Tag Archive: D.W. Griffiths

The Evolution of Film Language

Pete January 8, 2017

The Evolution of Film Language Edwin S Porter (1870 -1941) was one of the first film makers to understand that a single shot was just the basic building block of film and it was the organisation or editing of these…
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HNC Photography, IFC - Coursework, Introduction to Film Culture Blog, Part three - Fact or fiction? Truth or lies?, Project 2 - The birth of propaganda

D.W. Griffiths, Editing, Film Language, racism

The Birth of a Nation (1915)

Pete January 7, 2017

The Birth of a Nation (1915) Dir: D.W. Griffiths Synopsis The Stoneman family finds its friendship with the Camerons affected by the Civil War, both fighting in opposing armies. The development of the war in their lives plays through to…
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HNC Photography, IFC - Coursework, Introduction to Film Culture Blog, Movies watched, Part three - Fact or fiction? Truth or lies?, Project 2 - The birth of propaganda, Research & Reflection IFC

Birth of a Nation, D.W. Griffiths, Propaganda, Racisum