Battleship Potemkin (1925) - Editing

Battleship Potemkin is a Russian black and white silent film also known as ‘Battleship Potyomkin’ directed by Sergei Eisenstein in 1925. In 1958, at Brussels World’s Fair, Battleship Potemkin was named the greatest film of all time.

Editing used in this film makes it look like it has been filmed in one big part, but the cutaways to the text on the screen helps the audience understand what is going on. Cuts between two scenes, for example; the scene we see in the ship when the captain is looking down on the crew and the shot from the deck up to the captain is really simple we see an eye line match of what that character is seeing and tells the audience what the director wants them to see. The music throughout the whole film was in perfect sync with what is happening in the scene.