Describe some of the stylistic conventions associated with the expressionist art movement. + examples of Constructivist art.

Constructivist art mainly focused on industrial production and realistic concepts. Constructivists art uses architectural designs, geometric forms and modest materials as science and building were prioritized over artistic expression. Constructivist art existed of forms that they could draw with practical instruments like compasses and rulers.

The rise of the Soviet Union- Explain how the political, social and economic upheaval created by the aftermath of both the Russian Revolution and WW1 affected the production and content of classic Soviet Constructivist Cinema?

At the time, film and cinema was used as propaganda in order to promote socialist views within the working class with most films portraying the struggles of the working class.

In 1917after the revolution, film makers found new ways to make people respond to a film or shot differently by assembling the shots together depending on what images came before and after such as the Kuleshov Effect.

After the revolution, film was used as a weapon in order to show class struggle and oppression of lower classes under a comunist regime. Film was then cut of by the Stalinist regime as higher classes were scared that film might cause a rise and awakening among the working class.