Vertov, Dziga: Kiev I sent. 28g. celovek s kinoapparatom
Storyboard
Kiev 1 Sept[ember] [19]28
Gun apparatus directs its muzzle towards the city.
1. [Camera] lens with a device, filmed like a gun, lengthways—moves tentatively over the city.
2. [Camera] muzzle of the lens enters the picture, stays still and then wanders on
3. Muzzle of the lens hovers over the city
4. Camera races across the city, like the “Bronze Horseman”
5. Giant c.s.a. [Celovek s kinoapparatom = man with the camera] stands straddle-legged, stares downwards, takes aim and starts to shoot.
6. -- Volleyball net
7. ----------- Window-sill
Score of vision
In several respects, this dated page, which has been cleanly torn out of a grey notebook with squared paper, constitutes a remarkable document deriving from Vertov’s red pen.
To date, no comparable example is known in which the glowing champion of documentary film made a preparatory list of camera shots, picture contents and compositions and extensively commented upon them. Although it is not...
Storyboard
Kiev 1 Sept[ember] [19]28
Gun apparatus directs its muzzle towards the city.
1. [Camera] lens with a device, filmed like a gun, lengthways—moves tentatively over the city.
2. [Camera] muzzle of the lens enters the picture, stays still and then wanders on
3. Muzzle of the lens hovers over the city
4. Camera races across the city, like the “Bronze Horseman”
5. Giant c.s.a. [Celovek s kinoapparatom = man with the camera] stands straddle-legged, stares downwards, takes aim and starts to shoot.
6. -- Volleyball net
7. ----------- Window-sill
Score of vision
In several respects, this dated page, which has been cleanly torn out of a grey notebook with squared paper, constitutes a remarkable document deriving from Vertov’s red pen.
To date, no comparable example is known in which the glowing champion of documentary film made a preparatory list of camera shots, picture contents and compositions and extensively commented upon them. Although it is not...
- 4/23/2011
- MUBI
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