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American first story film |
The Great Train Robbery 1903 Directed by Edwin S. Porter Edison produced it and retired a rich man |
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Puritanical roots |
Dictated an old testament point of view in first narrative |
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Theatre |
Audience middle class and upper class |
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Vaudeville Burleque |
Lower class entertainment center nyc |
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The sneeze 1894 |
First movie ever film by edison |
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Edison |
Claimed to have invented the first motion camera Copyrighted everything wanted a complete monopoly on movie making |
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The Trust |
A union that edison created of lawyers and producers that shared profits with edison |
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California L.A. |
Independent producers forced to move safe and more sunshine. L.A. sun, audience and cheap labor |
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The Squaw Man 1914 |
First feature length film Directed by Cecil B. Demille Used all locations in California 6 reels @18min/reel |
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Negative connotations |
California's didn't like actors and producers because they weren't socially acceptable |
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WW1 |
20s there was a demand more mature, sophisticated type of film Needed to a peal to upper and middle class by building better theaters |
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Broken Blossoms |
By DW Griffith starring Lillian Gish Shows uses of American actors playing Orientals, tinted scenes and blatant racism by Griffith |
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Garbo |
Swedish working class 20 odd films under first 3 year at MGM 2 million and control of films Louis B. Mayer the king of Hollywood caved and she got respect |
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David Wark DW Griffith |
Kentucky born Master storyteller of film The father of film Gave the grammar of film making Appered in Edwinn S. Porters and Thomas Edison Rescued from the Eagles nest 1907 |
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An Unseen Enemy 1912 |
15 minute thriller Dorothy and Lillian Gish Close up of a gun pointed at them Trained his company |
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Cecil B. Demille |
West coast New York Director general of all film production 1914 debut film The Squaw Man with Lasky and coproducer director Oscar Apefel Extravagant production vules and biblical epics rich doses of orgies and bathing scenes |
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The Wind |
Directed by Victor Seastorm staring Lillian Gish Shows the influence of foreign directors |
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The Kiss 1929 |
Directed by Jacques Feyder Starring Garbo last silent film and Garbo fully controlled and personally produced Mayer wanted to soften her up for the new contact that is why she got the freedom |
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Bitch of a Nation 1915 |
Cross cutting build up tension Racist in its depiction of African Americans |
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Chaplin the Immigrant 1917 |
Romantic comedy stars Edna Purviance and Eric Campbell |
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French Poetic Realism |
The marginalized of society though lens of disappoint, reget, and estrangement In 1930s Themes-bitterness, disappointment, disillusioned,nostalgia Jean Renoir,and Rene Clair and Feyder forefront of this movement
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DWG Camera Man Billy Bitzer |
Camera techniques close ups, fade out, varied shot depths, establishing shots, far and medium shots Low key, backlighting Systematized their use |
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Unknown Chaplin |
Kevin Brown Low and David Gills documentary series Second half filmed first restaurant scene Purviance became physical I'll from eating too many plates |
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Chaplin character |
Kicked immigration officer cited for his anti American ism Forced to leave the U.S 1952 1998 preservation in the us national film registry of Congress for culturally, historical, or aesthetically significant |
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The Directors |
Murnau, Eisenstein, Grance, Seastorm and FW Murnau sunrise 1927 debut |
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Academy awards |
The Jazz Singer 1927 4 noms won but interior decorated Wings and Sunrise 1927 won best picture |
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Flapper Women |
1920s Diabolical yet erotica city women Day/night Sun/moon |
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Murnau |
Old testament concepts Country good/city bad Freudian Symbols Animals lower nature of men Taught other at Fox Studios like a film school |
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Abel Gance France Napoleon 1927 |
First in stero sound Mounted cams on horses elevator and guillotine for unusual effects First combat director Independent Old testament |
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Ploy vision |
Three different images were projected in sync by 3 cams |
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Sergei Eisenstein |
Marxist pov 1898-1948 Battleship Potemkin 1925 Gorify a real life event. Crew Russian battleship rebelled against the oppressive officers Tsarist Regime |
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The Odessa Steps |
Tsars cos sacks in their white tunics March down endless flight of stairs killing civilians |
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The 20s |
The '20's was a time of Change. Although silent films, with their strong musical accompaniments, captivated audiences for nearly two decades -- they had difficulty communicating the spoken word. |
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By the 1920s |
radio was becoming the dominant form of entertainment, and for the first time, there was a generation that had grown up with the movies -- and that generation expected more from the films that they watched and began abandoning theaters for radios |
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"Dream Street" |
a film that included a filmed introduction of Griffith stepping out from behind a curtain to spreak to the audience. Griffith felt that a film utilizing the spoken English word would exclude 95% of the non-english speaking world and included no dialogue within the film. |
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Don Juan Warner Bros |
film featuring a vitaphone accompaniment that played pre-recorded music and a speaking introduction by William Hayes. Broadway enthusiasts viewed the use of vitaphone as a step backwards, and the device as a toy. |
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William Fox |
Fox embraced movietone, and used the format to release video news that showcased historic events -- all synced with sound. The programs were being released four times a week, and garnered rave reviews. |
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The success of "The Jazz Singer" |
led to studios adopting sound. While the Warner Brothers revolutionized cinema, none of them were able to be in attendance for the premiere due to the death of one of the brothers. |
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Singing In The Rain |
a depiction of the coming of sound films. |
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Silent Feminists |
The first silent film director was French woman, Alice Guy Blanche. The first American silent film director was Lois Weber. |
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Oscar Michaux |
Black Filmmakers was the first successful black filmmaker. |
