THTRFLM 1T03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Soviet Montage Theory, Medium Shot, Establishing Shot
25 Jul 2016
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Continued of standard chc editing pattern of a scene: Good and bad being compared through the editing. Good girl/ good boy and bad girl/bad boy. All about establishing the spacial norms so the audience is not confused. New soviet state had certain practical demands for its art: didactic. Still appealing enough to be popular: must reach radically dispersed populations. Silent films: a movement that the government could support, a modern aesthetic. Art that isn"t only concerned with beauty and aesthetics. Not autonomous, or independent of society (must be new, Art akin to labour- should serve a basic, social function. The element of film that was thought to best serve a constructivist purpose was a montage. Film not natural outgrowth of reality, but a strategic assemblage of bits and pieces emotional and intellectual response (very brechtian) Films should be constructed through editing to evoke an immediate.
