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Post Production - History

Post Production - History

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Nicholas Livanos

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8 Slides • 6 Questions

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History of the Cut

motion picture editing

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In the beginning

  • persistence of vision

  • zoetrope

  • Eadweard Muybridge

  • Edison & Lumieres

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Early films

  • Novelty

  • Magic lantern shows

  • SHORT

  • No cuts

  • Latham loop

  • Still no cuts

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Magic & Melies

  • Anybody seen Hugo?

  • Camera tricks

  • Rough Sea at Dover

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Multiple Choice

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

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Sensitive

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Short

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Sticky

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Surly

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Multiple Choice

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

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splices would jam when played in projectors

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audiences would get concussions

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long, unbroken shots constituted more mature filmmaking

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audiences would get confused

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Multiple Choice

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

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Thomas Edison

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Auguste Lumiere

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George Melies

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Eadweard Muybridge

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Edwin S. Porter

  • 1 to 1

  • Life of an American Fireman

  • Logic

  • Stock footage

  • Copyright v. cross-cut versions

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Kuleshov

  • Shortage of raw stock

  • Workshop

  • The Kuleshov Effect

  • Narrative function

  • Intellectual function

  • Emotional function

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Multiple Choice

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

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Life of an American Fireman

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A Trip to the Moon

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Rough Sea at Dover

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The Great Train Robbery

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Multiple Choice

Why did Russians become the pioneers of motion picture editing?

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Because of socialist support of the arts

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Because of superior innovative intellect

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Because a shortage of raw stock made it a necessity

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Because Lev Kuleshov is a boss

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Multiple Choice

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

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Character function

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Narrative function

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Intellectual function

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Emotional function

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History is cool....

but it's over now.

History of the Cut

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