The document discusses how filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein used ideograms, or written symbols that represent ideas rather than words, in his films based on the cinematographic principle. Eisenstein combined various ideograms through montage editing to create a universal message that all audiences could understand without words. An example given is how the ideograms of a dog plus a mouth could represent barking.
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Ideograms
1. The Cinematographic Principle
and the Ideogram
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2. What is an Ideogram?
A written symbol that represents an idea or
object directly rather than a particular word.
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3. How does Eisenstein bind this to his
Cinematographic Principle?
? He used various ideograms combined to
create a montage and the montage creates a
universal message everyone can understand.
? Example: Dog + Mouth = Barking