Monday, January 10, 2011
Battleship Potemkin
Battleship Potemkin has so far been the most interesting silent film we have watched. In the other silent films we watched it will focus on one shot for an extended time before changing angles, something as viewers today we're not used to. In Battleship Potemkin there were more angles and a shot was not as prolonged as the other silent films we watched. This made viewing it a little easier as you wouldn't get bored would a continuous shot. It was intriguing how Vakulinchuk was buried in a similar way to Lenin in how he was preserved in a tent making him look like a hero, which he was in the film. The anoymity of most characters in the film I believe refers to how the Soviets didn't want individuals to stand out, but that everyone was equal and no one would excel over another.
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I agree, like I said, it was the most interesting and was a lot easier to watch, keeping me interested and not really "zoning out".
ReplyDeleteVakulinchuk was buried the exact way Lenin was. I believe Eisenstein intention was to make the people realize that a proletariat should of been the figure. Someone that was on the same side.
ReplyDeleteI agree about the use of different kind of cinematography - it was easier on the eyes as a whole because it's similar to what we watch in the present era.
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