RUS 2104 Russian Cinema MidTerm preparation 2011 Date
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RUS 2104 Russian Cinema Mid-Term preparation 2011
Date of exam October 31 st at 11: 30 a. m. 20% of the final grade } No books, notes or electronic devices allowed. } Duration: 1 hour 20 min. } Grade distribution: Question 1 – 5/20 Question 2 – 5/20 Question 3 – 10/20 }
What you ought to know… Please study carefully the films Battleship Potemkin and Ivan the Terrible I & II by Sergei Eisenstein, as well as Man with a Movie Camera by Dziga Vertov. } Review the slide presentations on the course website, as well as your notes. } You should also be familiar with the materials in the course pack up to and including the chapter by Peter Kenez on Socialist Realism. }
Question 1 } You will be asked to identify and comment in two or three paragraphs on a short piece of film, to be shown towards the beginning of the mid-term. Your comments should tell briefly the nature of the episode shown, as well as how it is filmed and how it fits into the overall structure of the film. (5/20)
Part B } You will be asked to identify briefly (in two or three sentences) five films, concepts or individuals (as they relate to film). (5/20).
Part C } } Respond (in at least three paragraphs) to ONE of the following topics. There will be a choice between only two of these questions on the actual examination sheet. (10/20).
Questions } 1. What religious motifs do you discern in Battleship Potemkin? Explain their meaning. } 2. Discuss the sets and lighting used in Ivan the Terrible. What is their overall effect on the viewer? } 3. How did the new orientation of Soviet culture in the 1930 s affect film?
Questions (cont. ) } 4. How is Man with a Movie Camera structured? Does its structure reflect the underlying ideas presented at the beginning of the film? } 5. What is the ideological message of Ivan the Terrible? How is it conveyed? } 6. What elements of Eisenstein’s films of the 1920 s do you see in Ivan the Terrible and how does it differ from them?
