MPC 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Continuity Editing
21 Apr 2020
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Griffith: the american filmmaker d. w. griffith (1875-1949) first developed many of the conventions of classical hollywood editing, including continuity editing and cross cutting. This earned him the title: the father of film. In the early days of film, the medium (or full) shot was predominantly used. A whole scene would unfold within the shot, with no editing, followed by another. Griffith broke up the scene into diverse individual shots. Griffith"s palette: griffith was the first director to regularly mix long, medium, and close-up shots; and the first to link them together in a continuous and fluid manner. Cross cutting or parallel montage: griffith also developed the technique of cross-cutting between two scenes going on in separate locations at the same time. It is also a racist film, which glorifies the ku klux klan . Classical cutting: continuity editing and cross-cutting, both developed by griffith, are the main forms of.
