Papers by Daria Khitrova
JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, a... more JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected].
This article deals with the dance-related layer of Eisenstein’s Gesamtkunstwerkfilm, Ivan the Ter... more This article deals with the dance-related layer of Eisenstein’s Gesamtkunstwerkfilm, Ivan the Terrible (Part 1, 1944; Part 2, 1946). Narrative and visual borrowings from the famous ballet Swan Lake, whose leading star Galina Ulanova was to play Anastasia in Ivan the Terrible, are examined in the first part of this essay. Another part discusses seemingly wild, yet meaningful and thoroughly staged steps of the oprichniki’s dance in Part 2 as opposed to the majestic choreography of the wedding feast shown at the film’s beginning. As argued in the final part of the article, Eisenstein chose to use choreography as a specific type of narrative, which could reveal the hidden message that the pre-censored scenario was not supposed or allowed to put into words.
A paper, not an index! It deals with three poems which have to do with gestures and body movement... more A paper, not an index! It deals with three poems which have to do with gestures and body movements: Vladislav Khodasevich's "Жизель," Osip Mandelshtam's "Рояль," and Joseph Brodsky's "Классический балет есть замок красоты" ("Михаилу Барышникову").
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Сведений об источниках пушкинского текста в научной литературе накопилось немного 4 . П.О. Морозо... more Сведений об источниках пушкинского текста в научной литературе накопилось немного 4 . П.О. Морозов указал на потенциальную связь РЗП с одой Сент-Бёва К Рифме 5 ; С.И. Николаев обнаружил в 8-й книге Украинского вестника за 1819 год (c. ...
Teaching Documents by Daria Khitrova
Cinemetrics (Film) by Daria Khitrova
Two graphical methods of exploring aspects of cutting structure in film using shot-length data ar... more Two graphical methods of exploring aspects of cutting structure in film using shot-length data are presented. The first of these converts the cumulative frequencies of shot-lengths to tabular form that can be displayed in various ways, including the use of correspondence analysis. The method is used to investigate the differences in cutting rates used by Mack Sennett and Charlie Chaplin while directing films for the Keystone Company in 1912–14. Results suggest that previous analyses based on the average shot-length may over-simplify the contrast, and some evidence for the evolution of Sennett’s style in 1913 is also suggested. The methods used, like much of the literature, do not take into account the time-series structure of the shot-lengths. In the second approach presented this is allowed for by smoothing the time-series of shot-lengths using non-parametric regression. A computer-intensive way of presenting results graphically is developed, that does not commit the analyst to a particular choice of smoothing level, and is used to investigate an ‘hypothesis’ about D.W. Griffith’s cutting style suggested by a ‘prescription’ for pacing implied in comments made in an article published under his name in the 1920s. It is shown that his major feature films between 1914–21 conform to the prescription, but there is not much evidence for it in his earlier and later work.
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Papers by Daria Khitrova
Teaching Documents by Daria Khitrova
Cinemetrics (Film) by Daria Khitrova