Dziga Vertov

Dziga Vertov begins this essay by describing the relationship between the human eye and the cinematic camera. At first the camera sought to replicate the eye. Camera shots were meant to make it look like the sight of the viewer. Vertov continues to say though that the camera can be used for so much more. The shots in a film can transport the viewer into any circumstance. Vertov emphasizes how cutting together a montage can allow the editor to essentially be God. He can create anything he wants by using specifically timed cuts. Vertov claims that by cutting out the mundane shots a work of film could be drastically improved. Use of the camera and editing allows the film maker to create anything he or she wants, not limited to what the human can perceive.

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