The history of editing starts in 1903 and grows right up to this day. Although in 1903 editing wasnt as magical and talented as it is in 2011. They didnt have the advanced technology and knowledge of editing a film as we do today, all they had was no knowlede of editing and a piece of sticky tape to cut bits of film together.
The first ever "edited" film was made in 1903 by Edwin Porter and was called "The life of an American Fireman". Edwin Porter was the first man who was able to film in multiple shots, rather have one long shot in front of a stationary camera. He cut up the film strips and edited them together to make a story, the juxtaposition he had in the shots caused tension and release to the story making the story truly dramatic and caught the eye of audiences. Edwin Porter was convinced he had created a new way of telling stories and then later went on to create "The Great Train Robbery".
"Life of an American Fireman" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4C0gJ7BnLc
D.W. Griffiths was infact the first man to be recognized as an editor, he was the first man to realise that you can cut and stick a film to make different cuts.
Wednesday, 28 September 2011
Monday, 26 September 2011
Notes from Cutting Edge
- Old film makers simply held the camera on a shot until they got bored or ran out of film.
- Thomas Edison's assistant discovered that you can cut and stick film reel together to make different shots.
- editing can slow down time or speed it up
- 1/24th of a second in each frame.
- 200 hours is the average feature film length, takes 8 months to a year to cut down to a 2 hour film
- editing is invisible art - the audience doesnt see the edit as it is a smooth cut
- editors weren't seen as important just hands for hire
- Director and editor have the closest relationship throughout the whole crew
- first editng equipment is called a Movieola, its described as a sewing machine
- it was called a sewing machine as it was very sexist era, editing was unimportant, normally seen as a womans job
-D.W Griffiths first recognized editor
- Russian editing most important editing in history
- Thomas Edison's assistant discovered that you can cut and stick film reel together to make different shots.
- editing can slow down time or speed it up
- 1/24th of a second in each frame.
- 200 hours is the average feature film length, takes 8 months to a year to cut down to a 2 hour film
- editing is invisible art - the audience doesnt see the edit as it is a smooth cut
- editors weren't seen as important just hands for hire
- Director and editor have the closest relationship throughout the whole crew
- first editng equipment is called a Movieola, its described as a sewing machine
- it was called a sewing machine as it was very sexist era, editing was unimportant, normally seen as a womans job
-D.W Griffiths first recognized editor
- Russian editing most important editing in history
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