"Arrival of a Train" & "Damsel in Distress"

In the short film, "Arrival of a Train" it's a long continuous take of a train. The long take is showing a train arriving at a train station and people getting on and off of the train. There is no editing in this short film because it's one continuous take. In this short film, the camera angle is along the railroad, but still showing the people waiting on the side for the train. The narrative is told in a simple matter. We first see a group of people waiting on the side for a train. Then the train appears from the background. People start to inch closer to the train as it approaches the station. The train keeps moving through the frame of the film until it makes a complete stop. When the train stops, people board and get off the train. The short film "Arrival of a Train" relates to Realism because we see a sequence shot of the train in the film.

In the short film, "Damsel in Distress", its a series of cuts between people and events. The camera work and editing is totally different compared to "Arrival of a Train". In "Damsel in Distress" has a various amount of different camera angles/movement. We see that in this film, there is a difference it time portrayed in the films. In this film, the editing between shots is quick as tension starts to rise. Also, in this film, the filmmakers give us different camera angles in order to help tell the story. It's not one static shot. In this film, it goes back and forth between the girl tied down on the railroad track, to the train approaching her, and to the dog chasing to get someone to help her. Being able to cut back and forth between the two help portrays what is going on in the story. For the most part, most of the shots are CUs/MS. The short film "Damsel in Distress" relates to Classicism because this film demonstrates classical  cutting and cutting to continuity. Cutting to continuity is a type of editing that tried to show the fluidity of an event without showing the whole event and condenses the actions. Classical cutting is when cuts are made for dramatic intensity and emotional emphasis. This is portrayed through the evil mad tieing down the girl to the railroad track and then us seeing the tension between the train coming and her needing help to escape.