The history of editing

In the last lesson we had we looked at the history of editing. The history of editing was really interesting because it shows us how far the media and filmmaking has come in the last 50 years. It was also interesting to see how they used to film scenes . For example it was mostly from one angle and the people on the stage in the view of the camera were the only people moving not the camera itself, this was until a man changed the angles of the camera. This made his films slightly more eye catching than watching a scene from one angle the whole way through. We also learnt about the rule of thirds which is when the camera is at any angle but the characters or the main object is in the frame is in a certain part of the screne. For example they are normally in the middle 4 points of the screen. If you were to draw a square grid with six sections on the scene in a film etc. then the four points in the middle should be where the main focus of the shot is placed. I found a useful website ( http://digital-photography-school.com/rule-of-thirds/ ) to help me understand the theory a bit more about the theory and how it works. It also shows useful pictures.