Shot Change Constructs a New Perspective

        Shot Change constructs a New Perspective         The traditional rules for editing from shot to shot had always tried to give the impression of a continuous action taking place in front of the camera. Dziga Vertov, the director, contested this old-fashioned filming style in the movie Man with a Movie Camera. Using multiple shot changes and variations Vertov strayed away from the norm and created a novel technique. He strongly thought that, as a whole, the …showed first 75 words of 1030 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1030 total…especially camera work. One huge development was the creation of trick photography. The third reason for this movie surrounded a more global idea. Vertov designed the movie to try to jump start film as a means of communication. He wanted film to become the universal language binding all nations, ethnicities, and languages. The camera would become 'a cinema-eye more perfect than the human eye for exploring the chaos of visual phenomena filling the universe.'