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 #:
00049
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
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Date Added:
August 01, 2024
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ON FILM TECHNIQUE 25 4. Closer, — The woman with her head hanging back, her eyes staring at the lens. Mix. 5. The torn flag flutters in the wind. Slow fade-out. This is an example of a slow, solemn, introductory sequence. The mixes^re used to emphasise the slowness. The " pan " gives the same effect, and the fades separate the sequence into a separate independent motif. Now an example of a dynamic sequence in heightened editing tempo. 1 . From the corner rushes a crowd of workmen. They run towards the lens ; the figures flee rapidly past it. 2. A workman leaps over a great crowbar and runs on. He suddenly stops, and calls : Title : " Save the first shop ! " 3. A second workman clambers on to a crane. 4. Steam streams upwards. A frenzied siren shrieks. 5. The workman on the crane bends over and looks downwards. 6. The running crowd of workpeople {taken from above). 7. The workman on the crane calls with all his strength : Title (in large letters) : " SAVE THE FIRST SHOP ! "