Edge Codes

-Illusion and magic propelled the early silent films of America, created through multiple shots that were cut and edited together, rather than long, continuous shots

-Invisible editing -> the editing should not draw attention to itself (it was necessary to make sure that no one noticed the cuts between shots)

-Montage -> one thing/shot following another

-The soviets created finding meaning in film purely through the cutting (ex/ a shot can draw an audience’s emotions solely from the shot that came before it), energy is created in a movie from quickly cutting from one shot to another (known as non-linear editing)

-The introduction of sound to film led to a much more restricted form of editing (they had to be more cautious of the shots they could take, with regards to how the dialogue/background noise/music would come across on screen)