Many people contributed to the developments of motion picture language in the early years of the cinema.  Select one of the following figures and indicate and explain at least one distinct contribution to motion picture communication: Georges Méliès; G.A. Smith; Alice Guy Blaché; Edwin S. Porter.

What will be an ideal response?


See individual biographical passages in Chapter 2.  Méliès: edits, jump cut, developed and utilized superimposition, matte shots, dissolves, and simple camera movement.  Smith: close-up, basic continuity sequence.  Guy Blaché: use of dramatic  close-up, individual character development, inventive use of city locales, and dramatically expressive compositions.  Porter: development of narrative through editing in Life of American Fireman; dynamic narrative, staging, and shot towards viewer by robber with gun for Great Train Robbery.

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