Soviet Montage

[DuhNay20]

I'm confused on the difference of Soviet Montage vs. a Montage sequence. A Montage Sequence is supposed to summarize a topic and passes time, but a soviet montage is what? How do you explain it??

[SpikeTheSpiker]

wow nice.

[lefrenchwondur]

great work. great film.

[pankakes105]

nice cinematography dude! :D

[ZedBe100]

yo dude. what did you get for this, this is awsome and perfectly displays Soviet montage dawg. This is too nice. what programme did you use for this dude? too freakin' awsome. I looked at it so to study for my television exam. it was all I needed.

[PlaxinProductions]

@ZedBe100: It was editing on Final Cut pro 5 at the time. Shot on a DVX100b.

[exDeathex]

Pretty well shot and a nice story.

[maxstez]

wow, nice, im going to be doing something similar for my project :) im reeallyy excited, this is amazing well done :)

[jenjermann02]

Yo, did you attend Ai?

[PlaxinProductions]

about 3 years ago.

[paulamolinamir]

@jenjermann02 hahaha I was thinking THE SAME THING!

[jenjermann02]

@paulamolinamir LOL, thinking the same thing, how? About Ai?

[cokatcolaaah]

AMAZING! I'm working on a music video right now for my film class. And maybe I could share it with you sometime.:)

[FontyHamburg]

amazing work!!

[houndson]

is the backround music came from "Enemy at the Gates" ?

[nirvana2187]

could you tell me what this was shot on?

[PlaxinProductions]

a Panasonic dvx100b

[dreamblufilms]

I enjoyed this thoroughly great cinematography and acting!! I too am in film school!

[Trip313]

great work man, some real gorgeous shots

im working on an essay about Soviet montage so thats how i stumbled upon this

but as people have said, its not real Soviet montage, although i have a sneaky suspicion you stole the theme of Water from Pudovkins "Mother" eh? eh?

[PlaxinProductions]

haha its only called "Soviet Montage" because it was for a film studies class and the task was to make soviet montage based on what we'd learned. I got a good mark,probobly just because it looked good, not because it was specifically soviet montage :P. As for the theme of Water from Pudovkins "Mother" I have no idea what that is.

[mediaedwales]

Excellent piece of work (but it's not Soviet montage in my book).

[Feuillade]

I agree. Nicely done, but not even remotely Soviet-style montage.

[exDeathex]

Yeah I was waiting for it and I was like, "huh"?

[Suckbe420]

Holy Shit! This is better than 'Arsenal'!

[PlaxinProductions]

The music is from Enemy at the Gates (so yes James Horner)

:)

[Krosmer]

Fantastic! I love it. May I ask what type of camera you used to shoot it? It looks very cinematic and the aspect ratio looks like 2.35:1 as opposed to regular 16:9 so... I'm just curious, since I'm aiming for the same type of look in my own film. Great work!

[PlaxinProductions]

Its was shot on a mini dv DVX100b. and originally shot 4:3. We put electrical tape over the LCD so we would frame things properly, then went into post and added the letterbox.

[Krosmer]

Awesome! this rocks... I have to make a Soviet montage but am stuck for ideas... where's the music from? sounds like something by James Horner

[badmanforlife]

What gave you the idea for this project?

[LeeDeeYa]

very beautiful. i love the part where he picks up the ball.

[onyxdragonlair]

That was really good. Stuff like this happens. But you know what they say, "People don't kill people. Tennis rackets kill people." Sorry, lame. Excellent work, again.

[WhoIsSage]

well done. I really enjoyed that

[FilmsFromGrey]

...that was pretty powerful, ha ha. good stuff.

[Recres]

very nice. What is the componist of that music. You can wath my short films also

Greetz

[VNeck22]

A well done short film, but isn't Soviet montage all about the juxtaposition of images to create meaning? You create ideas through juxtaposition, but no single image contains the idea on its own. This film is pretty straightforward... the idea (a statement on violence and rage) is presented pretty explicitly. I don't know if it qualifies as a Soviet Montage. It's good though!

[stargirl3mcflyfan]

I agree, the editing and cinematography is beautiful, but I don't quite understand where the Soviet Montage is. The shots and editing relate to 1920s Soviet cinema, but there is no juxtaposition of images as Eisenstein used, and therefore no 'Soviet Montage'. Amazing piece otherwise though :D x

[pipefx64]

yeah this looks more like it's someone trying to make something which looks like soviet montage without having actually engaged with any of eisenstien's theories

[eventheinnocent]

wow, what a jerk

[vperson]

Awesome man. Well done.

[t0mmyk1nz]

He over reacted.

[darthwilson]

Pretty Cool

[iglitchhalo2]

what is the music ?, its sounds familar

[wolfpawz]

This is so beautiful. Every shot is just so well done and you can tell how planed out all this was.

[PlaxinProductions]

haha, funny you say that. it was actually shot on the spot. no previous storyboard or shot list. thanks for all the coments by the way.

[doisneau]

Wow, that really contained some tension. This is great work.

[joebasara]

Metaphor for anger? The guy in the black hood won ultimately.

[lightnindork11]

Dude, i still get chills everytime i watch this, good stuff, good stuff.