EDWIN STANTON PORTER

Edwin Stanton Porter (April 21, 1870 – April 30, 1941) 

was an early film pioneer, most famous as a director with 

Thomas Edison's company.                        

                 

                                      

Born  ----------    April 21, 1870 

                                Connellsville, Pennsylvani

Died ----------     April 30, 1941 (aged 71) 

                               New York City 

Parents-------Thomas Richard Porter 

                               Mary Jane Clark 

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Film Editing

Film editing is part of the process of filmmaking. It involves the selection and combining of shots into
sequences, and ultimately creating a finished motion picture. It is an art of storytelling


A film editor is a person who practices film editing by assembling the footage. However,

the job of an editor isn’t simply to mechanically put pieces of a film together, cut off film slates, or edit
dialogue scenes. A film editor must creatively work with the layers of images, story, dialogue, music,
pacing, as well as the actors' performances to effectively "re-imagine" and even rewrite the film to craft a
cohesive whole. Editors usually play a dynamic role in the making of a film.

Film editing is an art that can be used in diverse ways. It can create sensually provocative montages;
become a laboratory for experimental cinema; bring out the emotional truth in an actor's performance;
create a point of view on otherwise obtuse events; guide the telling and pace of a story; create an illusion
of danger where there is none; give emphasis to things that would not have otherwise been noted; and even
create a vital subconscious emotional connection to the viewer, among many other possibilities....


                                           

Edwins Porter  

Edwin S. Porter is generally thought to be the American filmmaker who first put film editing to use.