Eisenstein

I found this article still a little difficult to understand, yet easier to comprehend than what we have previously read. The main point of Eisenstein's article was his explanation of the montage. I thought it was really interesting how he used Japanese culture and applied some of these aspects to the concept of cinematography. For example, he explains, "It is exactly what we do in cinema, combining shots that are depictive, single in meaning, neutral in content, into intellectual concepts and series (129). He later continues to explain his opinion on the concept saying that it's unrolling an idea with the help of single shots and it comes together by combining independent shots. If I'm interpreting this correctly, I was able to see this exemplified in Potemkin. There were a lot of single shots that would separated by other scenes/shots, then repeated again in a single frame. I especially began to notice this with the camera shots of the ocean on either side of the boat as it approached the shore as well as in the fourth part when the ship though enemies were approaching. There were several shots straight on of the cannon. The camera would go back to the other boat then repeat the same shot of the cannon. If I'm interpreting this correctly, I would find it interesting to go back to the other films and see where this takes place and if it has the same effect.