Films

Question 1

Early inventors and what did they invent?

Answer 1

1. Thomas Edison- invented vivascope and the kinetic scope

2. Louis Leprince- invented motion picture camera with roll film

Question 2

When did movies become a mass medium?

Answer 2

1896

• Developed film from motion picture
• Showed films to an audience
• MOVIES HAD TO TELL A STORY

Question 3

Reputation of the early film industry?

Answer 3

1. Targeted the lower class

2. Very low reputation and smutty

Question 4

Did early movies have 1st amendment protection? When were movies granted first amendment protection?

Answer 4

1. No they didn’t have protection

2. Didn’t have the 1st amendment protection until 1952.

Question 5

What is nickelodeon, who did they serve, and why did it decline in popularity?

Answer 5

1. Nickelodeon is a makeshift movie theatre
2. They served the working class
3. They declined in 1915, movie houses evolved.

Question 6

What is the movie palace? Who did they serve and why did it decline in popularity?

Answer 6

1. Lavish theaters built in urban places.
2. Served everyone
3. Declined because of the rise of tv and post war changes

Question 7

Why did the Hollywood studio system develop in Hollywood?

Answer 7

Oligopoly: Industry controlled 3 pillars in film industry.

1. PRODUCTION
2. DISTRIBUTION
3. EXHIBITION

Question 8

What is the 1948 paramount decision?

Answer 8

It forced the film studios to see off their exhibition arm of the industry

Question 9

How did the movie industry compete with TV?

Answer 9

Movies were made about serious themes such as sex, violence, alcoholism, etc

Question 10

Define Blockbuster

Answer 10

High budgets, aimed at masses, relies on universal themes.

Question 11

What is consensus narrative?

Answer 11

Popular cultural product that provides people shared experiences