Post Production - History

History of the Cut

motion picture editing

In the beginning

• persistence of vision

• zoetrope

• Eadweard Muybridge

• Edison & Lumieres

Early films

• Novelty

• Magic lantern shows

• SHORT

• No cuts

• Latham loop

• Still no cuts

Magic & Melies

• Anybody seen Hugo?

• Camera tricks

• Rough Sea at Dover

Multiple Choice

At first, there were no cuts because the film itself was too

• Sensitive

• Short

• Sticky

• Surly

Multiple Choice

After the introduction of the Latham loop and longer film reels, there were still no cuts because it was believed that

• splices would jam when played in projectors

• audiences would get concussions

• long, unbroken shots constituted more mature filmmaking

• audiences would get confused

Multiple Choice

This director used editing to create "magic tricks" in his films.

• Thomas Edison

• Auguste Lumiere

• George Melies

• Eadweard Muybridge

Edwin S. Porter

• 1 to 1

• Life of an American Fireman

• Logic

• Stock footage

• Copyright v. cross-cut versions

Kuleshov

• Shortage of raw stock

• Workshop

• The Kuleshov Effect

• Narrative function

• Intellectual function

• Emotional function

Multiple Choice

Which film is recognized & credited as the "first" to use editing within a scene to tell the story?

• Life of an American Fireman

• A Trip to the Moon

• Rough Sea at Dover

• The Great Train Robbery

Multiple Choice

Why did Russians become the pioneers of motion picture editing?

• Because of socialist support of the arts

• Because of superior innovative intellect

• Because a shortage of raw stock made it a necessity

• Because Lev Kuleshov is a boss

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was NOT one of the functions of editing described by Soviets?

• Character function

• Narrative function

• Intellectual function

• Emotional function

History is cool....

but it's over now.