The Soviet Fine Art movement – Task 2

The expressionist art movement was made up by work produced by workers, painters, printmakers and photographers to portray real socio-political issues and conditions that the working class were affected by. Known as social realism.

The Stalin Cult: Painting and Socialist Realism – Russian History Blog
Morning of the Motherland
Stalin and Voroshilov in the Kremlin
Revolution in the head: The kings of constructivism | The Independent | The  Independent
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classic soviet constructive films – blog task 4

The Communard’s Pipe 1929

Jules starves while the people rise up and uphold their commune in the streets of Paris. His father joins the revolutionaries, taking his son, whose enthusiasm and pipe are quickly noticed by both his comrades and his enemies, which leads to an appalling ending.

https://doclisboa.org/2020/en/filmes/the-communards-pipe/

Battleship Potemkin

Battleship Potemkin brought Eisenstein’s theories of cinema art to the world in a powerful showcase; his emphasis on montage, his stress of intellectual contact, and his treatment of the mass

Battleship Potemkin is a silent film about the time of the war with Russia. Many sailors on the Battleship Potemkin are outraged when they come to find out that maggots are in the food that they are being served. The sailors start to form a riot in the hopes of getting control so they can be treated better.

https://www.google.com/search?q=what+is+battleship+potemkin+about&safe=active&rlz=1C1GCEA_enJE970JE970&biw=1920&bih=937&ei=Hg4zYqqfBJTC8gKr0Lr4Aw&oq=what+is+battleship+p&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAEYADIFCAAQgAQyBggAEBYQHjIGCAAQFhAeMgYIABAWEB4yBggAEBYQHjIGCAAQFhAeMgYIABAWEB4yBggAEBYQHjIGCAAQFhAeMgYIABAWEB46CAgAEIAEELADOgcIABCwAxAeOgcIABCABBAKSgQIQRgBSgQIRhgAUKcEWI8ZYM8maAFwAHgAgAFeiAHHA5IBATeYAQCgAQHIAQrAAQE&sclient=gws-wiz&surl=1

Battleship Potemkin - Cinema on Paper

Man with a Movie Camera

A Man with a Movie Camera is more of an experience to than just a regular movie. A casual movie goer could consider it dull or boring, but this film is visually impressive and still holds up to today. It holds many secrets on having and attaining visually appealing shots.

https://www.google.com/search?safe=active&sa=X&bih=937&biw=1920&rlz=1C1GCEA_enJE970JE970&hl=en&q=Man+with+a+Movie+Camera&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgVeLUz9U3MLRMtsgxki7OL8tMLVFIzs8rLikqTS7JLMsszlVIy8zJLT7FiFB4ipEbzDYoSLbMyDvFyAXi5aWXJJWlQzmW6RZlRhlQjnl5fKVJ2ilGXv10fUPDJHOTkqq8ChOQIUC-kVFueUFWNkw2K7fQrNC8OPkR4zcmboGXP-4JS71hmrTm5DXGp0xcAj75-cWpOZVBqTmJJakpIflCulxsrnklmSWVQrxS3FxgF5qnVaWbGYlwQczLNstOzkixKBCY_2Aao9BqRi7u4NSSkHzf_JTMtEqh2YxCMxixGKsHN5ZPiocL7AnTsirjqkIc5oagGusq5MzF6Zuam5RaVOyfJqTMxeWcn5OTCgzP_DwhUSlhLkH9ZLiAPjh4lXiDOEDWGJVV5B1gZLJi0mBSKjKK33Vp2jm2SME3M_7_vz0zwEFKU0uIi92z2Cc_OTFH0HfuxyNuW_faawlzcYQkVuTn5edWCur-NIhvef7OXkmR83uRUcM134f2grz7GBJEdCUPSDArMGgwGF6-xv6ALf7Xfi0GoE1N-1YcYuPgYBRgMGLiYKhi4FnEKu6bmKdQnlmSoZCo4AtKEQrOibmpRYkT2BgBJrBrxzACAAA

Part documentary and part cinematic art, this film follows a city in the 1920s Soviet Union throughout the day, from morning to night.

Poster for Dziga Vertov's 'Man With A Movie Camera' by Georgii And Vla –  Flashbak Shop

All these films are soviet constructivism films as they all have a deeper meaning that the directors have conveyed.

constructivist art

Constructivism Art Movement: A Guide to Constructivist Art - 2022 -  MasterClass
Russian Constructivism art style at Michael Arnold Art

Constructivist art aimed to reflect modern industrial society and urban space. The movement rejected decorative stylization in favour of the industrial assemblage of materials. Constructivists were in favour of art for propaganda, and were associated with Soviet socialism, the Bolsheviks.

The Weimar republic (1918-1933)

1. The social disruptions and economic shortages of the Weimar Republic gave rise to new techniques and styles in German film-making dubbed Expressionism.

2. Unable to afford large casts or sets, directors looked for different cinematic and production techniques to render style, character and emotion.

3. Expressionist film-makers like F. W. Murnau and Fritz Lang were also concerned with darker storylines and themes, including horror and crime.

4. Expressionist directors developed innovative techniques, such as new uses for light, contrast, camera angles and movement.

5. These directors and their innovations came to influence the wealthier and more prolific film studios in Hollywood.

Source: https://alphahistory.com/weimarrepublic/weimar-cinema/#:~:text=1.,render%20style%2C%20character%20and%20emotion.

how does the gerasimov institute operate now? – blog task 3

The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography was also known as the Moscow film school of cinematography.

From 1934 to 1991 the Moscow film school (the oldest film school in the world) operated as an All-Union State Institute of Cinematography. The institute became a university in 2008 and has continued to be a university since.

Now as the school is a university there are many different faculties which have relation to the film industry.

Footage All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK). (1946 - 1965)
Russian State University of Cinematography SA Gerasimov – Free-Apply.com
CILECT – CILECT CONGRESS 2019