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Analysis of a Sequence from Birth of a Nation
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╨╧рб▒с > ■ 5 7 ■ 4 ье┴ 5@ Ё┐ 0 =, bjbj╧2╧2 (6 нX нX П! н И Ъ Ъ Ъ Ъ Ъ Ъ Ъ 8 < H % v h h h h h h h h д ж ж ж ж ж ж $ Ы R э · ╩ Ъ h h h h h ╩ Ъ Ъ h h ▀ r r r h Ъ h Ъ h д r h д r r Д Ъ Ъ Д h \ ╨d/sgО╟ h Д д ї 0 % Д ч h ч Д о 4 т " Ъ Ъ Ъ Ъ ч Ъ Д h h r h h h h h ╩ ╩ r Analysis of a Sequence from Birth of a Nation By 1915, silent cinema used a structure or framework by the way filmmakers aided the narrative of their movies with the use of certain narrative devices such as intertitles, continuity editing, and key aspects of mise en scene. With a close analysis of a sequence from the film Birth of a Nation (Directed by D.W. Griffith, USA, 1915), I will emphasize these points of discussion. The scene we shall be looking at is the assassination of president Abraham Lincoln. The sequence starts with an opening intertitle, which sets up an establishing shot or long shot for Fords Theatre. Titles convey story information; and in the case of Birth of a Nation, historical facts, they are a form of narrative discourse that was often used in early cinema as a form of establishing shot followed by the actual long shot....
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