Chapter 6

Question 1

Kinetograph

Answer 1

William Dickson’s early motion picture camera.

Question 2

Kinetoscope

Answer 2

peep show devices for the exhibition of kinetographs.

Question 3

Cinèmatographe

Answer 3

Lumière brothers’ device that both photographed and projected action.

Question 4

Daguerreotype

Answer 4

process of recording images on polished metal plates, usually copper, covered with a thin layer of silver iodide emulsion.

Question 5

Calotype

Answer 5

early system of photography using translucent paper from which multiple prints could be made.

Question 6

Nickelodeon

Answer 6

the first movie houses; admission was one nickel.

Question 7

What was Méliès’s, contributions to film as a narrative medium?

Answer 7

Méliès’s began making movies that told a story

Question 8

What was Porter’s contributions to film as a narrative medium?

Answer 8

Porter contributed by adding in camera angles/placement as well as editing

Question 9

What was Griffith’s contributions to film as a narrative medium?

Answer 9

Griffith introduced scheduled rehearsals before the final shooting.

Question 10

What was the Motion Picture Patents Company, and how did it influence the content and development of the movie industry?

Answer 10

The MPPC consisted of 10 companies under Edison’s control, holding the patents to virtually all existing filmmaking and exhibition equipment, ran the production and distribution of film in the United States with an iron fist. It influences the content development of the movie industry, because anyone who wanted to make a movie needed MPPC’s permission.

Question 11

What societal, technical, and artistic factors shaped the development of movies before World War II?

Answer 11

Societal - they started producing more genres to hold people’s attention and provide escapism. Technical and artistical - talkies were invented. This means the addition of audio and sound equipment into filming as well as new artistic directions because there is not only sound but dialogue.

Question 12

What are the three component systems of the movie industry?

Answer 12

1. Production - The making of movies.
2. Distribution - The supplying of movies. Whether it be prints of films, shipping it to theaters, DVDs, or all other internet streaming companies.
3. Exhibition - The public screening of a movie or the release of a movie in theaters.

Question 13

Major Studios

Answer 13

Companies who finance their films primarily through the profits of their own business

Question 14

Corporate Independent Studios

Answer 14

Companies that produce movies that have the look and feel of independent films.

Question 15

Independent Studios

Answer 15

Companies that raise money outside the studio system to produce their films.

Question 16

Concept films

Answer 16

movies that can be described in one line.

Question 17

IP-based movies

Answer 17

productions made with already existing stories, products, imaginary worlds, or characters that have a built-in fan base.

Question 18

Product Tie-ins

Answer 18

Making merchandise/products based on a movie to generate a market.

Question 19

Product Placement

Answer 19

Advertising pay a fee to have their brand inserted into a film

Question 20

Platform rollout

Answer 20

is opening a movie on only a few screens in the hope that favorable reviews and word-of-mouth publicity will boost interest.

Question 21

When and why is platform rollout used?

Answer 21

used to reduce the cost of promotion and can be used a by smaller productions or just companies who want to spend less on promotion.

Question 22

Dynamic pricing

Answer 22

is selling seats at varying prices depending on availability and demand.

Question 23

What digital technology makes dynamic pricing possible?

Answer 23

an app called Atom.

Question 24

Persistence of vision

Answer 24

images our eyes gather are retained by our brains for about 1/24 of a second, producing the appearance of constant motion

Question 25

At what speed do photographic frames move?

Answer 25

24 fps

Question 26

What was the motion picture production code?

Answer 26

The code forbade the use of profanity, limited bedroom scenes to married couples, required that skimpy outfits be replaced by more complete costumes, delineated the length of screen kisses, ruled out scenes that ridiculed public officials or religious leaders

Question 27

What were a couple of new genres formed during the Great Depression?

Answer 27

Documentaries, musicals, comedies, horror fils, and gangstar movies

Question 28

The double feature with a B-movie

Answer 28

typically a less expensive movie

Question 29

What is one threat to film?

Answer 29

Television

Question 30

How did film makers respond to television?

Answer 30

special effects, improvements in color, 3-d, smellovision, and big screen specactular

Question 31

Red scare

Answer 31

a fear of being too controversial so movies were tame

Question 32

blockbuster mentality

Answer 32

filmmaking characterized by reduced risk-taking and more formulaic movies. Business concerns are said to dominate artistic considerations as accountants and financiers control more decisions once made by creative people.