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theo · **on:** Jun 23, 2018

Discuss how editing emerged as fundamental to filmmaking and give an example of a film, and director, demonstrating the development and technique of film editing.

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Question 2

Consider Warhol's Empire; an image from the film is included in the text. This avant-garde film challenged the conventions of studio-made films. How did it do so? Consider the history of cinema and this film's relationship to traditional narrative and editing. How does this film relate to other aspects of this artist's work?

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

Answer to Question 1

Early filmmakers looked naturally to the theater as a model, and basically filmed a staged performance. Editing quickly emerged as fundamental to filmmaking for clarity and continuity. Sergei Eisenstein was one of the most influential early masters of editing and became interested in the expressive possibilities, including the rhythm of shots to create symbolic connections between them. Many of his innovative techniques can be seen in the 1925 film Battleship Potemkin.

Answer to Question 2

Film was hailed initially as a wonderful medium for creating popular storytelling entertainment. Yet from the beginning there were people claiming it could be practiced as an art, like photography, subsequently leading to a new approach to films by visual artists. Andy Warhol, a pop artist, had an unusually prolific engagement with films. Warhol's early films resembled his paintings in that they challenge the idea that something will happen. Empire was an eight-hour fixed-camera recording of the Empire State Building, with the intent of presenting a way of watching time pass.