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Porter continued to experiment with cinematic techniques in other films.

The The Great Train Robbery was ground-breaking and is still shown in film schools today as an example of early editing form.

It was produced in 1903 and was one of the first examples of dynamic, action editing-piecing together scenes shot at different times and places and for emotional impact unavailable in a static long shot.

Being one of the first film hyphenates ( film director, editor and engineer ) Porter also invented and utilized some of the very first ( albeit primitive ) special effects such as double exposures, miniatures and split-screens.