CIN201Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Chess Fever, Soviet Montage Theory, Creative Geography
T.A.: Dan Laurin Oct. 28, 2016
CIN201 TUTORIAL 7
SOVIET MONTAGE “Chess Fever” & “The Mother”
“CHESS FEVER”
• Synthetic woman at beginning
- Reverse example of CREATIVE GEOGRAPHY
- Montage makes two bodies into one
- Creative geography creates a coherent space out of places that are not actually linked
geographically
- Like a “highlight reel” of space (expediency, aesthetics)
Ex. when fiancé throws his things out
KULESHOV EFFECT
• The associations we make, we infer the emotional response
• The combination of shots overrides the meaning of the individual shots (meaning making
+ significance)
Ex. “Chess Fever” famous chess stars staring happily at loving couple (just them
smiling into the camera)
PUDOVKIN: FILM TECHNIQUE
• CONTRAST = dissimilarities between shots forces the spectator to view contrast, one
shot strengthening the other
• Facial expressions
Ex. mother’s love vs. emotion-less police, courtroom scene (careless judges vs. mother
who cares deeply)
• PARALLELISM = two thematically unconnected things that develop in parallel
Ex. the rushing crowd vs. flow of water breaking ice (symbolically linking—not casual or
temporal)
• SYMBOLISM = when one image stands in to represent something else; relating them to
the bigger concept, introducing a theme (more to do with meaning, less to do with
visuals)
• LEIT-MOTIF = repeating symbolism to represent a theme (a newness, that is a recurring
theme)
“THE MOTHER”: FILM CLIP
- Contrast clasped hands compared to raised hand
- Leit-Motif repetition of men dismounting horses (more of a feeling of dread and space
when shown multiple times)
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Document Summary
Soviet montage chess fever & the mother . Creative geography creates a coherent space out of places that are not actually linked geographically. Like a highlight reel of space (expediency, aesthetics) Kuleshov effect: the associations we make, we infer the emotional response, the combination of shots overrides the meaning of the individual shots (meaning making. Chess fever famous chess stars staring happily at loving couple (just them smiling into the camera) Pudovkin: film technique: contrast = dissimilarities between shots forces the spectator to view contrast, one shot strengthening the other, facial expressions. Ex. mother"s love vs. emotion-less police, courtroom scene (careless judges vs. mother who cares deeply: parallelism = two thematically unconnected things that develop in parallel. Contrast clasped hands compared to raised hand. Leit-motif repetition of men dismounting horses (more of a feeling of dread and space when shown multiple times)
