The History of Cutting - The Birth of Cinema and Continuity Editing

Cinema began as a novelty – projecting dancing shadows on a screen of simple every day scenes. But through the contributions of talented artists, a new cinematic language of editing emerged. Trace the development of editing from The Lumiere Brothers through Georges Méliès, Edwin S. Porter, and D.W Griffith.

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Very well-informed and entertaining! D.W. Griffith did not leave Biograph until September of 1913 though. In 1912 he pioneered the use of the cinematic close-up as well.

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