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Editing..

 Editing

Editing is the process of selecting from the range of different shots available and joining them together to tell a story or narrative. It is often known as the invisible art as we can not see anything but the final choices .


 

The first use of editing was in the turn of the twentieth century , audiences watched single reels of a few minutes in length and they were usually long shot.

George Melies - La Voyage Dans La Lune , 1902
 *he used many special effects
 *it took three months to complete
 *he used actors from the theatre
 *it was filmed to provoke perspective

Edwin Stanton Porter - The Great Train Robbery , 1903
 *it was regarded as a the American action movie and one of the first western films which was silent
 *he used a lot of close ups and cross cutting
 *he joined reels together to make a longer film and develop the narrative
 *on location shooting

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