Exam 3 wk12 Lecture Flashcards
who developed the system for taking repeated photos. why?
Etienne-Jules Marey, he was interested in the study of motion.
photos of animals/people in motion
what is the kinetoscope
- Edison 1888, didn’t see potential
- 50 ft of continuous moving loop of film. only viewed by one person at a time.
- first was blacksmith scene
what was the Lumiere brothers’ contribution to film
developed cinematographe - portable movie camera/projector
light and mobile, developed film perforations.
What were some of Griffith’s contributions to film
- biggest director of silent movie era
- realized movies cud mirror physical/mental processes.
- created more 3D spaces on screen
- demanded underacting
- developed lexical gestures
- introduced rehearsals
- developed feature length film
how has the movie industry (and all media) dealt with potential of government stepping in to control content
- tried to avoid gov. intervention
- national board of censorship, cut/change
- production code, rules that controlled movie content
- “miracle” decisions states that movies do have a first amendment right.
what was the Supreme Court’s stance relative to movies and First Amendment rights from the 1910s to the 1950s
in 1915, Supreme Court said that movies do not have first amendment protections. Decision overturned in 1952.
why was the NC-17 rating added to the MPAA? What did it replace?
replaced X. since that started to be used for porn due to not being trademarked.
describe the reasons why the movie industry was slow to implement dialogue to film (i.e. what slowed the prominence of ‘talkies’)
- actors/actresses: needed pleasant voice, act/talk at same time
- higher costs: repetition of scenes, equipment, theaters
- sound on the set from: equipment. prevented early sound movies from being as visually interesting
what 2 things were developed that help fix the sound problems associated ‘talkies’?
- camera covers
- boom arm
what are the 5 ways described in class that movies make money
- domestic theatrical release
- international theatrical release
- nontheatrical release, not a lot of money
- DVD, downloads, etc
- TV
what is the Hollywood blacklist? What events led to the creation of the blacklist?
- ppl banned from working in the movie industry (40/50s) cuz they were suspected to have ties to communism
- after WWII, US movies into the “Cold War”
- Waldorf declaration
- height of blaklist comes during the era of McCarthyism
What were the two ways media companies approached the development of VHS
- some realized potential
- others fought-specifically Disney. co. claimed copyright infringement
