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What decade what film making first used? |
The early 1890's |
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Kinetoscope |
Early motion picture camera in which the images were viewed through a peephole Thomas Edison invented this Designed for films |
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D.W. Griffith |
Known as the inventor of Hollywood Developed narrative former in film |
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Why weren't silent films completely silent? |
Because they had a music soundtrack during the movie |
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German expressionism |
Distorted and exaggerated settings Use of oblique angles and non parallel lines Moving camera Highly stylized acting |
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Characteristics of classical Hollywood films |
Transition from silent to sound production Improvements on cinematography, lighting, acting, editing Improvements in makeup and film stock Black and white film stock |
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Italian Neorealism |
Shot on location Usage of nonprofessional actors Long takes little dialogue Unclear endings |
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Revolver phographique |
Created exposures automatically Short intervals on different segments on a revolving plate |
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Magic lantern |
An early movie projector |
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George Meiles |
Innovator of special effects with stop motion photography |
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The Lumiere Brothers |
Were the first filmmakers in history They created the cineograph |
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Jazz singer |
Was the first feature length film to have synchronized sound in it |
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Hollywood studio system |
Were the Eight big major film studios
Paramount pictures, Warner Bros etc. |
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Soviet Montage movement |
To manipulate the viewers perception and understanding EisensteinS Montage of attractions |
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French new wave |
Poetic realism Light weight filmmaking devices Mis-en-scene and realism Director was the author of the film |
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Code to censor films |
Motion picture production code was name of code |
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Hollywood studios created |
They came about around 1912 |
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New American cinema |
Editing had more stylistic touches Shot on location Experimentation with sound design Naturalistic acting styles |
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Importance of Citizen Kane |
Achieved cinematic realism Radical film for Hollywood Amazing complexity and speed of narrative Sound design |
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French avant garde |
Surrealist films Feature length films that showed pure visual form |
