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The lumiere Brothers were the first to create moving pictures. The silent film was called Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat. Its only a train coming into the station and leaving again but it was revolutionary for its time. https://www.sutori.com/story/the-history-development-of-video-editing--MGHXL97TgJoxodCPwDL8k1gC -
Georges Melies was a pioneer in the film industry an was most famous for making the short film "A trip to the Moon" in 1902. It was longest film at the time running for 18 minutes. it was Melies most complex film he has created and took 3 months to make. https://www.sutori.com/story/the-history-development-of-video-editing--MGHXL97TgJoxodCPwDL8k1gC -
The linear method of editing involves arranging images and sounds in order. At the beginning, this did involve using scissors to splice the footage and then using tape to attach it in the correct order. Methods like this were used until the 1920’s, when the first editing machine, called the Moviola, was invented. https://www.skillmanvideogroup.com/video-production-boston-ma/history-of-video-editing/ -
The Moscow Film School of the 1920s, for example, played his Intolerance (1916) over and over again in order to use Griffith's techniques for the films of its students. One of the most notable of the Soviet directors of this era was Sergei Eisenstein, who transformed the principles of classical editing into something more consciously intellectualized he called montage. https://www.infoplease.com/culture-entertainment/film/movies-and-film-fade-brief-history-editing -
Some filmmakers chose to minimize editing, seeing it as the "death of 1,000 cuts" for realism. So In the 1930s, Jean Renoir's films were filled with shots of long duration. But even in feature filmmaking some directors chose to avoid the manipulation of reality that montage and heavy editing seemed to imply. https://www.infoplease.com/culture-entertainment/film/movies-and-film-fade-brief-history-editing -
In 1956, the AMPEX Corporation debuted the first Video Tape Recorder. The VTR was the first device to use magnetic tape to record video. It was favored by the growing television industry due to its convenience and cost. https://www.skillmanvideogroup.com/video-production-boston-ma/history-of-video-editing/ -
By contrast, as videotape editing evolved from the 1960s through the 1980s, it was relatively clumsy and needed rooms full of expensive equipment. The process required playing back scenes from two or more video players, and recording them in the desired sequence onto another recorder. Specialist technicians had to operate the equipment, so editors had less creative control over their material. https://www.encyclopedia.com/computing/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/film-and-video-editing -
Then came the computer revolution. Starting in the early to mid-1990s, personal computers became powerful enough that production footage (whether it was shot on film or tape) could be transferred to hard disc arrays, and editors working with Mac- or Windows-based editing systems could have the best of both worlds. https://www.encyclopedia.com/computing/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/film-and-video-editing -
A year ago, it would be hard to think up anything that could stop the success of the blockbuster factory that is Marvel. But it was forced to push back the release of Black Widow from May to November. Then came the domino effect, changing its entire “Phase 4” schedule with delays for upcoming Doctor Strange, Thor, and Spider-Man movies. https://www.rev.com/blog/covid-19-effects-on-the-media-industry-video-production -
Saturday Night Live led the charge, making due with its first “at home” episode in April. While reviews were mixed, it’s hard to overlook the ingenuity. Paste Magazine called the Tom Hanks-hosted not-ready-for-primtime Zoom call “one of the most memorable episodes in the show’s 45-season run.” https://www.rev.com/blog/covid-19-effects-on-the-media-industry-video-production
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