History Of Cinema

Question 1

What are the earliest forms of cinema?

Answer 1

No technology, just puppeteering/camera obscura/etc

Question 2

The Silent Era

Answer 2

1898-1929.
Orchestras accompanied the film to create a mood.
Title cards inserted for dialogue and description.
Tinted to create a variety of effects.
Ended when talkies were introduced.
The Jazz Singer was the first talkie with dialogue and sound.

Question 3

Colour

Answer 3

First colour media was in 1917 with filters, splitters, and lenses.
The Wizard of Oz (1937) was the first technicolor film.

Question 4

When did sound technology improve?

Answer 4

1940s

Question 5

Deep Focus

Answer 5

When everything in frame is in focus, introduced by Citizen Kane