Chapter 6 Flashcards
zoopraxiscope
a machine for projecting slides onto a distant surface
persistence of vision
images our eyes gather are retained in the brain for about 1/24th of a second
kinetograph
William Dickson’s early motion picture camera
daguerreotype
a process of recording images on polished metal plates
calotype
aka Talbot’s system, used translucent paper from which several prints can be made, more sensitive than metal plates
ciématographe
a device that both photographed and projected action
montage
tying together two separate but related shots in such a way that they took on a new, unified meaning
nickelodeons
theater of about 100 seats, admission was one nickel
factory studios
production companies
double feature
two films on the same bill
B movie
less expensive movie
vertical integration
systems studios used to produce their own films, distributed them through their own outlets, and exhibited them to their own theaters
block booking
the practice of requiring exhibitors to rent groups of movies
green light process
decision to make a picture in the first place
platform rollout
to open a movie on a few screens and hope that critical response, film festival success, and good word-of-mouth reviews from those who do see it will propel it to sucess
