Task One- Editing In Early Cinema

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.



















          

Task Twelve – Transitions and Effects

There are many different transitions and effects. Some are used alot and some are not.


A straight cut is the most common one that is used.  One shot moves so quickly, the viewers don't notice it.

Dissolves are used to fade clips out or in. By doing this the viewers will see both shots at the mid-point. By doing this it suggest that time has passed by.

Fades are like dissolves but is only used in the same shot.They tend to go from light  to dark or from dark to light. It is used to represent the start of somthing.

Wipes are used for pushing images of the screen and shows the viwers they are going to shown a new location.


A graphic match is two show the viewer thats this very important. Also it is a very specialised transition.
Following the action is simply where the camera needs to be able to move, such as if there was a car crash the camera needs to be able to keep up with it.
Furthermore, having 'Points of View', it will enable the viewer to connect with the actor, allowing them to get a look into the actor is doing from thier view.
In addition, having a good shot variation will allow the viwer to see everthing in a different prospective.


Manipulation of time and space is a really important effect. This can be used as a flashback to show a certain memory. By doing this you'll be able to change your colour filter to so your flashback/flashforward.

Task Thirteen – Manipulating Time and Space

In this task we had to use some effects such as colour filters. We would a range of cuts. Furthermore we also used a flash forward to create tension.

Task Eleven - Creating Pace with Cross Cutting

In this task we had to use the effects of Pace Editing to use them in our own piece of Pace editing.