Film History, Film Studies Flashcards
1895
The Lumière brothers invented the first moving images
1895-1927
Creation of silent cinema including short films to full-length feature films. Established the foundations of filmmaking.
What foundations of filmmaking were made during silent cinema?
Cinematography, lighting principles, continuity editing and mise-en-scene.
1927
Alan Crosland’s the Jazz Singer was the first feature film with a soundtrack. starred Al Jolson.
1935
Rouben Mamoulian’s Becky Sharp was the first feature film with colour using Technicolour’s three strip technology.
When was the Paramount court case that prevented studios from owning all phases of production, distribution and exhibition process
1948
What was vertical integration?
When studios owned all phases of the filmmaking process
What happened in the 1950s?
Rise of independent films and emergence of widescreen and 3D technology in response to decline in cinema attendance.
When we’re hand-held lightweight portable cameras introduced for filmmaking?
Late 1950s
Who developed steadicam technology in 1975?
Garrett Brown
When did the use of visual effects in post-production and CGI increase?
1990s
1995
First feature length CG cartoon was made called Toy Story by Pixar
Citizen film-making
Ordinary people could make their own videos in the 2000s due to the increase in mobile phone technology and lightweight cameras
2007
Netflix, the first legal streaming service for film and TV, was made
2010s
Successful feature films shot entirely on iPhones were released: Unsane and Tangerine
