Describe the pan shot as used in the D. W. Griffith film Birth of a Nation. Identify the process of film making to which the pan shot belongs, and relate it to the long shot

What will be an ideal response?

Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. A pan shot is the name given to the panoramic vista.
2. It occurs when the camera sweeps across the scene and covers a wide area of view, from one side of the scene to the other.
3. The pan shot belongs to the editing process of a film, in which the shots are assembled into a whole.
4. The long shot is related to the pan. It is a shot that takes in a wide expanse and as many characters at once as possible. The pan, however, specifically sweeps across the area of view.