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International Film Styles: 1920s Soviet Cinema »

jclarke | Friday March 08, 2013

Categories: EDUQAS A2, EDUQAS A Level, Realism, Soviet Montage, Social Realism, Documentary, Man With A Movie Camera, Production Companies, World Cinema, A Level, Film Industry, Film Distribution, Film Analysis, Films & Case Studies, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis

click on image to enlarge Cinema is always evolving. The constantly changing quality of film styles is exciting and since the beginnings of film history many nations around the world have developed their own distinct cinematic style and this continues today in the twenty-first century. During the early part of the twentieth century one country that contributed very significantly to the development of early cinema, was Russia and now, in 2013, almost a century later, the particular film style…
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Man with a Movie Camera Case Study »

Rob Miller | Tuesday November 01, 2011

Categories: EDUQAS A2, EDUQAS A Level, Documentary, Man With A Movie Camera, Silent, World Cinema, A Level, Film Analysis, Films & Case Studies, Genres & Case Studies, Classic, Analysis, Independent

Spectatorship and Documentary Synopsis and Character Profiles Man with a Movie Camera is an innovative silent 1929 Documentary, set in a number of cities in the Soviet Union, including Odessa (near where Eisenstein shot the iconic Odessa Steps sequence in Battleship Potemkin). Fundamentally, and on a manifest level, it is about a day in the life of a city and audiences are introduced to a city literally waking up – individuals washing and bathing, Tram Sheds opening, tramps waking up on park…
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