Development In editing
The first person that i'll talking about is Thomas Edison. He ran a film laboratory where the Kinetographic camera and the Kinetoscope were invented in June 1889. In addition he developed the 35mm film strip that came industry standard. Further more he also help develop a projector to play it.
Secondly, i'll be talking about the The Lumiere Brothers. Edison worked with the brothers and they both produced short films that were one long, static, locked-down shot. Having motion was necessary to amuse the audience, so the first simply showed activity such as traffic moving on a city street. This lead to more developments in future movies. You can see this in the film Sortie 'usine in (1895) , which was produce by the Brothers.
The third person that will be talking about is G.A. Smith. In 1899 he made a film called 'The kiss in the tennel'. It was said it was the start of narrative editing. Furthermore he took advantage a brief moment on set, by cutting/splicing two clips together.
The fourth person that i'll be talking about is George Melies. He watch the Lumier brothes growing up. Then he went onto building a studio and began writing scripts. Whilst filming, it never ocurred to him about close-ups. Soon after hes work was overlook which forced him out of bunisness and in the long run lead to his death.
The group that i'll be talking about are Porter and Edison. They both work with each other to create long and intresting flims. They made a break throught film 'Life of an American', in 1903. It was the frist film to have a plot and action, also it included a close-up of a fire alarm being pulled. They also spliced shots together to show a contextual relationship. They also went onto making another film called 'The Great Train Robery'.
Another person that i'll be talking about is Charles Pathe. He is well know for his film 'The horse that bolted', in 1907. He introduced a technipue called parallel editing.
Finally, the last person that i'll be talking about is DW Griffith. He was a US film director and was one of the supporters of the power of editing. He used cross-cutting to show parallel action in diffrent locations. He was one of the frist of the early directors to use editing techniques.