Dziga Vertov, the man behind 'The Man with a Movie Camera,' is a Soviet film director. He renewed the still and motion picture photography medium via knowledge of kino-glaze (cine-eye). By inserting that, it contributed to how the human eyes see it in terms of enhancing the recording proficiency of the camera lens. 

The Man with a Movie Camera, a 65 minutes’ black and white silent film, is a documentary film that portrays a day in the life of modern cities in 1920 such as Kharkov, Kiev, Odessa, and Moscow from the day start until it ends. Vertoz uses the strategy of ‘a series of fragments that build a whole’ by showing the activities that happen during that day in a piece of video that was put together which in accordance with reality and his ways of seeing. This includes the scenery of factories, streets, trains, buses, autos, human activity, occupation, peasants, and many other aspects of life. In this film, he also put on the scene of the filmmaking process, exposing the cameraman filming and the editor editing the shots as a purpose of cinematic content. Further, Vertoz considered on making the film to be dramatic, so he focused on the editing by using superimposition, split screens, varied speed, and jump-cut as he believed that the power of editing could help speaks about the story and demonstrates each of the movement in details.

Vertoz has inspired me to make my movie using the strategies and techniques that he used in the film. First of all, I tried to use an application called ‘VHS Cam’ that gives a similar black and white filter. In my film, I use the strategy of ‘a series of fragments that build a whole’ to shows a series of video documenting ‘a day at the beach’ during a weekend in Sydney. I took a lot of shots there with one take showing the beach activities that I found interesting and the beautiful scenery of the ocean. Further, it includes my journey along the day using public transportations to Bondi Beach and back to Central. In short, I want to portray the city is too crowded, stressful and tedious that makes people feel stuffy. So, this film encouraged people to explore places out of the city to get fresher air and spend time to relax after the hectic weekdays. For instance, as seen in this film, it shows that the beach has lots of fun activities to spend time together with your loved ones such as surfing, swimming, playing volleyball, picnic and many more. This surely will be a great idea rather than the society nowadays that spend their time a lot on social media. All in all, I think I had successfully applied the strategies well into my film by using Vertoz’s ways of editing and how he took videos from any angles to give a fascinating cinematic art.