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

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22 PUDOVKIN horse. A figure cowers into the corner of the waggon, trying to wrap itself in an old soldier's cloak for protection against the penetrating wind. A passer-by, coming towards the waggon, pauses, standing inquisitively. The driver turns to him. Title : " Is it far to Nakhabin ? " The pedestrian answers, pointing with his hand. The waggon sets onward, while the passerby stares after it and then continues on his way. Scene 2. — A peasant hut. In the corner on a bench, lies an old man covered with rags ; he breathes with difficulty. An old woman is busying herself about the hearth and irritably clattering among the pots. The sick man turns himself round painfully and speaks to her. Title : " // sounds as if some one were knocking'' The old woman goes to the window and looks out. Title : " Imagination, Mironitch ; the door rattles in the wind" A scenario written in this way, already divided into separate scenes and with titles, forms the first phase of filmic overhaul. But it is still far from the workingscript, referred to above, already fully prepared for