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V 080

Otryvok montažnoj frazy iz 4-j časti fil'ma "Čelovek s kinoapparatom" (Auszug einer Montagephrase aus dem 4. Teil des Films "Čelovek s kinoapparatom")
Diagram decoding a so-called 'montage phrase' into quantitive units. On the vertical axis the motifs (described as: "participating people and things") are listed from 1-9: e.g. 1. "Lens", 2. "Man with the Movie Camera", 3. "Movements of bright machines". On the horizontal axis the sequence of shots from 1-31 are noted. The fields that result in the grid are designated with numbers from 0-2. For the motifs 5-7 the word "pauza" [pause] is entered over a large area.
Classification: Handwritten Diagram or Document
Type: Notes
Other publications:
Deutsche und englische Übersetzung und Faksimilierung im Katalog "Die Vertov-Sammlung im ÖFM".
Date: 1928 (?)
Tapematerial: Paper with Handwriting
Original / Reproduction: Original
Comments: A very interesting item, showing one of Vertov’s numerous attempts to treat film as a countable, formalised entity. It remains unclear whether or not the diagram was made before shooting, or only after completion - which might be indicated by its allocation to Part 4 of the film as stated in the title. See also document for the 6th part with the title "Otryvok montažnoj frazy iz 4-j časti fil'ma Čelov. s kinoapparatom".
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Linked with the following movies:

Čelovek s kinoapparatom
(Der Mann mit der Kamera / Man with a Movie Camera)