Editing In The Film Dziga Vertov

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“The essence of cinema is editing. It's the combination of what can be extraordinary images of people during emotional moments, or images in a general sense, put together in a kind of alchemy” Francis Ford Coppola [Hollyn, N. (2008)]. “The whole eloquence of cinema is achieved in the editing room” Orson Welles [Ondaatje, M. (2002)]. However, some film critics disagree. Andrè Bazin believed that other components of cinema created the foundation of film and were in fact more valuable and of more importance. He believed that the visual power of cinema and the interpretation of the story should be left entirely to person watching it, without any influence of editing and only with the guidance of the director personal auteur style. The polish filmmaker Dziga Vertov also believed that editing had no place in cinema. Vertov’s documentary style started a experimental film movement called the ‘Cine-Eyes’ which simply meant that the audiences eyes should be the real camera and their perception of the story should not be manipulated by the editor. Vertov like Bazin, believed that editing should not be tolerated in the art form of cinema. …show more content…

Editing brings the film to life, it gives the camera shots and the acting, motion and emotion. It creates suspense and connects objects and themes through an editors cut. While acknowledging the criticisms of Bazin and Vertov, I intend to explore the accomplishments of editors such as D.W. Griffith, Kuleshov, Pudovkin, and Eisenstein, to demonstrate why editing is essential to a film. I will do this by evaluating the long lasting impact their techniques have had on modern day

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