Cinema began as a novelty - projecting dancing shadows on a screen of simple every day scenes. But through the contributions of talented artists, a new cinematic language of editing emerged. Trace the development of editing from The Lumiere Brothers through Georges Méliès, Edwin S. Porter, and D.W Griffith. This lesson is proudly sponsored by: BlackMagicDesign.com Creating the world's highest quality solutions for the feature film, post production and television broadcast industries. If you like this lesson you may like: The Evolution of Modern Non-Linear Editing: Part 1 - From Tape To Digital vimeo.com/66531658 The History of Hollywood Censorship and the Ratings System vimeo.com/80528838 The History and Science of the Slit Scan Effect used in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey vimeo.com/71702374 The Origins and Formatting of Modern Screenplays vimeo.com/67418669