TCF112/The Evolution of Narrative Film
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Edwin S. Porter (1870-1941)
- E.g., Life of an American Fireman (January 1903)
- E.g., The Great Train Robbery (December 1903)
Differences from Méliès
- Begins to break scenes down into individual shots
- Outdoor scenes--on location
- Primitive camera movement
- Primitive framing variation
- Close-ups--but only rarely
D. W. Griffith (1875-1948)
E.g., The Lonedale Operator (1911) E.g., Birth of a Nation (1915)
- Variation of camera position
- Close-ups
- Lighting
- Iris
- Intertitles
- Editing
- Scenes broken down into several shots
- Parallel editing
- Longer films