Early Cinema PDF Flashcards
Who took the first photograph that took 8 hours to capture?
Niépce
In what year was the first photograph taken?
1826
“In order to make the illusion of movement, still pictures must appear in _______.”
Rapid Succession
in what decade was glass plates invented?
1870s
Muybridge is known for his pioneering work on animal locomotion in what year?
1878
In ____ Marey invents a camera that takes 12 photographs in negative.
1882
Marey’s paper negative camera was made in ____.
1888
Eastman’s Celluloid, a flexible film base, was made when?
1889
Eastman’s Celluloid. Once this base was improved and camera mechanisms had been devised to draw the film past the lens and expose it to light, the creation of ____ became possible.
Long strips of frames
All coming together happened in what decade?
1890s
By ____, Thomas A Edison’s Assistant, WKL Dickson, had developed a camera that made short 35mm films.
1893
Dickson developed a peep-show machine named ____.
Kinetoscope
By 1890s, the Lumiére Brothers invented the ____.
Lumiére Camera
Lumiére Brothers invented their own camera ____; it exposed a short roll of 35mm film and also served as a ____.
Independently, Projector
Edison built and designed the first film studio, the ____.
Black Maria
In 1896, George Melies purchased a projector from a British inventor, ____, and built a camera based on the same mechanism.
Robert William Paul
George Melies was also known as a ____.
Magician
Just like Edison, Melies also built his own ____.
Studio
In 1903, Edwin Porter’s “Great Train Robbery” used ____, which meant it followed each stage of robbery in order- from pursuit to defeat of the robbers.
Linear Storytelling
When did the Lumiere Brothers quit?
1905
____ films tend to motivate events such as a character’s dream.
Impressionism
____ cinema is characterized by juxtapositions, the rejection of dramatic psychology, and frequent use of shocking imagery.
Surrealism
During WWI, Germany was interested in making propaganda films until what year?
1918
What year was “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” propaganda film was made?
1920
