Kuleshov...Vertov...Eisenstein...???

Here are three Russian directors who have made an impact on cinema, one way or another through their different styles of editing and techniques.

• Dziga Vertov

Dziga Vertov was born in 1896. He's main aim was to capture actuallity in films. this paved the way for the cinema verite style of documentary making

His famous films include.

• The Man With The Movie Camera .
• Lullaby
• Kino Pravda

He refferred to the camera lens as a second eye and he viewed the filmaking exploits as propaganda tool in which audiences could connect emotionally and empahize with the images and narative stucture in which the film consisted of.

he believed that the camera lens was far greater than the human eye from a visual perspective and he excersized his theory in his films shooting his films from a detatched perspective.

• Sergei Eisenstein

Sergei Esisenstein was born in 1898 and seen as the father of montage. He is a revolutionary film director who's work has influenced many filmakers in the past and present. He stated that montage editing was the essance of cinema. Eisenstein stated that there were four methods of montage

• Metric
• Rhythmic
• Tonal
• Overtonal
• Intellectual

In his films Eisenstein did not use professional actors in any of his productions and often avoided casting star quality.

• Lev Kuleshov

Lev Kuleshov was a soviet filmmaker and also one of the pioneers of the montage theory. He created what was known as the Kuleshov effect, in which he put random images in a sequence, so that his films could emotionally effect the audiences perception. Many directors to this day have studied and applyed this effect in their films.