Which of the following does NOT characterize American filmmaking in the mid-1910s, as exemplified by Cecil B. De Mille's The Cheat (1915)?

A. Glass-roofed studios that used natural light were related with closed studios with artificial light.
B. Filmmaking was highly subjective and used distortion of images to represent emotional states.
C. The system of staging, shooting, and editing was developing and becoming standardized.
D. Classical continuity edited had been established, and patterns of narrative were linear.

Answer: B