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contribution by Porter
In Edwin S. Porter …whose innovative use of dramatic editing (piecing together scenes shot at different times and places) in such films as The Life of An American Fireman (1903) and The Great Train Robbery (1903) revolutionized filmmaking. Read More
major references
In film: Editing The process of trimming and piecing together lengths of film in order to make an artistically concise and complete motion picture is certainly the most obvious technique of film language and the one most often discussed. The terms editing, cutting, and montage are often… Read More
In motion-picture technology: Editing The postproduction stage of professional filmmaking is likely to last longer than the shooting itself. During this stage, the picture and the sound tracks are edited; special effects, titles, and other optical effects are created; nonsynchronous sounds, sound effects, and music are selected and… Read More
television and radio arts
In broadcasting: The art of television …additional equipment, be recorded on film or videotape). The film camera is associated with a lengthy effort of photographing, cutting, editing, and dubbing—an elaborate process of selection and assembly that may involve months of work. Although television images may also be stored and edited through videotape, the essential television form… Read More
