Man With a Movie Camera.

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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