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Thomas Alva Edison
Kinescope “peep show precursor”
George Melies
French film maker first to use special effects in movies in order to show imaginative stories
D.W. Griffith
used good film techniques, didn’t invent them just used them
Birth of A Nation
First major full length film, racist film about KKK introduced many innovative film techniques
Edwin S. Porter
Great Train Robbery
Independent Films
Films made by production companies out side the main hollywood studios
Product Placement
A form of advertising in which brand name goods or services are placed prominently within movie content that is other wise devoid of advertising
Time Shift
Recording of an audio or video event for listening or viewing later
Cathode Ray Tube
a device still used in most television in which electrons are transmitted to a screen for viewing
John Logie Baird
invented the first mechanically scanned television device in 1923
Vladimir Zworykin
Developed a better version of the Cathode Ray Tube called Iconoscope
HDTV
Hight definition TV Modern technology
Digital Television
All digital television system in which cable is broadcast through the air
Multicast
The simultaneous transmission of multiple channels of compressed content or in some cases the same content at different times
Community Antena Television
Cable television, so hilly or remote areas can still get signal
Fiber Optics
A transparent filament usually made of glass and plastic that uses light to carry information
Coaxial Cable
An insulated and conducting wire typically used for most cable television
Micheaux
African American actor who directed 42 movies
Paul Robeson
American Ameature actor who traveled to Russia and like communism
Block Booking
will run not as good as film, but then will get access to good films to show
Motion picture production company
Hollywood immigrants formed against this company B/c actors will be forced into a movie only because people would want to see the specific actor in it
Star System
Promoting and exploiting movie stars
The Talkies
Jazz singer in the 1927
Color Films
Technicolor red green blue 3 exclusive genres musical, western, film noir
Vertical Integration
Owning the film from start to finish film monopoly
Double Feature
1 price 2 full movies
Post War Decline
Vertical Integration Illegal, TV competition, studios didn’t advertise on tv
Red Scare
Actors black listed if they were believed to be communist
Motion Picture Production Code 1934
Studios needed to self regulation, failure
Man with the golden Arm
Man doing heroin, older themes
Motion Picture Association of America
Rating system 1966
