Film technique and film acting : the cinema writings of V. I. Pudovkin (1954)

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Title:
Film technique and film acting : the cinema writings of V. I. Pudovkin
Date:
1954
Publisher:
London : Vision Press Limited
Volume:
Film technique and film acting : the cinema writings of V. I. Pudovkin
Leaf #:
0007
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
May 02, 2025
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CONTENTS PAGE Contents — Film Technique (A separate table of contents for FILM ACTING appears at the beginning of that volume. ) Introduction by Lewis Jacobs iii Introduction to the German Edition xiii I. The Film Scenario and Its Theory foreword 1 part i. the scenario 3 The meaning of the "shooting-script"— The construction of the scenario— The theme— The actiontreatment of the theme— Conclusion. PART II. THE PLASTIC MATERIAL 26 The simplest specific methods of shootingMethod of treatment of the material: structural editing— Editing of the scene— Editing of the sequence— Editing of the ScenarioEditing as an instrument of impression: relational editing. II. Film Director and Film Material part i. the peculiarities of film material 51 The film and the theatre— The methods of the film— Film and reality— Filmic space and time —The material of films— Analysis— Editing: the logic of filmic analysis— The necessity to interfere with movement— Organisation of the material to be shot— Arranging setups— The organisation of chance material— Filmic form —The technique of directorial work. PART H. THE DIRECTOR AND THE SCENARIO 93 The director and the scenarist— The environment of the film— The characters in the envir