The document discusses Sergei Eisenstein's transition from theatre to film in the 1920s in the Soviet Union. It provides background on Eisenstein's early career designing productions in Moscow's Proletkult theatre in the 1920s. It then discusses some of his notable early silent films from this period, including Strike, Battleship Potemkin, and October. The document suggests Eisenstein brought techniques from theatre to cinema, such as "Typage", a form of vivid characterization, and questions if modern filmmaker Tyler Perry's work can also be compared to Eisenstein.

1. Film Form: Through
Theatre To Cinema

2. Theatre background
-Began as a Designer in 1920, in Moscow for
Proletkult
-Productions included, Gas Masks, Listen
Moscow, Wisemen, The Mexican

3. Film Background
-1st full length feature film Strike (1925)
-Battleship Potemkin (1925)
-October (aka Ten days That Shook The World)

4. -Experience The Theatre
In Cinema-

5. “Typage”
-Form of Characterization
-Presenting a new character
sharply and completely

6. Is Tyler Perry a
modern day
Eisenstein?

7. -Experience Cinema
In Theatre-