Editing Man with a Movie Camera (section)

==Overview==
[[File:Человек с киноаппаратом (1929).webm|thumb|right|thumbtime=1:40|The complete film]]
The film is divided into six separate parts, one for each film reel on which it would have originally been printed. Each part begins with a number appearing on screen and falling down flat. The film makes use of many [[film editing|editing techniques]], such as superimposition, slow motion, fast motion, rapid cross-cutting, and montage.

The film has an unabashedly [[avant-garde]] style, and the subject matter varies greatly. The titular man with the movie camera ([[Mikhail Kaufman]], Vertov's brother) travels to diverse locations to capture a variety of shots. He appears in artistic images such as a superimposed shot of the cameraman setting up his camera atop a second, mountainous camera, and another superimposed shot of the cameraman inside a beer glass. General images include laborers at work, sporting events, couples getting married and divorced, a woman giving birth, and a funeral procession. Much of the film is concerned with people of varying economic classes navigating urban environments. On occasion, the film's editor (Svilova) is shown working with strips of film and various pieces of editing equipment.

Despite claiming to be without actors, the film features a few staged situations. This includes some of the cameraman's actions, the scene of a woman getting dressed, and chess pieces being swept to the center of the board (a shot spliced in backwards so the pieces expand outward and stand in position). Stop-motion is used for several shots, including an unmanned camera on a tripod standing up, showing off its mechanical parts, and then walking off screen.