Video Unit
History,Production Process,Cameras
&Styles
Film History & Theory
• Ricciotto Camudo
• Eisenstein
• Kuleshov
Camudo
• Italian-first to detail thoughts on film theory
• The Birth of the Sixth Art, published as early as 1911,
• Argued that the cinema synthetized the spatial arts
(architecture, sculpture and painting) with the
temporal arts (music and dance).
Einsenstein
• known for his creative use of Montages
• Famous film “The BattleShip Potemkin”
• Soviet Montage style and theory was founded
by him
Eisenstein Montage
Theory
• Style of editing offers discontinuity in graphic
qualities,
• violations of the 180 degree rule, and the
creation of impossible spatial matches.
Eisenstein Montage
Theory
• 180 degree rule
• film editing guideline that states that two
characters (or other elements) in the same
scene should always have the same left/right
relationship to each other.
Eisenstein Montage
Theory
• 180 degree rule
• Example of an action scene, such as a car
chase, if a vehicle leaves the right side of the
frame in one shot, it should enter from the left
side of the frame in the next shot.
180 Degree Rule
Einsenstein Methods of
Montage
1.Metric
2.Rhythmic
3.Tonal
4.Overtonal
5.Intellectual montage
Einsenstein Methods of
Montage
Metric - where the editing follows a specific
number of frames, cutting to the next shot no
matter what is happening within the image.
• This montage is used to elicit the most basal
and emotional of reactions in the audience.･
Metric montage example from Eisenstein's
October.
Einsenstein Methods of
Montage
October -
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Einsenstein Methods of
Montage
Rhythmic:
• includes cutting based on time, but using the visual composition
of the shots
• along with a change in the speed of the metric cuts
to induce more complex meanings than what is possible
with metric montage.
•Once sound was introduced, rhythmic montage also included
audial elements (music, dialogue, sounds)
Einsenstein Methods of
Montage
Example of Rhythmic montage:
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Einsenstein Methods of
Montage
Rhythmic : where there is three way dual : director Sergio Leone
Movie the good the bad and the ugly
Einsenstein Methods of
Montage
Exercise:
1. In groups of 3 or 4 create a story board using the Einsenstein
Methods of Montage. You must use themes that are line with the
Catholic Values. For example good vs evil.
2. The Story Board must have a min. of 15 frames. Totaling 30
seconds.
3. The story Board must have sound and video sections clearly
labeled. (refer to chapter 4 in digital overdrive)
4. This will be collected.