Director’s methodology of M. A. Zakharov: Composition’s musical principles of screen works

Abstract

Films and television films created by Zakharov are an integral part of his work, but the director’s screen work is given very little attention in books written by himself; Zakharov’s films were ignored by researchers. The author of the article already touched on the problems of structuring action according to the laws of music. This article is generalizing and purely theoretical in nature and is devoted to one of the most important components of Zakharov’s on-screen poetry the musical principles of composition. The research methodology is based on the methods of the formal school of literary studies and theater science methods by A. A. Gvozdeva. Zakharov’s screen works are an object, and the musical principles of composition, which form the basis of the structure of Zakharov’s films, are the subject of research. The source base of the study is the statements of the authors, scripts of screen works, review materials and particularly Zakharov’s films. We consider such options based on the musical arrangement of the structure of the action, such as a musical revue, musical, motif-thematic design, directorial counterpoint, etc.