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

Record Details:

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 #:
00025
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 21, 2024
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I THE FILM SCENARIO AND ITS THEORY FOREWORD THE scenarios usually submitted to production firms are marked by a specific character. Almost all represent the primitive narration of some given content, their authors having apparently concerned themselves only with the relation of incident, employing for the most part literary methods, and entirely disregarding the extent to which the material they propose will be interesting as subject for cinematographic treatment. The question of special cinematographic treatment of material is highly important. Every art possesses its own peculiar method of effectively presenting its matter. This remains true, of course, for the film. To work at a scenario without knowing the methods of directorial work, the methods of shooting and cutting a film, is as foolish as to give a Frenchman a Russian poem in literal translation. In order to communicate to the Frenchman the correct impression, one must rewrite the poem anew, with knowledge of the peculiarities of French verse-form. In order to write a scenario suitable for filming, one must know the methods by which the spectator can be influenced from the screen. The opinion is often met with that the scenarist has