After watching Man with a Movie Camera, I was amazed in how unique the film was. The film is essentially a montage of urban life in Russia during the span of one day. It was nothing I have ever seen before and I have seen thousands of movies during my lifetime. There were a wide variety of unusual camera angles and editing techniques that were seen throughout the course of the film. After watching it a second time, I got a much better understanding of the purpose of the film and its techniques used. I picked on something very interesting that stuck out to me that I did not notice while watching the film in class. The music playing in the background directly correlated with the images on the screen. For example, during the film when the people were rushing through the busy streets, the music was fast and upbeat. Another example of how sound directly corresponds with the film is when the woman is shooting the gun, there is a popping noise as she shoots the rifle. Obviously, these were just a few of the many ways that sound correlates with what was being portrayed on the screen. If you were to just listen and not watch this film, I think you could understand what was happening at the time. Obviously, this film is very erratic but by just listening you could imagine and picture in your mind what could be happening and it is all made possible because of the orchestra.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZkvjWIEcoU
I agree 100%. This early film uses common techniques to attract the audiences attention. Simple techniques that we all know but struggle to use perfectly are displayed(dollys,tracking,film fades as weird as it may seem). These techniques shown are performed well even by todays standards and leaves one to imagine the task it must of been to pull off these techniques so long ago. Man With A Movie Camera was not the first film to use these techniques but was one of the first films to use so many different techniques. There is one rolling shot from a pov perspective of people riding motorcycles that is so smooth it rivals some of todays proffesional rolling shots. Overall I am simply impressed with the amount of shots that we take for granted with knowing they were not all invented over the span of the film camera but mainly at the beginning.
ReplyDeleteI agree 100%. This early film uses common techniques to attract the audiences attention. Simple techniques that we all know but struggle to use perfectly are displayed(dollys,tracking,film fades as weird as it may seem). These techniques shown are performed well even by todays standards and leaves one to imagine the task it must of been to pull off these techniques so long ago. Man With A Movie Camera was not the first film to use these techniques but was one of the first films to use so many different techniques. There is one rolling shot from a pov perspective of people riding motorcycles that is so smooth it rivals some of todays proffesional rolling shots. Overall I am simply impressed with the amount of shots that we take for granted with knowing they were not all invented over the span of the film camera but mainly at the beginning.
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