The Language of Film: Crash Course Film History #5

Who is responsible for creating The Language of Film?

• Edwin S Porter

• Porter S Edwards

• Edwin S Rommel

• Edwin S Gershwin

• Edwin S VanHalen

The idea that a film can cut back and forth between two or more events that are happening simultaneously within the world of film is known as: (select two)

• parallel action

• cross-cutting

• cutting on the action

• matching action

• continuity

Which film is considered to be the first to use parallel action to edit the film in 1902?

• Life And Times Of Robin Hood

• Life On The American West

• Life Of An American Policeman

• Life Of An American Fireman

Edwin S Porter was the first to pan a camera. What does it mean to pan the camera?

• move it left to right or right to left

• zoom the camera in for a closeup

• tilt the camera up or down

• move the camera using wheels

What film technique is used to show action that is taking place at the same time?

• cross-cutting

• pans and tilts

• simultaneous parallelism

• existential paradigm shifting