The Editing Wall of Fame:

During the development of editing, there are a few legendary filmmakers who played a huge role in the development of editing. Here are a few:

David W. Griffith

       His most famous film was ‘The Birth of a Nation’ produced in 1915. Here editing techniques such as the iris shot, cross-cutting and flashbacks were implemented wowing his audiences. He redefined the whole purposes of a film as now narration of a coherent storyline was possible.

 

Georges Méliès

Méliès played with the development of cross-cutting to inspire more emotion in his film. With cuts made from different shots he was able to create tension for the viewer’s using tricks such as having a smoke puff come in front a character then cutting the film to a shot where the character is not there. His work has clearly influenced acting tricks as witnessed in the science fiction films of this date. His greatest work was the film ‘The Great Train Robbery’ of 1903.

Edwin S. Porter

      In 1901, Porter perhaps began the transition from using just one shot to multiple shots. He showed that not all shots had to be directly related to form a coherent film. His most notable works include ‘Life of an American Fireman’ and ‘The Execution of Czoyosz’.