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Dziga Vertov
Дзига Вертов
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2 January 1896 - 12 February 1954
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Denis Arkadyevich Kaufman, or Dziga Vertov (21.12.1895 - 12.02.1954), is known to Russian cinema as a director and screenwriter of documentary newsreels and TV magazines. After graduating from the Psychoneurological Institute, Dziga Vertov began his career with the secretary of the Chronicle Department of the Moscow Film Committee of the People's Commissariat of Industry. His specific education subsequently had a strong impact on his career. Vertov not only shot pictures in a new style, but also
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Denis Arkadyevich Kaufman, or Dziga Vertov (21.12.1895 - 12.02.1954), is known to Russian cinema as a director and screenwriter of documentary newsreels and TV magazines. After graduating from the Psychoneurological Institute, Dziga Vertov began his career with the secretary of the Chronicle Department of the Moscow Film Committee of the People's Commissariat of Industry. His specific education subsequently had a strong impact on his career. Vertov not only shot pictures in a new style, but also worked with the theory of the psychology of filming, becoming the author of futuristic manifestos.
His first works were episodic newsreels devoted to the most important current events of that time. He participates in the editing of “Cinemadel”, as well as “Anniversaries of the Revolution” (1918), “Opening the Relics of Sergei Radonezhsky” (1920) and “Trains of the VTsIK” (1921). Dziga Vertov treated the installation with a share of creativity, finding new approaches and giving a certain rhythm to the video sequence. Thanks to his professional search, the opinion began to spread in the field of cinema that with the help of editing it is possible to create a new, conventional space and time, which is formed thanks to the huge constructive possibilities of the creative process.
In 1922-1925, Dziga Vertov, together with his partners, worked on issues of the monthly screen magazine "Kinopravda", which, compared with "Kinodela", has a wider coverage of recorded phenomena of life. As part of the program, Vertov works on stories about political events, industry, agriculture and culture. It also included episodes from the everyday life of peasants and workers.
During his creative years, Dziga Vertov shot a great many films, for which a new style of editing is typical. Basically, these are documentary films and newsreels, united by a fresh sense of rhythm and the active action of what is happening. Such works include Walk, Council! (1925) and The Sixth Part of the World (1926).
"Man with a movie camera" (1929), Enthusiasm: Symphony of Donbass (1930), Three Songs About Lenin (1934) and Lullaby (1937). /