Development of editing styles

Lumiere Brothers

They just filmed and didn’t edit the footage and showed it as it was. Original footage is what they were renown for showing rather that footage edited and chopped up. The Lumiere brothers, used Sergie Einsenstein’s montage ideas and techniques to then put several clips together to form a montage sequence.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4nj0vEO4Q6s

D.W. Griffit

His editing turned out to be the opposite to what he intended no producing so this put the wrong message across to the public.

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Sergie EinsensteinSergie pioneered the montage sequence in films.

The way and manor in which he did it created a message for the audience and believed it would make a better and more exciting story. The idea of a montage is sequence of pictures whose total emotion effect is greater than the sum of its parts. Considered the father of the cinematic montage, he often used heavily edited sequences for emotional impact and historical propaganda.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=x0QAjpeosgU

David Fincher

Dave is known for producing dark, dull stylish thriller movies. He does this by editing the lighting and editing styles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mg3m8wRVXWg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SEZK7mJoPLY

'How editing styles have developed and changed over time'

Methods and techniques have become more technical and precise to what they were years ago. Years and years ago fast moving montage films were popular where as nowadays the camera angles and editing of the film are more important and have become a vital part of the process of creating a film.