The following two short films: the "Arrival of a Train" and "Damsel in Distress"- relate to Realism, Classicism and Formalism...
Editing is normally an association of ideas connecting multiple shots with another. Continuity brings together MULTIPLE shots together in order to create the illusion of continuous and clear editing. In the arrival of a train, the directors used realism as a form of editing. The long continuous take of the train moving into the station and stoping establishes the scene. After this we already know it is a train station we begin to look at the characters we see in the shot. Not much is moving, so we dont notice anything besides the men and women exiting the train. This long conituous recording of time is a sequence shot. It is a device the director uses to allow the audience to determine whom they want to focus on in order to create a story of their own.
Damsel in Distress is an example of Classicism because it tries to show the fluidity of an event by editing shots together that does not leave anything important out. Reaction shots are incorporated in the edits obviously to get reaction shots. The lady blows the dog whistle to call the dog and the dog comes and she is happy. And the most important use of camera work is the parallel action, the train, the dog, and the biker/man, all work together to show that al these things are constantly moving at the same time. The suspense keeps rising up and the audience is anxious to know whether she will get run over or not.
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