Battleship Potemkin

Jordan's response
After viewing the film Battleship Potemkin, I have to say I have mixed feelings about it. The pacing of the film seemed to be a little much because it was only a little over an hour and yet there was a feeling where I thought the movie was over three or four times before it actually was. That being said, the movie was made in a very interesting manner. It is deliberately different in style and shot set up. A lot of the shots seemed to be set up in a way much different than the handful of movies of that era that I've seen. Many of them were almost awkward in their framing of the characters, there was often very little distance between the camera and actors and also it was often at weird angles that aren't normal. Also, the editing gives a kind of amateur feel; however, it seems almost like the filmmakers deliberately made some of the transitions harsh and awkward. To me the theme seemed to be very deliberate and in your face, the whole idea of overthrowing an oppressive authority and working towards the "greater good" of mankind. And of course there is the whole red flag image in the film. It looks as if someone went in and colored each individual frame of the flag red, but for the time this must have been very "innovative" and new, as well as possibly promoting some communist ideas of the country. Overall, I had a somewhat decent experience with this movie and it is definitely worth looking at in film studies.