Pudovkin, Vsevolod I. Film Technique and Film Acting: The Cinema Writings of V.i. Pudovkin. New York: Lear, 1949. Print.

The intent of Pudovkin was to explain editing but in the eyes of the spectator. By

putting the reader of this article into the eyes of the spectator of a film, it is easier to

understand the role of the editor. Using examples of scenes to further explain the

significance of a “close-up” helps to understand how to properly form the close up

without it looking like a jump cut. This reading explains the construction it takes to

produce a smooth scene from a long shot to a close up. He puts the readers into a

scene of two men fighting and how it would be if we were actually standing in front

of the situation. What would we want to look at? In what order? Pudovkin explains

that the editor should direct the spectator to separate shots as if they were the actual

observer of the fight. This was an easy reading to follow because the reader can get a

better understanding of how important it is as an editor to imagine themselves as if

they are witnessing the scene right in front of them.

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