Man With A Movie Camera 1929

I'm really not a big fan of silent black and white movies, but watching this particular movie really grasp my attention. I found it very interesting that the editor can perfectly line the cuts throughout the movie with the music. For example, there was a part in the movie where the people were slowing down, and the editor also made the music slow down as well. To me, it seems like you'll need a lot of patients and skills to execute that. I also found that the birth scene was very shocking to me as well. I would have never expected it from an old fashioned movie. I love who the editor can capture "real-life" in his project, and show what people go through on a daily basis.  I would also  like to point out that this movie, (as discussed in class), is self-conscious. This movie make the audience aware that they are being manipulated. I find it very funny when I'm watching  a comedy show, that the actors would sometimes inform the views that they "know" their acting, and it's all fake. We also discussed before class that Vertov's wife got him into filming as well. Since this movie dated back to 1929, today, 2015, I still see a lot of filming techniques that were used in the past that transitioned over years later. That is how you know that media is a very powerful source,