The two major pioneers of early cinema in both Soviet Russia and America‚ they were D.W Griffith who developed continuity editing through practice‚ he enhanced film as if it were theatre as if it was in real space and time‚ whereas Sergei Eisenstein who initially developed montage further through the theory‚ he did this by breaking the confines of time and space in order to communicate new abstract ideas. In 1918 Eisenstein wrote a manifesto‚ The Montage of Attractions‚ this developed Lev Kuleshov
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Death of Mr. Shimerda The immigrants faced many hardships when they came to America. The longing for their old lifestyles and having the language barrier often place them at high risk of committing suicide. In My Antonia‚ by Willa Cather‚ Mr. Shimerda was one of those unfortunate people. Many circumstances had led to his death‚ which had tremendous effect on his family and people around him. Mr. Shimerda came to America with his family from Bohemia in order to start a new life. He and his wife
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agriculture‚ multiple transformations occurred due to the decisions of both Peter Stolypin and Sergei Witte. These transformations as a whole from both men were successful in moving Russia forward and improving the areas of which they focused. For example Witte improved Russia’s production of raw material during the “great spurt” and stolypin reformed agriculture through things such as the strip system. Sergei Witte contributed massively to the industrial and economic expansion in Russia in the 1890s
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Essay title: Discuss the impact that *…..* had on the world of classical ballet. The Ballet Russe Dance‚ as we know it today‚ has evolved into a tremendously popular aesthetically pleasing form of entertainment. It merges with other forms of art to create one master piece‚ a sort of melting pot of art. Before the time of Diaghilev and the Ballet Russe‚ dancing was not nearly as exciting and stimulating to watch‚ much less as popular. In the mere twenty years of its existence‚ “the Ballet Russe
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How is the audience positioned to respond to the films of Eisenstein? How does he achieve these reactions in both Battleship Potemkin and Strike? Sergei Eisenstein was a Russian propagandist during the Bolshevik Revolution in the 1920’s and recognised and then created film to be used as a propaganda tool to represent communist social messages. Soviet montage film was an advanced style of cinema that used advanced‚ unique editing and clever use of camera angles and distances that encouraged an active
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LECTURE 15 From Romanticism to Modernism – Ballet Thursday‚ May 22 Announcements and Reminders Concert reports due no later than today Paper due date: Tuesday‚ June 3 Final: Not cumulative (starts after Beethoven) Wed.‚ June 11‚ 12-2pm Similar format as midterm Study guide to come next week Outline I. Late Romantic Ballet (traditional) a. Tchaikovsky – Sleeping Beauty II. Music in the Age of Modernism: The 20th Century III. Modern Ballets a. Debussy – Prelude to the Afternoon
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Jay. 1983 Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film. Princeton: Princeton University Press Salys‚ Rimgaila. 1993. The Musical Comedy Films of Grigorii Aleksandrov. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Sheehan‚ Thomas W. 2006. Montage joyce: Sergei eisenstein‚ dziga vertov‚ and "ulysses" Stollery‚ Martin. 2002. Eisenstein‚ shub and the gender of the author as producer. Film History 14‚ no. 1‚ Film/Music: pp. 87-99. Taylor‚ Richard and Ian Christie Youngblood‚ Denise J. 1993. The Magic Mirror:
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Composer Biography Pick a composer who has not been discussed in the course‚ and research the answers to the following questions. Composer: _Maurice Ravel________________ Born (year and city): _1875‚ Ciboure‚ France__ Died (year and city): __1937‚ Paris__________ 1. With which period or movement is he most commonly associated? While some scholars argue that Ravel’s musical aesthetic was closest to the Impressionism of Claude Debussy‚ many others say that he developed a musical
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PROGRAMME Sonata No.52 in E flat major‚ Hob. XVI: 52‚ First movement: Allegro……………………………………………… J. Haydn (1732-1809) Nocturne in F major‚ Op.15‚ No.1……………………………... F. Chopin (1810-1849) Prelude in D major‚ Op.23‚ No.4……………………………… S. Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Alla Turca Jazz …………………………………………………………W. A. Mozart (1756-1791) Arranged by Fazil Say (b. 1970) To avoid discomfort to yourself and others‚ please switch off your mobile
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Enrico Cecchetti: the Man that Revolutionized the World of Ballet “Aim at softness and ease in your performance of a dance. Endeavor that all shall be harmonious. However hard you work at your lessons or at rehearsals‚ let none of this effort be visible in your performance. There must be no sign of concentration‚ exertion‚ or tension. All must be free and natural. For the true art is that which conceals the labor that produced it (Enrico Cecchetti)”. Born in a dressing room of a Roman theatre Enrico
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