History of FilmExam1
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| Who was Thomas Edison? | Inventor
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| What did Thomas Edison invent for sound? | Phonograph
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| What did Edison invent for viewing? | Kinetoscope
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| What did Edison invent for cameras? | Kinetograph
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| What was the name for Edison's film studio? | The Black Maria
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| What were Kinetoscopes primarily filmed of? | Vaudeville Acts, Re-creations, and actualities
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| What advancements did Edison make? | perforated film, standard film gauge-35mm, shutter, and intermittent motion of film
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| What were the drawbacks to Edison's system? | non-portable, studio-bound films, short film length, individual viewing
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| What was the Lumiere Brothers first big masterpiece? | Arrival of a Train
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| Why was Arrival of a Train such a masterpiece? | dynamic sense of perspective via the diagonal line, movement, composition in depth
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| What was the Lumiere Bros. first invention? | Cinematographe
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| What were the advances of the Lumiere Brothers? | portable, allowed location shooting, versitile
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| What were the functions of the cinematograph? | camera, projector, and film processor
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| What were the advances of the Lumiere Brothers films? | outdoor cinematography, the 'gag' film, special effects, camera placement
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| What happened 12/28/1895? | the first projected public screening of 10 short films
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| What were some characteristics of early films? | static camera, long takes, theatre influence (front row camera placement) and procenium framing, 1 movie equaled 1 shot
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| Who was Georges Melies? | filmmaker, made trick films which used camera effects. His first blockbuster was A Trip to The Moon
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| Who wrote His Girl Friday? | Howard Hawks
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| What were some of Milies' contribution? | Pioneered the use of special effects, cinema can create it's own story world, longer films, 1 shot equals 1 scene
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| Who is Edwin S. Porter? | Was part of Edison's company, started as an engineer, became a camera man/director
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| What was significant about Life of an American Fireman? | misture of stock and staged footage, originally thought to be the first example of intercutting
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| What advances did Porter contribute? | varied perspectives in exterior shots, moving camera, longer film, complex narrative,
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