ISP Week 19

SERGEI EISENSTEIN (1898-1948)

• A soviet filmmaker who originated from Latvia and carried out most of his life and career in Russia.
• He was a student in the school of Civil Engineering from 1916, as well as furthering his studies in the plastic arts in a school of Fine Arts
• In 1917, the Russian Revolution began and Eisenstein enrolled in the Red Army- where he assisted in defences and in creating entertainment for the army troops.
• At the beginning of the 1920s, he moved to Moscow, which lead to him beginning to write screenplays in 1923, through to 1925 when he released ‘Strike’, his first film and his most well known film.
• Battleship Potemkin and october are among his first silent films.
• He travelled around the world, particularly in Europe, learning more about film and sound motion picture, and ended up in the USA in 1930 to produce films for Paramount.
• He taught Soviet montages and montage of attratctions, where pictures are shown to create an impact on the audience.