D. W. Griffith's Influence On Cinema And Culture

D.W. Griffith's influence on cinema and culture

David Wark Griffith has had an enormous influence on cinema and culture throughout many of his films. He was one of the first figures in cinema to begin and start a movement in camera use as well as radical movie directory. David Griffith was an American actor, writer, director, and producer. As well as one of the first figures to advance cinema at the time and begin a movement, both through use of camera and culture depiction of the era. Griffith was called by many the “father” of film editing, because of his ability to understand and put a movie together. This was a very intellectual individual with a specific vision in sight. Once seeing David Griffith's work in class I believe we understood the relation to the movies we see today, and if you follow and try to …show more content…
With all the political issues as well as racial issues happening at the time Griffith believed that using film to express this was the best way he can play a part. As well as have a positive profit and career as a director and producer. Griffith was not only intelligent at understanding the era at the time. He made use of the era and began to profit and work from it. This was a positive and a negative. However, we use this technique even in today’s society. For example, David Griffith used segregation and racial issues at the time to direct his films. We do the same, just as the movie Zero Dark Thirty proves that to be correct. Right after Osama Bin Laden was captured, a couple years later directors and producers jumped at the opportunity to make a profit and an attempt to try and change the worlds vision in terrorist attacks. Griffith was one of the few or possibly the only who used these techniques to direct. As well as the only one who was brave enough to begin experimenting with this idea. Which was not very popular at the