Author Question: Describe the pan shot as used in the D. W. Griffith film Birth of a Nation. Identify the process of ... (Read 218 times)

khang · **on:** Jun 23, 2018

Describe the pan shot as used in the D. W. Griffith film Birth of a Nation. Identify the process of film making to which the pan shot belongs, and relate it to the long shot.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

What was the content of Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War, and what was the point of view of this publication?

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ambernicolefink · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. A pan shot is the name given to the panoramic vista.
2. It occurs when the camera sweeps across the scene and covers a wide area of view, from one side of the scene to the other.
3. The pan shot belongs to the editing process of a film, in which the shots are assembled into a whole.
4. The long shot is related to the pan. It is a shot that takes in a wide expanse and as many characters at once as possible. The pan, however, specifically sweeps across the area of view.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: It was a photo essay of the Civil War. With the Battle of Gettysburg at its center, the publication condemned the horrors of war.