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The Lumiere Brothers produced some of the first examples of documentary filmmaking. These two films are considered to be examples of 'pure' documentary as they have not been subjected to the editing process and are filmed in real time. However, the camera was fixed in a particular position and the frame carefully composed therefore the Lumiere brothers had made editing decisions before capturing the footage. The size of the equipment was enormous. Consider how small a camcorder can be in the 21st Century compared to the rhinocerous-size equipment that the Lumiere brothers would have had to
place upon their tripod.
Andy Warhol also made a series of films in the 1960s that did not contain any post-production editing and, like the Lumiere brothers, capture action in real time.My students described these films as 'boring' which amplifies the importance of editing when producing engaging filmmaking. Our constant exposure to slick post-production techniques and thoughtful/thoughtless mediation makes Warhol's films difficult for an audience expecting modern editing techniques that present content and the movement of time in an accelerated manner. Click on link for short clip of Warhol's EAT :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnHJheJkz7Y&feature=PlayList&p=3A9ED27DE68A3138&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=6
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