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Lumiere Brothers
In 1895 the Lumiere Brothers invented the cinematographe.
There was no editing in the early films they just used continuos shots and stills
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Edwin S. Porter
In 1901 Edwin S. Porter showed that film editing did not have to be one long shot. He also used footage to tell a different story in what the original footage was meant to portray. Poter's film The Great Train Robbery is one of his most famous films created in 1903 using these techniques
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D.W Griffiths
D.W Griffths found that you could portray emotion through different camera angles and that he pace of the camera speed could be faster or slower. And he is given credit for the discovery of close ups in films. His film the Love For Gold was the first movie to feature the first continuity cut he is known for his famous 1915 film Bith of a nation
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Montage in editing
In 1920 the Soviet director Lev Kuleshov discovered the use of montage in films and he also created the first ever montage in a film. This become known as the Kuleshov effect .It was taken up and further enhanced by difectors such as Elsenteins and Diziga Vertov in films such as Battleship Potemkin (1925) and Man with a Moving Camera (1929)
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Editing developments 1930's
As film editing developed with montages, close ups, different camera angles, use of music and rhytm and speed, some directors went back to shots of long duration. In the 1930's Jean Renoirs films included many shots of long duration. A famous long shot is the opening sequence to Orson Wells film Touch of Evil. (1958)
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None traditional edditing
The French new wave film makers in the 60's developed a non narrative way of film making and a carefree editing style, . The French new wave editing often drew attention to itself by its lack of continuity. This is best represened by the films of Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut.
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Film Editing tofay
Today editing has developed where not just film makers can make a film but anyone can make one if they have the right software on their computer. They are all able to use editing techinquies, special effects, camera angles and different varity of shots this has helped to make film editing easy into the home
