1- Beginning Of Film

Question 1

Who was first to make film?

Answer 1

Thomas Edison, followed shortly after by the Lumieres in France and British filmmakers

Question 2

Kinetoscope?

Answer 2

Set up in 1890 by Edison, was up and running showing films by 1894.

Question 3

Cinematographe?

Answer 3

Developed by Lumieres, all in one unit (camera and projector). Began exhibiting their films in 1895.

Question 4

Compare Lumieres vision for film with Edison’s?

Answer 4

Lumieres were artists, thought of composition. Edison cared about subject matter or content, more interested in financial gain than producing art.

Question 5

Name some Lumiere films?

Answer 5

Workers leaving the factory
Snowball fight
Train leaving the station
Boat leaving port

Question 6

Brighton Group?

Answer 6

British film group. James Williamson, George Albert smith.
Films included:
Fire-1901.
Grandmas reading glasses- 1900.

Question 7

RW Paul?

Answer 7

British film maker. Inventor who owned a factory in London and transitioned into filmmaking. Started shooting actualities in 1896, one year after lumiere.
Extraordinary cab accident
The derby

Question 8

George melies?

Answer 8

French filmmaker. Developed first fiction and sci fi films.

A trip to the moon-1902.

Question 9

Motion pictures patent company?

Answer 9

Members were Edison, Lumiere, Melies, Pathe, etc. Edison founded this company in order to control the market. Harassed other independent filmmakers with street thugs who would threaten them to keep them from stealing the film market.

Question 10

Edison’s experimentation with multi- shot narratives?

Answer 10

Life of the American fireman
Great train robbery
Inspired by melodramas and vaudeville.
1903