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The Technique of Film and Video Editing, 4th Edition
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The Technique of Film and Video Editing, 4th Edition

by Ken Dancyger
April 2013
Beginner content levelBeginner
512 pages
16h
English
Focal Press
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The Silent Period

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Film dates from 1895. When the first motion pictures were created, editing did not exist. The novelty of seeing a moving image was such that not even a screen story was necessary. The earliest films were less than a minute in length. They could be as simple as La Sortie de I'Usine Lumière (Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory) (1895) or Arrivée d'un Train en Gare (Arrival of a Train at the Station) (1895). One of the more popular films in New York was The Kiss (1896). Its success encouraged more films in a similar vein: A Boxing Bout (1896) and Skirt Dance (1896). Although George Méliès began producing ...

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ISBN: 9780240807652