▁possible ▁mean ings ▁resolved ▁by ▁the ▁participation ▁of ▁perform ers ▁and ▁spect ators . ▁ ▁Film ▁Par allel ▁editing ▁is ▁a ▁film making ▁technique ▁that ▁was ▁first ▁used ▁by ▁D . W . ▁Griff ith ▁in ▁A ▁Cor ner ▁of ▁Whe at ▁( 1 9 0 9 ) ▁to ▁show ▁simultane ous ▁responses ▁to ▁an ▁event . ▁In ▁The ▁B irth ▁of ▁a ▁Nation ▁( 1 9 1 4 ) ▁Griff ith ▁used ▁a ▁technique ▁called ▁contrast ▁editing ▁to ▁dep ict ▁a ▁fast - p ac ed ▁sequence ▁where ▁simultane ous ▁scenes ▁conver ge . ▁Griff ith ▁had ▁tried ▁something ▁similar ▁in ▁The ▁L on ely ▁Villa ▁( 1 9 0 9 ), ▁but ▁with ▁less ▁success . ▁His ▁film ▁Int ol er ence ▁( 1 9 1 6 ) ▁was ▁even ▁more ▁am bit ious ; ▁the ▁simultane ous ▁action ▁developed ▁in ▁altern ating ▁sequences ▁included ▁the ▁Fall ▁of ▁Bab yl on , ▁the ▁conflict ▁between ▁Jesus ▁and ▁the ▁Ph ar ise es , ▁and ▁the ▁St . ▁Bar th ol ome w ' s ▁Day ▁mass acre . ▁ ▁Video ▁games ▁The ▁video ▁games ▁Wind ▁W aker ▁( 2 0 0 2 ) ▁and ▁Sky ward ▁S word ▁( 2 0 1 1 ) ▁have ▁borrow ed ▁from ▁film ▁studies ▁and ▁applied ▁simultane ous ▁art ▁techniques ▁to ▁their ▁sound tra cks . ▁Techn ological ▁adv ances ▁have ▁allowed ▁for ▁the ▁environmental ▁score ▁to ▁exist ▁alongside ▁music ▁played ▁on ▁an ▁in - game ▁har p . ▁Multiple ▁musical ▁elements ▁produced ▁simultaneously ▁can