Film Studies Daily Log

Tuesday, October 7

Students turned in the checklist of techniques from Birth of a Nation, and we discussed both form and content in the film, especially focusing on Griffith's sophisticated and powerful use of crosscutting in the final reel of the film.

Mr. Potratz announced that the next film will be Sergei Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin, explaining that Griffith had a strong influence on the early Soviet filmmakers.