Battleship Potemkin

 In the film Battleship Potemkin by Sergei Eisenstein, demonstrated how a collage moving images known as a montage can create an emotional effect rather than a logical narrative sequence. After watching the film I was taken back by the shock and sadness I was feeling. The filmmakers did a good job of creating a story that showed the emotions of the people who were in the film, even though there were only a few words spoken throughout. The film was about members of the military walking around and killing citizens. The film showed how these citizens were scared and frantically running for their life. A scene that was very moving in the film was that a little boy had gotten shot. While the mother had an opportunity to keep running, she instead turned around, picked up her son and carried him to the soldiers for help. Instead of the soldiers helping her they shot and killed her. This film brought out many emotions and also the realization of what many had to go through during their life of having the military in control. Overall, the filmmakers did a really good job of showing hoe images can create an emotional effect.

Some key points that stood out in chapter 1 for myself were how motion pictures become a thing, Thomas Edison, and how Warner Bros began. The idea of cinema came around 1872 and was "perfected" in 1890 by a French inventor, Louis Le Prince. While watching these short films, I found it very fascinating to see how much more opportunities filmmakers have today. I was also surprised to find that Thomas Edison owned the patent for capturing and projecting motion pictures so if you wanted to movie in the early 1900s you had to pay Edison. Around the year of 1927 Sam Warner thought that sound in films would be a great idea, which they then released The Jazz Singer, which became a huge hit and many production companies began to follow if they had the money for it.

In the reading it also spoke about the Golden Age. This time in Hollywood was dominated by eight powerful studios. These major studios relied on only one or two central producers rather than allowing actual filmmakers such as writers, directors, and actors, to control the creative process. Doing this probably helped these studios save money and also let the owners be a part of the creating the movies they were showing. During this time studious also stood by the house style, which meant creating a studio that made the very best version of that film.

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