1. Impact of Editing By Callum Richardson

2. Editing has changed throughout the generations of editing. People such as D.W.Griffith, George Melies and people such as these made films which everybody did never think would be created. The first professional film made by George Melies and this film was called: “A Trip to the Moon”. This film was the first film which was made for a story. The editing was exceptional for this time it was made in, we can still see shots what are still used for this day. I know it had shots where it was inside of the same shot for three to five minutes but it is the first film which was storied. Editing is truly important to movie producing if you do notice it you will see what editing truly is. This is something we need to be grateful for, surely what this has made are lives. This is what editing is for. ‘A Trip to the Moon’ - 1902 Tableaux (Theatre Shot) George Melies Editing Developments

3. ‘Intolerance’ - 1916 Long Shot – D.W.Griffith D.W.Griffith is sure historic legend of editing, which made over 500 movies. David Llewelyn Wark Griffth is the full name of his and is born on January 22 nd 1875 and died on July 23 rd 1948. He made films for such classics such as: ‘The Birth of a Nation’ and ‘Intolerance’. He was such a editor. He made films which was unforgettable. He created shots, started getting films big blockbusters and spent millions to produce these films. Intolerance was one of the million pound films, it cost £2.4 million. That was a lot of money in the days of getting produced (1916). The film I have said (‘The Birth of a Nation) was close to being band for racism and reason why for this is because is the story is about a clan called Ku Klux Klan, which is a racist gang and still goes to this day, well the film was wanted to band for this reason. David was also an actor and played in the film, ‘Rescued from an Eagles Nest’; which is a really big film still to this day. D.W.Griffith

4. George Melies George Melies is a film producer (during the 1900s) and a magician (during the late 1800s). He was born on the 8 th of December 1861 and passed away on the 21 st of January 1938. He made films such as, ‘A Trip to the Moon’ which I have told you about, ‘The Impossible Vengeance’ and also made a film of ‘Cinderella or The Magnificent Slipper’. He was such a movie producer and editor, if it wasn’t for him and D.W.Griffith we would not know about to make films. George Melies made films which he painted over the shots so they looked more realistic especially for the times of the 1900s. He also made a important shot which was a the jump cut, which is used a lot to this day because he made a move on the film called, ‘A Trip to the Moon’. When the monsters came out in the story, he hit them and they disappeared with smoke and this is named as a jump cut. Cinderella or The Magnificent Slipper - 1907 Long Shot – George Melies

5. Comparing of D.W.Griffith and George Melies If you compare the both of these two you do notice that D.W.Griffith and George Melies make films which are quite different from each other. The reason for this is D.W.Griffith makes which are factual and makes his films which are famous because of the story itself but where as George Melies made fantasies. As an editor which uses different styles and brings in different ways of editing and different shots altogether. The reasons why for this is because he makes films with painting the full films so they had colour inside of the film itself, this was creative and nicely designed, which made people which films feel more realistic. I still believe that the work of D.W.Griffith was still exceptional because of him making films with perfect shots, paying thousands of pounds to make films which where on for two hours, where as George Melies was creative but was not a long lasting film like D.W.Griffith his films where going for ten to twenty minutes. Wide Angle Shot – George Melies ‘The Impossible Voyage’ - 1904

6. Editing has changed dramatically over time, definitely when you compare how editing is now to films like, ‘A Trip to the Moon’. The reason why it has changed is because technology has improved rapidly since that era. People now get clear shots, learned how to prevent mistakes which was typical from them days. They have learned how to be more creative by making new shots like dutch/canted shot which was never used in them days. Like I was saying about the clear shots, it didn’t even get down perfect until the nineties where the film, ‘The Matrix’, started it all of. Like I was saying about the editing has changed from both eras is due to people in them time had to take years editing by cut and cellar taping them together. This is how editing has changed but we have to be grateful for what people like D.W.Griffith has produced because if it wasn’t for them we not have films to this day, no televisions and things like this. How editing has changed ‘The Birth of a Nation’ - 1915 Long Shot – D.W.Griffith

7. Techniques of the modern era has been truly influenced by the legends of editing if you look at one specific film which is called: ‘The Artist’. This film won awards for the actors/actresses, best director, best film and other awards of such. This film was a film made in 2011 and was a black and white silent movie. The shots and style of the film was identical to films in the era of D.W.Griffith and George Meleis. You can see they were influenced by the people I have spoken of and others from them times due to them using the same style, the same way, the same music, to be honest everything is like a film made in the times of D.W.Griffith and George Meleis and this shows they are influenced by films made in the 1930s and below which is really good to be seen, only because they have listened to people of the time of the 1930s. Techniques in Modern Film ‘The Artist’ - 2011 Medium Shot – Thomas Langmann

8. Techniques in Modern Film ‘The Green Mile’ - 1999 Close Up - Frank Darabont Continuity is one type of style which is used across all the new films. Again, the film: ‘The Artist’. This film is totally one of these films, you can see this by watching this film and watching a different film. For example, The Green Mile; this film is a film which was made inside 1999 and was nominated for awards which were the best support actor, best picture, best sound and best adapted screenplay. This film has shots which are perfect to compare to, ‘The Artist’. The picture on the side of the screen is a great example because ‘The Artist’ is doing films like the times of 1930’s where as ‘The Green Mile’, is having shots where if he turns his head, the next shot will be of when he turns his head and this is called Continuity. So this something which has changed from that generation to film produced in the modern era.

9. Linear and Non-Linear Ways of producing films has changed over the generations. The linear and non-linear editing is the ways films have been edited. The way people use linear editing, is from the time of the 1900’s for example films edited like, ‘A Trip to the Moon’, which I have already talked about. For non-linear you are using the modern way of editing films for example you are making films, with computers and software. Linear was editing films by using the scissors, the clips and shots. Which is the difference of them both. There is very little of films which are produced using linear editing now and this is quite disappointing since it has made people produce films. ‘The Kingdoms of Fairies’ - 1903 Long Shot – George Melies

10. I think editing is important because without editing films would not be a popular thing; without editors films would not be would it is now. People from the past has made films what they are today, people have learnt what to do to edit a film, so the film can be perfect. Without them where would we be? Filming made TV, we wouldn’t have a TV at home, nether a computer and look what this has made. Editing is the strong part of film producing and without it films would never be the same, look at all the shots they made, the films they made and the equipment they have made. All in all films wouldn’t exist without editing. ‘Rescue of an Eagle’s Nest’ - 1908 Medium Wide Shot – D.W.Griffith Conclusion