Blog 3

The film A Man with a Camera was a very interesting film created by Vertov. It seemed like he tried to capture the audience with the whole idea of life and death. That part, in turn gave me chills personally. I’ve always been interested in death and the whole, “what happens after” idea, and he captured all of it beautifully. Overall he seemed like he knew what he was doing when compared to other films we watched. He paid very close and detailed attention by taking certain pictures and images in ways that really impressed me and can probably impress the audience as well. Some examples of interesting sequences of camera shots and clips were actually the part of the woman giving birth, people getting married and death. In a way it showed how life can begin and then inevitably end. No one is immortal. No one can escape death. The scene itself was very interesting because it showed the complete circle of life, from start to finish. It began with the birth of a baby and ending with the death of a man or a woman. By not having sound in the film, he is making you (the audience) think about the scene and really figure out what is actually happening on your own, which I really like. He flashes quickly from one image to another making the viewer decide what’s happening. The cuts in order are important because they can be interpreted differently depending on the order or how one views them in general. By planning the cuts from one image to another in a certain rhythm he made the film seem more realistic and creative as a whole. I also enjoyed how he made the funeral slower than normal, making sure the viewer or audience pay attention to what was going on which almost makes you feel like you’re there, feeling the dread.  Overall, Vertov is a great editor and can really manipulate images which can make the audience feel differently, or make them interpret it differently than others.