Early Cinema PDF

Question 1

Who took the first photograph that took 8 hours to capture?

Answer 1

Niépce

Question 2

In what year was the first photograph taken?

Answer 2

1826

Question 3

“In order to make the illusion of movement, still pictures must appear in _______.”

Answer 3

Rapid Succession

Question 4

in what decade was glass plates invented?

Answer 4

1870s

Question 5

Muybridge is known for his pioneering work on animal locomotion in what year?

Answer 5

1878

Question 6

In ____ Marey invents a camera that takes 12 photographs in negative.

Answer 6

1882

Question 7

Marey’s paper negative camera was made in ____.

Answer 7

1888

Question 8

Eastman’s Celluloid, a flexible film base, was made when?

Answer 8

1889

Question 9

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.

Answer 9

Long strips of frames

Question 10

All coming together happened in what decade?

Answer 10

1890s

Question 11

By ____, Thomas A Edison’s Assistant, WKL Dickson, had developed a camera that made short 35mm films.

Answer 11

1893

Question 12

Dickson developed a peep-show machine named ____.

Answer 12

Kinetoscope

Question 13

By 1890s, the Lumiére Brothers invented the ____.

Answer 13

Lumiére Camera

Question 14

Lumiére Brothers invented their own camera ____; it exposed a short roll of 35mm film and also served as a ____.

Answer 14

Independently, Projector

Question 15

Edison built and designed the first film studio, the ____.

Answer 15

Black Maria

Question 16

In 1896, George Melies purchased a projector from a British inventor, ____, and built a camera based on the same mechanism.

Answer 16

Robert William Paul

Question 17

George Melies was also known as a ____.

Answer 17

Magician

Question 18

Just like Edison, Melies also built his own ____.

Answer 18

Studio

Question 19

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.

Answer 19

Linear Storytelling

Question 20

When did the Lumiere Brothers quit?

Answer 20

1905

Question 21

____ films tend to motivate events such as a character’s dream.

Answer 21

Impressionism

Question 22

____ cinema is characterized by juxtapositions, the rejection of dramatic psychology, and frequent use of shocking imagery.

Answer 22

Surrealism

Question 23

During WWI, Germany was interested in making propaganda films until what year?

Answer 23

1918

Question 24

What year was “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” propaganda film was made?

Answer 24

1920