Cultural Literacy Flashcards
Who was the worlds first filmmaker
Eudweard Muybridge
Who released the first camera to put motion pictures on a moving strip of film
Thomas Edison, on Kinetograph
Who founded the first celluloid company with commercially available film for sale
George Eastman, made Kodak
Who influenced the matrix, how
Edward muybridge, they set up multiple cameras in a circle to achieve the bullet time effect.
What was the cinematographe? Who made it?
The lumiere brothers made it, it was a film and camera projector
Who directed the great train robbery? What did it portray?
Edwin S porter, introduced people to the new experience of film with trains and robberies and scared initial movie goers with the final scene of a gun
What is metropolis
It is a 1927 movie of German expressionism that influenced the world of blade runner
What is film noir
Black and white cinema from between 1944-1954
What is German expressionism
An artistic genre that originated in Europe and emphasized the artists feeling and ideas over reality
What is the cultural impact of the god father
The dramatic use of lighting to portray light and dark
What is the duality of the god father
It is the duality of choices, and how it changes a person. It shows that every human has a piece of them they do not show.
What painting inspired blade runner
Nighthawks
Who made the camera obscura
A,-Hassan ibn Al-haytham
What is the camera obscura
A darkened room with a small hole to let light in and project the image on the wall
Who composed Star Wars, Harry Potter, Jurassic part
John williams
