Sunday 13 March 2011

Battleship Potemkin

Wow, truly amazing sequence from Sergei Eisenstein's timeless classic, Battleship Potemkin.

Obviously this is the Odessa steps part and watching it all the wya through it is pretty phenomenal piece of film making.

The wide angle shots of the crowds combined with close up reaction shots of the horror unfolding makes for a great scene.  The cutting is quite fast and it's probably one of the earliest examples of action cutting.  The baby rolling down the steps is a perfect example of keeping the line of action continuous and also cutting on the action is evident throughout.

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