Digital Editing Revolution

Ellis Dorrell

Edison Company (1889)

This company was one of the first
ever to produce equipment to
produce and make films. This then
led on to be improved in the future
by others to this present day.

The Lumiere Brothers

(1895)
The brothers were known for their
quality technically minded selves.
The brothers invented
cinematography which essentially
was the first ever camera. The
camera was a simple device that
could only record and take pictures.

Edwin S Porter (1900)

Edwin was an American film pioneer
and was one of the most famous
directors, producers and
cinematographer around in his day
for what he could produce with such
little technology. The man himself
produced over 250 films in only the
early 1900s.

D.W. Griffiths
This man managed to make a film
which was named for love of gold
which was the first film ever to really
use editing techniques and scenes to
be cut. He used a few different types
of camera shots to try and show the
actors emotions.

Clapperboard (1910)
The clapperboard was brought in to
help synchronize certain scenes in
film making and to make timing
better in each scene so the film all
fits in perfect timing when the
making is going through production.

Kuleshov Effect (1920)

This is a montage effect. This is
simply two sequential shots made
from a single shot in isolation.

Foley Sound (1920)

This is the reproduction of everyday
sound effects that are added into a
film/video to make the audio quality
better in the final piece of the video.
This could be something as simple as
a breaking glass sound effect edited
in to make the sound more effective.

Moviola (1924)
This was a piece of technology
designed to allow editors/producers
to edit what theyre filming in the
moment of actually recording
something. It was also the first ever
piece of technology for motion
pictures.

Steenbeck (1931)
Steenbeck was a person that
founded a company that specialized
in film editing. He used flatbed
filming editing which had magnetic
sound and optical sound.

Compositing (1940)
This is a process of combining
rendered or filmed sources with
multiple other sources. This was to
create a better visual effect. This can
bused from still or moving pictures.

VHS (1970)
VHS stands for video home system. It
was developed in Japan by the Victor
Company. This company was mainly
based on products that people can
film analog recordings on cassettes.
This is so things can be recorded not
just in environments such as studios
and so things can be recorded at
home for a cheaper cost.

Avid (1987)
This is a company founded in
America which specialized in audio
and video production technology. The
company mainly focused on nonlinear systems. The products are still
used in the present to create films
and TV shows.

Final Cut Pro (2011)

This is a program on Apple Macs and
is another non-linear editing
software. Final cut was around before
2011 however with Apples
technology they improved and made
the program used a lot more globally.