HISTORY FILM OF EDITING

By Javi Rochelle

HOW DID FILM EDITING START?

Film editing started in 1895 when the Lumiere brothers invented

something called Cinematography. Cinematography was a

device that recorded, captured and projected motion pictures.

Cinematography is Greek for movements

WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT ?

Despite the fact that the Lumiere brothers had made a great

invention, until 1901 when Edwin.S.Porter came along.

Edwin.S.Porter showed everyone that the film didn’t have to be

one long shot. Whoever the Lumiere brothers did have a long time with the fame and glory.

Edwin.S.Porter used footage to tell a different story, unrelated to

what footage originally was meant to portray.

D.W.GRIFFITHS

Then the film world evolved once again. In 1908 a guy called

D.W.Griffiths made a film called “For love of Gold.” What was

special about this film was that it was the first ever film with

continuity.

MOVIEOLA

A Moviola is a device that allows a film editor to view film while editing. It was the first machine for motion picture editing when it

was invented by Iwan Serrurier in 1924. Moviola the company is

still in existence and is located in Hollywood where part of the

facility is located on one of the original Moviola factory floors.

RUSSIAN CINEMA

A very important person appeared called Lev Kuleshov. He

developed Russian cinema by creating something called the

Kuleshov . The Kuleshov effect is a more meaning from the interaction of two sequential shots than from a single shot in

isolation. For example a lot of horror films do it to build up

tension. So if the actor is looking at a door to an actors

expression then back to where the actor is looking at. Then

something might happen. This will make the audience jump with freight.

HOPE ITS OK??

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