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