The document discusses analyzing the Odessa Steps sequence from the film Battleship Potemkin, asking questions about the mood, characters' feelings, and events depicted. It also prompts analyzing how the film constructs opposition between soldiers and civilians, and the symbolic purpose of repeated shots of a baby bouncing down stairs. A second film, Un Chien Andalou, is also mentioned, asking how its editing does or doesn't help understand the narrative.

2. Are a few people or are many people happy to see Battleship Potemkin?

3. How do the sailors feel when they see the people coming to greet them?

4. What have the people brought for the sailors?

5. What is happening on the steps?

6. Are you on the side of the soldiers or the people?

7. How do the people feel about the soldiers’ assault on them?

8. How is the binary opposition between the soldiers and the people constructed and reinforced?

9. What happens to the baby’s mother?

10. Why are the repeated shots of the baby bouncing down the stairs?Un Chien Andalou (An Andalusian Dog)<br />Does the way the film has been edited help or hinder your ability to understand the narrative? Give reasons for your answer.<br />