A tramp murders a woman. Her widower leads a posse to capture the felon in this drama.
It's fairly advanced for 1904. First, notice that it's edited together from twelve shots, each of them well set up, and there is a panorama shot near the end after the actual lynching. However, it uses its shots in a style of editing that would vanish in a few years. Notice that for most of the 'pursuit' shots, the fugitive enters the frame and leaves the frame; then the pursuers enter and leave the frame. By 1910, directors like D.W. Griffith would borrow stagecraft techniques and alternate shots of the fugitive and his trackers, for a faster and more exciting rhythm.
It's fairly advanced for 1904. First, notice that it's edited together from twelve shots, each of them well set up, and there is a panorama shot near the end after the actual lynching. However, it uses its shots in a style of editing that would vanish in a few years. Notice that for most of the 'pursuit' shots, the fugitive enters the frame and leaves the frame; then the pursuers enter and leave the frame. By 1910, directors like D.W. Griffith would borrow stagecraft techniques and alternate shots of the fugitive and his trackers, for a faster and more exciting rhythm.
