Film

Major advancements of film/video editing~

By emlupey
  • Film and Video Editing Career Description~

    Film and video editors use creative and technical skills to assemble recorded raw material into a finished product, suitable for releasing. As a film/video editor, you manage material such as camera footage, dialogue, sound effects, graphics and special effects to produce a final film or video product.
  • First Horse in motion

    First Horse in motion

    A film showed that all four of the horses hooves left the ground while galloping and introduced motion photography.
  • Horse In Motion

    Horse In Motion

    The film showed that all four of the horses hooves left the ground whilst galloping, and also introduced motion photography.
  • Period: to

    1800s-2000s

    The time periods where movies showed huge growth and innovation
  • Roundhay Garden Scene

    Roundhay Garden Scene

    A two minute long silent film produced by Louis Le Prince.
  • The Great Train Robbery

    The Great Train Robbery

    Directed by Edwin S Porter, this film contained a range of innovative new editing techniques, such as cross cutting.
  • The Birth of A Nation

    The Birth of A Nation

    Seen as a critical point in film history. Included things such as: paralleled action, fade outs, dissolves, high angle shots, and pans.
  • The Moviola

    The Moviola

    One of the first machines built for motion picture editing, and allowed the editor to look at single frames to make more precise cuts.
  • Napoléon

    Napoléon

    A silent film about Napoléon Bonaparte by Abel Glance that used many new captivating techniques. (hand-held cameras, and close up shots)
  • Becky Sharp

    Becky Sharp

    Becky Sharp, directed by Rouben Mamoulian was the first film shot in color, on the new three strip technicolor production.
  • The Wizard of Oz

    The Wizard of Oz

    The wizard of oz was a landmark in film due to its use of color and special effects.
  • First reverse motion in a movie~Beauty and the Beast

    First reverse motion in a movie~Beauty and the Beast

    Reverse motion shots are where the action is shown reversed on screen. Beauty and the Beast was the first motion picture to do this.
  • Steenbeck

    Steenbeck

    Steenbeck produced tables for film editing that were widely used for linear editing.
  • Non-linear editor-AVID1

    Non-linear editor-AVID1

    This mac based non-linear editing software was the favoured over moviolas and steenbecks because it was easier and more efficient.
  • Memento

    Memento

    The opening shot is a reverse shot of a polaroid developing, and the entire film is shown in reverse order to play on the main characters short term memory loss.