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62 Cards in this Set
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an aspect of human vision in which the brain retains images for a fraction of a second after they leave the field of sight; allows the illusion of movement from a series of still pictures
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persistence of vision
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amusement parlor boxes containing moving rolls of still pictures
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peep shows
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early motion picture camera invented by Thomas Edison
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kinetograph
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early motion picture viewer invented by Thomas Edision
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Kentoscope
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small early movie theaters
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nickelodeans
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Company founded by Thomsas Edison to control the movie equipment busines
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(The Trust- Motion Picture Patents Company
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1st modern feature film
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The Birth of a Nation
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was created when audiences began to demand see popular actors
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Star System
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forcing theater owners to show movies with unknown stars in order to get movies with established stars
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block booking
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forcing theater owners to reserve movies without previewing them
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blind booking
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film clips covering current events that were shown in theaters before the advent of television
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newsreels
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the illegal copying and selling of movies
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pirating
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easier to use, enable theaters to regularly show live events, such as concerts or sporting events, economic advantages
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advantages of digital technology
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Paramount, Sony, Warner bro., Disney, 20th Century Fox, Universal
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Big Six
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the planning phase of movie making
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preproduction
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the actual shooting phase of moviemaking
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production
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the final phase of moviemaking, which includes editing and other technical improvements to the film
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post production
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the person who finds the financing for a film and puts the package together
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executive producer
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people who lead the actual day to day work of making a film
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line producers
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version of film the director delivers to the studio
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director's cut
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movie directors in charge of shooting the scenes that do not require the stars
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second unit directors
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simple editing machine made of two reels on which film is spooled over
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moviola
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chooses the shots and places them in sequence, he or she creates the rhythm of the film and the pace at which it moves.
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editor
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the person who designs the physical look of a film
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art director
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member of film crew who sets up and moves cameras
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key grip
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film crew member in charge of making sure shots match up; sometimes called the script supervisor
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continuity supervisor
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lighting director
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gaffer
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the gaffer's (lighting director's) assistant
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best boy
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the process of selling media content to individual outlets
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syndication
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fictional movies that dramatize real- life events ex. JFK
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docudramas
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established to avoid government censorship
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movie rating
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a recording technique in which representation of the sound wave is stored directly onto the recording medium; what we use today
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analog recording
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a recording technique in which sound is broken down electronically into a numerical code
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digital recording
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early juke boxes set up in amusement arcades
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nickelodeans
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early playback device using a flat disc with lateral grooves cut on one side
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gramo phone
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district in new york city where songs were written "on order" for broadway shows
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tin pan alley
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instrumental music with a steady syncopated beat
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rag time
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rivalries in which companies selling specific types of recording and playback devices try to put competing companies with competing formats out of business; ex. new technology tries to put out old technology
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format wars
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early hand cranked record player introduced by the victor company
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victrola
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cylinders
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phonograph
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discs
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gamophones
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Bill Haley signed with Decca; 1st time music converged with gospil and country; "Shake, rattle, and roll. and rock around the rock"
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Rock'N'Roll was born
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music composed of rhymed speech over drum beats
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rap
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the backing music for rap
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hip hop
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Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big bopper, were killed on the way to play in moorhead
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the day the music died
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Music group who revived rock and roll
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beatles
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first commercial rap record
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"Rappers delight" by Sugar hill Gang
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Warner, EMI, Sony BMG, Universal
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four major corporations in music industry
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changed the goal of recording industry once was to foster and develop talent now it is to produce a quick hit
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Blockbuster syndrome
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focus on single not album
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music a.d.d
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act as talent scouts and testing grounds for majors as corporate labels acquire many of the successful independents
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Independent labels
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specialists in the music industry who discover and develop the groups and performers
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artist and repertoire executives
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demonstration recordings sent in to record companies by artists, agents, managers, or by the artists themselves
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demos
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person who oversees the making of a master recording
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producer
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a profession who adapts a song for specific singers and other musical elements
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arranger
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a professional who specializes in writing the words of a song
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lyricist
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radio stations whose playlists are tracked weekly to determine airplay popularity for individual songs
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reporting stations
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a point of sale computer system that determines sales for best selling record lists.
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Sound Scan
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How to promote songs?
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radio play, store sales, press coverage and publicity, music videos.
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an opportunity to sell, rent, or license a product to a different type of custoer. ex US theaters, international, home media (dvd), television
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market windows
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consumer products built around movie characters
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tie ins
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listener finds it to be apart of their identity
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emotional contagion
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