Film History Flashcards
(16 cards)
When did the Lumiére brothers create the first moving images?
1895.
Development of silent cinema to full-length feature films— foundations of filmmaking were established :
cinematography, lighting, continuity editing, mise-en-
scène
1895-1927
What were the 5 major studios in 1920?
Paramount, WB, MGM, 20th century fox, RKO
What were the little 3?
Columbia, Universal, United Artists
in 1927, what was the first film with a soundtrack?
Alan crossland’s ‘The Jazz Singer’
staring al jolson
What was the first feature length film to be shot on three strip colour film
Rouben Mamoulian’s ‘Becky Sharp’
What was the 1948 paramount court case?
court case that led to prevention of studios owning all phases of vertical integration
What happens in the 1950s
- widescreen and 3D technology
- lightweight portable cameras used in french new wave films
what was produced by Garret brown in 1975?
The steadicam
What decade saw more widespread use of cgi?
1990
What was the first feature length cgi film
toy story (1995)
What happend in the 2000s that saw a rise in citizen film making
wide availability of technology like lightweight cameras and mobile phones
What year was netflix released
2007
What decade saw the emergence of films shot entirely on i-phones?
2010s
what year did streaming service sales overtake
dvd sales
2017
What was the first film to be shot entirely with IMAX cameras in 2018
Avengers: Infinity War
