Screening of Ashik Kerib
The film itself is a 1988 creation by the soviet German and Armenian filmmakers called Sergei Parajanov, Dodo Abashidze. The film shares a drama/romance genre and it shares the themes of Ukrainian, Armenian and Georgian culture respectively, its told in the way of folklore, using colour and music to drive the action throughout the film.
Performance
The performance was very interpretive, it was dramatic and consisted of a spiritual and dancing theme, linking back to the culture which was reinhanced by the costume design that the actors all were wearing.
Editing
The editing style consisted of a slow pace which fitted to the music, once the beat changed the shots would fade in and out, the long shots would pan across the screen in time with the cultural track.
Cinematography
The film consisted of a range of camera angles and shots, I noticed that the shots portraying the lute player were predominantly wide angles which helped to show the surroundings and the landscape of where the film was set. The long shots gave a great sense of expanse as the audience could see into the distance, a great example when the lute player was crossing the water and the camera cuts to a long shot behind his head as we watch the horseman ride off into the distance, by not showing his face we try to understand what kind of facial expression that he is pulling, how he is feeling.
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