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Chapter 6 Flashcards

1
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Leland Stanford

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California govenor had help from Muybridge

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2
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zoopraxiscope

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a machine for projecting slides onto a distance surface

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Eadweard Muybridge

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created the zoopraxiscope

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4
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persistence of vision

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images our eyes gather are retained in the brain for a short period of time

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5
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William Dickson

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created kinetograph

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6
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George Eastman

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easy to use camera

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7
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Hannibal Goodwin

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celluloid roll film

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8
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Joseph Nicephore Niepce

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created photography

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Louis Daguerre

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introduced daguerreotype

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daguerreotype

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process of recording images on polished metal plates

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11
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William Henry Fox Talbot

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introduced calotype

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12
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calotype

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created negatives, used translucent paper, more sensitive than daguerreotype

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13
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kinetoscope

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peep show device created by Thomas Edison

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14
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Thomas Edison built

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the first motion picture studio in NJ

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15
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cinemtographe

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device that both photographed and projected action

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16
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George Melies

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first to make a narrative motion picture and to tell a story

17
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Edwin Porter

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The Great Train Robbery (1903) - first movie to use editing, cutting scenes, and a mobile camera to tell a story

18
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montage

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tying together two separate but related shots in a such a way to make a unified meaning

19
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D. W. Griffith

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The Birth of Nation, made lots of money

20
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double feature

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two movies on the same bill

21
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B movie

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less expensive movie

22
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vertical integration

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studios produce their own films, distribute them, and show them in their own theaters

23
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block booking

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buying a lot of movies but one jumps out as having great success, having a bunch of less great things to help one stand out more than others

24
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Three component system of film

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production, distribution, exhibition

25
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platform rollout

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open a move on a few screens and hope that good word of mouth promotes certain movies

26
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corporate independents

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a feel of an independent film

27
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blockbuster mentality

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reduced risk taking –> more formulaic movies

28
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tentpole

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an expensive blockbuster around which a studio plans its other releases

29
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microcinema

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filmmakers use digital video cameras for their low budget films

30
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branding films

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sponsor-financing of movies to advance a manufacturer’s product line

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