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11 Cards in this Set
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Persistance of Vision/
Phi Phenomenon |
Natural phenomenon in which the human eye continues to see an image for a fraction of a moment after the object is removed from sight
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Edward Muybridge
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1878: Edward Muybridge settles bet by recording 24 separate pictures of a horse galloping.
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Kinetoscope
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A moving picture device, invented by Thomas Edison and William Dickson in 1892, that allowed one person at a time to watch a motion picture by looking through the viewer. 1894- became popularized in Europe.
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Edison Vitascope
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Created in 1896 when Edison realized the commercial potential of Film-made showing film on a large screen possible.
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Nickelodeans
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An early movie theater that charged an admission price of 5 cents per person. Became popular in the early 1900s
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Motion Picture Patents Company
MPPC |
Lasted from 1908-1912, was organized by the 10 largest movie companies, whose producers and distributors attempted to gain complete control of the motion picture industry in the US primarily through control of patents. (AKA Edison Trust) Was disbanded in 1917 by government.
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" The Majors"
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Columbia Pictures, Paramount
Warner Bros, Universal, Twentieth Century Fox, MGM |
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Vertical Integration
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( with reference to the majors) controlled production, exhibition and distribution. Allowed early motion picture companies to ensure that their content would always be shown.
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Studio System
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efficient business practices put in place by the major movie studios. Star System, A and B Films, Block Booking, Talkies
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Star System
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actors signed by studios to long-term contracts.
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Block Booking
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process where major studios forced exhibitors to carry “B” films in order to get access to “A” films.
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