Forepractice

The small sheet is used as forepractice, to assist the pupils in understanding the mechanism of the test. The large sheets contain the test material.

In my case, I usually shoot with no forepractice and often with only one eye—the kinoeye, as Vertov called it.

Any kind of preparation or forepractice muddies the waters in its assumption of a goal to be reached. Access to the clarity and the Zing of reality, on the contrary [...]