Digital Humanities and Film Studies

Combines the deep historical knowledge of the material, knowledge of relevant scholarship in cinema studies and Slavic studies, and the systematic use of quantitative studies throughout the book Highlights the use of quantitative methods for collecting comprehensive empirical data from films and using it as an aid for further analysis Considers the films and writings of the Russian director, Dziga Vertov, in the realm of digital humanities

Adelheid Heftberger is a Slavicist and Film Scholar, and currently holds the position of Head of Access in the Film Department of the German Federal Archive in Berlin. She is the author of the book Kollision der Kader. Dziga Vertovs Filme, die Visualisierung ihrer Strukturen und die Digital Humanities and has written countless articles, as well as lectures and seminars, on topics such as digital humanities, archival research, Russian/Soviet film, film restoration and the dissemination of audiovisual cultural heritage collections via digital media. She is a Dr. phil. in Russian Studies, which was received at the Universities of Innsbruck and Vienna.

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The Measurement of Aesthetic Phenomena.- Chapter 3. Annotation and Statistics.- Chapter 4. Dziga Vertov's Films.- Chapter 5. The filmic structure as visualisation.- Chapter 6. Charts and Diagrams of Dziga Vertov.- Chapter 7. From filmic form to meaning.- Chapter 8. Summary and outlook.