Evan Thomas French New Wave v Soviet Montage The differences between soviet montage and French new wave cinema are interesting and many. Both genres of film seek to create contrast between adjacent shots via discontinuity editing‚ but subtle differences in their editing styles allow this contrast to produce very different results. In French new wave editing is used to both draw the audience in‚ and push them away‚ it draws the audience’s attention and inspires distaste. Soviet montage on the other
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Biography: Igor Stravinsky Learning Igor Stravinsky’s life was very inspiring in many ways. One of the most inspiring trait of Igor Stravinsky was his drive to become a composer. He had the mindset of becoming a composer although every aspect in his life went towards a different path. This composer had contributed new insights to classical music in his time. His work was highly praised by the people in the industry that it was influential to every aspiring music composers. He introduced many methods
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“No era has done more to define the image and essence of ballet than the Romantic decades…” (Garafola‚ 1997‚ p.1). Just like the Romantic Era‚ Romantic ballets were irrational‚ mystical and exotic; Romantic characteristics from other art forms influenced their creation (Wilson‚ 1974). Notable choreographers like Perrot‚ Taglioni‚ Corali and Petipa created ballet blancs which acted as models for the rest of the era. A Romantic ballet had to incorporate specific characteristics in its storyline‚ setting
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Today‚ ballet is one of the oldest art forms still studied. It’s regal and graceful steps were originally intended as entertainment for the French Royalty. Knowing that it originated in France‚ how did it get to Russia? The Vaganova School in Russia is one of the most prestigious yet strict ballet schools of the world. The Bolshoi Company is known for their flawless choreography and technique‚ which is often flaunted at the Mariinsky Theatre. Since ballet in Russia is so prominent‚ sometime in Russia’s
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Art328 Film As Art Battleship Potemkin 1. Cinematic montage is a technique of film editing that uses short shots edited together to into a sequence to condense time‚ space and information. The Russian directors took the word montage to mean creative editing and considered this editing practice to have symbolic meaning as well. 2. Beginning in Eisenstein’s earlier days in theater production‚ He coined the notion of a “Montage of Attractions”. He envisioned the theater in terms of a
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Eisenstein’s Soviet contemporary Dziga Vertov stridently criticized Eisenstein’s commitment to narrative film. Nevertheless‚ Vertov obviously learned from Eisenstein and applied the theory of montage to his documentary ideal of presenting "life caught unaware." Vertov’s The Man with the Movie Camera (1929) took montage to lengths beyond Eisenstein; indeed‚ Vertov’s elaborate‚ often frenetic montage was unmatched until the era of music video. Montage theory: Eisenstein‚ Vertov‚ and Hitchcock 2:
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Born in 1882 in Oranienbaum‚ Russia‚ a city southwest of St. Petersburg‚ Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was a Russian/American composer who was described as one of the most important composers in the 20th century. Stravinsky was even named by Time Magazine’ as one of the most influential people of the century. Stravinsky made many special contributions to music in the 20th century which were wide and varied. His material was raw and produced a fresh and new sound for the 20th century world of music
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History of Jerome Robbins 1918-1998 Jerome Robbins is known as a world-renowned choreographer of ballets created for the New York City Ballet‚ Ballets U.S.A.‚ American Ballet Theatre‚ and other international companies. In addition he also received recognition for his work don’t in commercial theater. He was a director of musicals‚ plays‚ and movies and television programs. This dual interest produced a staggering number of ballets and staging of musical plays‚ notable for their diversity
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The Man with a Movie Camera is an experimental 1929 silent documentary film that was created in black and white by Russian director Dziga Vertov. This is a film without scenario and actors but Vertov used different music to bring out slow and fast rhythm. He used the camera to capture real happen and he wanted to show everyday life to the audiences. Vertov used many cinematic techniques to make his film more vivid such as double exposure‚ fast and slow motions‚ freeze frames‚ split screens‚ different
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Before the Industrialization‚ Russia’s factories were unable to produce sufficient amounts of weapons‚ munitions‚ and machinery. Due to this Russia had fewer chances to win a battle or protect its territories against intruders. Later they would find out in the Crimean War that they would need to Industrialize which would make the government spend more money on weapons and machinery. Russia Had a huge problem; their railway system was woeful and inadequate. They had insufficient rail lines and rolling
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