One movie
which had a tremendous effect on cinematic techniques is The Birth of a
Nation, a controversial film in which D. H. Griffith portrayed the epic in covering a
period before the Civil War to the rebuiding of the South after this horrific war. After
watching this film President Woodrow Wilson remarked,
"It's like writing history with lightning. And my only regret is that it is all so
terribly true."
This 1915 film first uses such
techniques as night filming, tinting, panning, close-ups, panoramic long shots, and high angle
shots.
Another early film that was very innovative is the 1941 production of
Citizen Kane by Orson Welles. This film combines several innovative
techniques that have since been employed in many a film:
Single source lighting - Since the movie was meant to be a
figuratively dark film, single lighting is employed. This casts shadows and places characters
often in...
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