Man With A Movie Camera Analysis

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Editing and Cinematography Analysis
Introduction
The selected movie for this analysis is the "Man With a Movie Camera" produced by Vertov, 1928. The film presents a man traveling around the city with his camera and capturing different scenes. The man carries the camera over his shoulder and seems to document the life people are leading the urban area. Looking at the movie, we can see the camera man shooting but there is no one footage of what he was capturing is presented in the film. It shows that during the production of the "Man With a Movie Camera" movie, editing and cinematography were useful techniques that contributed to coming up with a meaningful film. Some sequences depict the use of cinematography and editing by Vertov during the making of the movie. The essay utilizes a selected sequence from the movie to discuss the editing and as applied by the producer Vertov. Specifically, the article explains the intended effect of the editing, as well as cinematography, is on the scene.
The selected sequence
One of the compelling sequences from the film appears after playing of the orchestra. Here, the film shows a series of different events that are unrelated. For example, after playing the band, the movie presents a portrait of two people followed by still pictures. A person sleeping on a bench, …show more content…

Through publishing these pieces of different shots to create a series, I think Vertov wanted to present the effect of making the audience understand the difference between a narrative film and a database movie. The notion that the "Man With a Movie Camera" is not a theoretical film emerges as it does not have a basis on a traditional story line. The editing of the database shots also served to change the view of films as not only based on traditional narratives commonly known to be comfortable when

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