Task One – Editing in Early Cinema
The concept of film editing has changed over the early years of film making. The first person to start of the concept of film editing was Thomas Edison. Thomas Edison kicked of the film editing era as he was an intelligent scientist which firstly invented light bulbs. However to play an impact in editing and film making Thomas Edison invented the Kinetograph camera and the Kinetoscope. Thomas Edison also played a big role in the film camera industry as he solved the problem of the various film sizes and the fact that many different cameras took different films. There fore Thomas Edison set the industry standard film and the 35 mm roll. Therefore this then allowed people not to worry about spending money on different film for different cameras instead, one size fits all. In the future of setting the industry standard of the film, Edison lately invented the projector to view the film which would have been on the 35 mm roll.
Then the concept of editing then advanced with the Lumiere Brothers, who worked alongside Thomas Edison. Edison and the Lumiere brothers worked together to be able to produce short films. These films excited the crowds even though they were rather short and also static. The motion in shot technique allowed the Lumiere Brothers and Edison to be able to amaze the audience. The first film published by the Brothers and Edison was called Sortie d'usine (1895). This was a short film which simply showed people coming out a work house with a static composition.
After the Lumiere brothers, G.A.Smith was introduce into the film editing concept. The film that G.A.Smith produced was called The Miller and The Sweep (1898) This film surprised audience even though it had no specific story, as well as no editing. Smith made the film as long as he could due tho the length of film he had to record with. This film was the first silent comedy to be produced. Later on in the year 1899 Smith introduced a new film which he had
created called The Kiss in The Tunnel. This was the first film set to mark the narrative of creating a story. Smith played a huge impact in Film concept and editing as he stated "Some extra spice is called for." Therefore he introduced the Phantom ride genre. He took this technique and used it very well in his "Kiss in the Tunnel" film, as he showed the train entering the tunnel the kiss in the tunnel and then the train exiting the tunnel.
He did this effect by cutting pieces of film and literally sticking them together to create the different scene effect.
Miller And The Sweep
In addition G.A.Smith, George Meles. Meles was a magician and got his ideas to create a film by watching the Lumiere brothers productions. Therefore Meles thought to himself that there was a possibility of him creating an novelty production. Therefore Meles acquired a camera to be able to record a film, he also set up his own studio and sets to be able to make a better film. What made Meles special is that he used the most basic camera editing techniques to make his film much more exciting for the audience. In 1896 Meles created the film called "The Vanishing Lady" This was a spectacular film for the time as he advanced Smiths Technique to make it look like a lady was vanishing and to bring her back again.
Next in line for the concept of film editing is Edwin S. Porter. Porter worked as an electrician before joining the film industry of Alva Edison in the late 1890's. Porter and Edison worked together with each other to create longer length films, Which in this case they could make them more interesting. Porter made the next breakthrough in the film editing concept with the film "Life of an American Fireman." This film played a huge role in making audiences entertained, as it was action packed, contained close ups, different scenes, it was longer and also had a close up of a firearm. The next thing that Porter introduced was "The Great Train Robbery". This Film was similar to "Life of an American Fireman" as it was also action packed and contained many Different scenes as well as showing a comical side to it.
More over Charles Pathe introduced a new style of editing to advance it. This was called parallel editing. What Pathe did to be able to create this style of editing was cutting between story lines to create the effect. He produced this effect in the film "The Horse That Bolted" (1907).
The final person to bring a piece of film editing to the line was D.W.Griffiths. Griffiths was an US film director which had a passion for film editing. Me made use of several effects such as cross cutting to show parallel action in different locations. The Work Produced by Griffiths was highly regarded, One of his film productions was "Birth of a Nation" (1915). With the works of this film D.W Griffiths inspired early film makers to understand editing.
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| Thomas Edison |
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| 35mm Film |
Then the concept of editing then advanced with the Lumiere Brothers, who worked alongside Thomas Edison. Edison and the Lumiere brothers worked together to be able to produce short films. These films excited the crowds even though they were rather short and also static. The motion in shot technique allowed the Lumiere Brothers and Edison to be able to amaze the audience. The first film published by the Brothers and Edison was called Sortie d'usine (1895). This was a short film which simply showed people coming out a work house with a static composition.
After the Lumiere brothers, G.A.Smith was introduce into the film editing concept. The film that G.A.Smith produced was called The Miller and The Sweep (1898) This film surprised audience even though it had no specific story, as well as no editing. Smith made the film as long as he could due tho the length of film he had to record with. This film was the first silent comedy to be produced. Later on in the year 1899 Smith introduced a new film which he had
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| G.A. Smith |
He did this effect by cutting pieces of film and literally sticking them together to create the different scene effect.
Miller And The Sweep
Kiss in the Tunnel
In addition G.A.Smith, George Meles. Meles was a magician and got his ideas to create a film by watching the Lumiere brothers productions. Therefore Meles thought to himself that there was a possibility of him creating an novelty production. Therefore Meles acquired a camera to be able to record a film, he also set up his own studio and sets to be able to make a better film. What made Meles special is that he used the most basic camera editing techniques to make his film much more exciting for the audience. In 1896 Meles created the film called "The Vanishing Lady" This was a spectacular film for the time as he advanced Smiths Technique to make it look like a lady was vanishing and to bring her back again.
The Vanishing Lady
Next in line for the concept of film editing is Edwin S. Porter. Porter worked as an electrician before joining the film industry of Alva Edison in the late 1890's. Porter and Edison worked together with each other to create longer length films, Which in this case they could make them more interesting. Porter made the next breakthrough in the film editing concept with the film "Life of an American Fireman." This film played a huge role in making audiences entertained, as it was action packed, contained close ups, different scenes, it was longer and also had a close up of a firearm. The next thing that Porter introduced was "The Great Train Robbery". This Film was similar to "Life of an American Fireman" as it was also action packed and contained many Different scenes as well as showing a comical side to it.
Life of An American Fireman
The Great Train Robbery
More over Charles Pathe introduced a new style of editing to advance it. This was called parallel editing. What Pathe did to be able to create this style of editing was cutting between story lines to create the effect. He produced this effect in the film "The Horse That Bolted" (1907).
The final person to bring a piece of film editing to the line was D.W.Griffiths. Griffiths was an US film director which had a passion for film editing. Me made use of several effects such as cross cutting to show parallel action in different locations. The Work Produced by Griffiths was highly regarded, One of his film productions was "Birth of a Nation" (1915). With the works of this film D.W Griffiths inspired early film makers to understand editing.
Birth of a Nation
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