Movie Camera
Context – post revolution Propaganda – presentation of ideal soviet community Lenin: importance of cinema in establishing socialism Constructivism & Rodchenko as influence Agit trains and newsreel Other filmmakers: Kuleshov, Eisenstein, Pudovkin Kuleshov effect Vertov & Kino Eye Cinematic achievements in film
Kino-Pravda checklist of essentials for a Kino-Eye filmmaker: 1. rapid means of transport 2. highly sensitive film stock 3. light handheld film cameras 4. equally light lighting equipment 5. a crew of super-swift cinema reporters (etc)
Experimentation
The film drama is the Opium of the people…down with Bourgeois fairy-tale scenarios…long live life as it is! —Dziga Vertov
Dynamic composition
The primacy of the camera
Man and machine in harmony
Comrades in both work and play – emphasis on the individual as part of a whole
The process of filmmaking
The act of spectating