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33 Cards in this Set
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what invention led to the idea of moving images with sound?
whose invention/ |
phonograph
Edison |
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what was the original goal of film
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to provide images for the phonograph
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why was silent film considered counter intuitive
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because the original idea was for image to accompany sound of the phonograph
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what was advancement by analog
how did edison use this idea |
building on your last success
edison tried to build onto the success of his phonograph |
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who worked on edison's problem of putting pics to phonograph
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dickson
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what methods did dickson try to put images to the phonograph?
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tried putting images on cylinder
then tried celluloid and made the Kinetoscope |
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3 important dates and what were they
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1895 - first screening in paris by lumiere brothers
1915 - birth of a nation 1923 - coming of sound (jazz singer?) |
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what was the kinetoscope
how long was the run of film |
viewing machine, ran for 50 seconds (50 feet film), viewer on top.
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what was the machine that made the kinetoscopes called
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the kinetograph
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what is kinetoscope
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dickson's invention (edison's)
was both the viewing machine and the films themselves |
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name of edison dickson studio
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black maria
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how was the black maria lighted
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sunlight through the roof, circular platform to chase the sun
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2 first short clips? (when the workers were fooling around)
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record of a sneeze
dickson greets |
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who were the first group of people to be kinetographed?
4 of the first clips? |
vaudeville performers
the corbett-courtney fight, annie oakley, sandow the strong man, carmencita |
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who was the first woman captured on kinetograph
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carmencita
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why was sandow the strong man clip unique
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had a 3/4 shot
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what were the edison-dickson advances
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- perforated film
- intermittent motion of film - shutter - standardized film gauge (35mm) |
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what were the edison dickson drawbacks
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- kinetograph was not portable (huge and electricity powered)
- studio bound, clausterphobic - short film length (about a minute) (also 1 person 1 film viewing because no projection) |
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who were the lumieres
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they attempted to modify the kinetograph/kinetoscope
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lumieres: who was the cinematographer
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louis
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what machine did louis lumiere invent?
how big was it |
the Cinematographe
12x12x6 |
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what were cinematographe advances
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- portable (light, wood, manually powered crank)
- versatile (it is the processor, camera, and projector) - allowed for location shooting (brighter, more interesting films) - standardized film speed (16 fps) |
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where was the first screening?
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dec 1895, grand cafe in Paris.
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what were the names of mini-documentaries
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actualites!
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names of some actualites we screened? (5)
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- baby's tea time
- sprinkler gets sprinkled - arrival of a train - the demolition of a wall - the card game |
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what was the first narrative?
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lumiere's sprinkler gets sprinkled
actualite |
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why was baby's tea time significant
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because everyone was impressed with the prettiness of the tree movement
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what was the first commercial?
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the card game (lumiere's actualites)
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what was the first masterpiece, why significant
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arrival of a train (lumiere's actualites)
- striking perspective |
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why was demolition of a wall special
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accidental recording backwards - special effect
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what were lumieres' cinematic qualities?
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- dynamic perspective (diagonal line)
- movement (indicates depth) - composition in depth - recording on different planes e.g.! Arrival of a train |
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why did edison's model get its butt kicked by lumieres'
what did he do about it |
lumieres - projection, mass audience
edison - 1 image 1 viewer made the change to maximize profits, put out the vitascope (a projector) |
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what were 2 vitascopes
whose were these |
- leap frog
- tub race |
