Exam 1 Flashcards
inventor of the kinetograph
WKL Dickson
early french camera and projector system
cinématographe
name of early French films
actualities
5 cent movies marketed to women and children
the nickelodians
The first film director to perfect (though not originate) camera techiniques
Edwin S. Porter
4 signs of Hollywood style
preference for narrative, naturalistic, star system, identifiable genres
comedian whose scandal in the 20’s ruined his career
fatty arbuckle
austrian director, crazy, dressed like an aristocrat
eric von stronheim
response to calls for censorship
Hay’s Office/MPPDA
How did Europe respond to American film companies taking over?
they created stylistic movements
French style 1915-1930
French Impressionism
What is photogenié?
The image becomes a metaphoric impression of the emotional state of the character
Example of French Impressionism
Menilmontant
Which country had the 2nd strongest film industry by the mid 20’s?
Germany
Big german film studio
Ufa Studios
German style
German Expressionism
Example of German Expressionism
The Cabinet of D. Caligari
The image visually expresses the mood, the mise-enscene is non naturalistic, the emphasis is on dark subjeccts and there is an atmosphere of paranoia or angst
German Expressionism
German New Objectivity
subject matter is social problems, there is an atmosphere of pessimism, naturalistic mise-en-scene
Example of German New Objectivity
Pandora’s Box
Which country popularized the “braking” technique?
Russia
Actress famous for braking
Vera Kholodynya
Soviet Montage Cinema
films preachy, propagandistic, idealogical or nationalistic
Example of Soviet Montage Cinema
Battleship Potemkin
dialectical montage
2 shots side by side which inform
the first successful electronic sound on disk
vitaphone
the first successful sound on film
movietone
european sound system
klangfilm
first full length sound film
lights of new york