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M.I. Romm's Creative Principles in Film Pedagogy: Theoretical Foundations and Teaching Practices

Abstract

The essay looks into some aspects of the pedagogical activities of the filmmaker Mikhail Romm at VGIK between 1938 and 1971 in the context of their possible application in contemporary film education. For more than one hundred years of its history, VGIK has been aiming at creative integration of the latest achievements in cinema and its own world-renowned traditions; that is why Romm’s contribution to film education is still valuable nowadays.
On the basis of Mikhail Romm’s lectures at VGIK and other sources, the essay emphasizes how skillfully he carried out the introduction of cinema within the history of arts as a whole and how accurately he integrated film theory and practice in constant interaction with the students.
The author of the essay stresses the fact that Mikhail Romm always aspired to make his presentations before student audiences as fascinating and as graphic as possible. Judging by the reactions of his students and the VGIK audience, he was fully successful. There is little doubt that many teachers set themselves similar goals. However, it is Romm who — following Sergei Eisenstein — became a model professor of encyclopedic learning, freely, consistently and productively sharing his immense knowledge with students.
As a teacher Romm was always interested not only in the past of cinema but also in its present and future. He advocated the need to always follow all changes in the cinematic process so that future filmmakers – primarily film directors — could fully master their craft.
The essay implies the need for a further study of Mikhail Romm’s pedagogical heritage which will make a significant contribution to contemporary film education and lead to new discoveries.

About the Author

V. S. Malyshev
S.A. Gerasimov Russian Federation State University of Cinematography (VGIK)
Russian Federation

Doctor of Art History, Professor of the Higher Attestation Commission, Acting Rector



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Malyshev V.S. M.I. Romm's Creative Principles in Film Pedagogy: Theoretical Foundations and Teaching Practices. Vestnik VGIK. 2023;15(3(57)):8-17. (In Russ.)

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