FILM AS A FOLKLORE AND ETHNOGRAPHIC SOURCE

The article analyzes folklore and ethnographic material collected during the filming of a short feature film in the Udmurt language, which was shot in 2015 in the village of Karamas-Pelga (Uddyadi), located in the Kiyasovsky district of the Udmurt Republic. The uniqueness of the material lies in the improvised dialogues of the actors, among whom were ordinary elderly villagers (Lukeryapai, Jaky Apai) and a professor at Udmurt State University (A. A. Vakhrushev). During the filming, the project participants were able to prove themselves in various roles. The “role-playing” limited their actions to certain limits, but at the same time gave them the opportunity to remain themselves. Thanks to their life experience and personal knowledge, they were able to create natural dialogues of the characters, using speech patterns that might not be remembered during expeditionary recording. As a result, the dialogues turned out to be lively and natural, with the inclusion of Udmurt proverbs and sayings that gave the film a special scientific value and novelty.