1. Establishing Shot
   
 
Birth of a Nation classical cutting  
4. Additional Detail Shot(s) Miriam Cooper, The BIrth of a Nation   Miriam Cooper, The Birth of a Nation 2. Detail Shot
 
Miriam Cooper, The Birth of a Nation  
   
3. Close Up
    
Classical cutting guides the eye around the scene...as Griffith does here in The Birth of a Nation.