Early cinema Flashcards
What is the Phi phenomenon?
the persistence of vision to believe that pictures are moving if they are shown less than one second apart
What are the two types of device that first showed pictures to be moving using the Phi phenomenon
Zoetrope and Praxinoscope
What was the name of Edison’s original movie machine and who did most of the work?
Kinetograph, William K L Dickson
What was the name of the device used to show Edison movies?
Kinetoscope
What year were kinetoscopes introduced to public parlours in New York?
1894
Name the two films you looked at from Edison
Sandow the strong man and the Glenroy Brothers Comedy Boxing
What smaller, lighter camera did the Lumiere brothers invent?
Cinematograph
Name the 4 needed Lumiere brothers films
Workers leaving the factory
The sprinkler sprinkled
Baby’s lunch
Arrival of the train at the station
What was the name given to the Lumiere brothers documentary style films
actualities
When did the first public exhibition of the Lumiere brothers films take place and where
In a Parisian basement in December 1895
Name arguably the most famous George Melies film
A trip to the moon (1902)
What did melies discover could be done by stopping recording, change the set and start recording again
He found that he could present the illusion of things disappearing or changing places as if by magic, discovered by accident when his camera jammed while recording a tunnel and a bus turned into a hearse
Which development allowed longer length films to be presented
The Latham Loop
Were audiences mainly in spectacles or narrative when going to see films by Melies
Spectacle, narrative cinema became more mainstream later after The Great Train Robbery was released.
What was the best film you could see in 1903?
and what was the best film you could see in 1908?
The Great Train Robbery and The Great Train Robbery
