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chronophotography (year)

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1867

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chronophotography: series of

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photos taken in order

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contributor to chronophotography:

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Eadward Muybridge (scientist)

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chronophotography used by …. for the analysis of ….

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scientists, doctors; human/animal motion

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governor of California: believed that

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all 4 legs of horses come off ground when they run

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gov hires Muybridge to

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prove his theory

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muybride sets up …. and …..

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12 cameras; trip lines

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Muybridge take pics and studies how

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horse gallops

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Muybridge invents

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zoopraxiscope

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zoopraxiscope: glass disk in which pictures of horse were

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transferred onto

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zoopraxiscope makes images look like a “…” to give the illusion of …

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flipbook; motion

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Etienne-Jules Marey: studying motion of …

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birds

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Marey devises

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chronophotographic gun (1882)

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(chronophotographic gun) pull … to take a picture

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trigger

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(chronophotographic gun) still uses

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glass

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(chronophotographic gun) overlayed … to create

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glass films; one larger photo

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Thomas Edison aimed to create the first

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motion picture camera

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Edison worked in

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west orange, NJ

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Edison invents the

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kinetograph (1889)

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Edison also invents … for the kinetograph

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film

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the kinetograph requires….

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electricity

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kinetograph looked like

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machine gun

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the kinetograph was both… and ..

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huge; heavy

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Edison builds the

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black Maria

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Black Maria is a wooden building on a .... with a .... that ...
circular railroad track; crank; lifts the roof up
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Black maria was the first
filming studio
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purpose of lifting roof for maria was to have access to
sunlight
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purpose of the railroad for maria was to be able to
adjust house when sun moves
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first copyrighted motion picture:
"record of a sneeze" (1894)
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Edison's assistant in the first motion pic
W.K.L Dickson
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second film
"Dickson Greeting"
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Edison invents .... (1893)
kinetoscope
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kinetoscope is used to view
recordings from kinetograph
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kinetoscope: only one person can
watch at a time
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1893- kinetoscope public premiere
blacksmith scene #1
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blacksmith scene premier thing was at a world fair in
Chicago
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the fair was the first time Edison reveals his work to the `
public
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kinetoscope parlors:
different machines with different "movies"
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Leonard- Cushing Fight: boxing fight between two guys that had different ...
"episodes" released at different intervals
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The Lumiere Brothers competed with
Edison about who made first camera
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Winner:
lumieres
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lumiere means
light
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Lumieres invent the
cinematographe (1894)
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(cinematographe) camera was much ... than Edison's
smaller
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(cinematographe) didn't run on
electricity (portable)
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(cinematographe) had a
projector
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first projected film (year...) by Lumiere brothers: shows people
1895; leaving the Lumiere factory
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first comedy:
the sprinkler sprinkled (1895)
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Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (year...) recorded a train ...
1896; coming out of a station
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Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat: audience ... because they believed that the train was going to
petrified; come and hit them
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Georges Melies: credited for
inventing editing
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Georges Melies used film editing to
acquire special effects
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Melies builds his own ... and records ...
cinematograph; street
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As Melies records the street the film gets ... and he ... it which changes the image at the point that the ...
jammed; unjammed; film jammed
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Melies idea: stop recording at one location, and then
record elsewhere
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Melies' edits were only for
scene changes
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As a magician Melies wanted to use film for the purpose of
magic illusions
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First movie of Melies'
A trip to the Moon (1902)
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A trip to the moon was a major contribution to the
history of film
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Edwin S. Porter: sees Melies' work and thinks about using edition to
change the narrative (close ups, different angles, etc)
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Porter invents continuity:
logical progression of shots within a sequence
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continuity makes edits
invisible
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continuity is the ... of editing
goal
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The life of an American Fireman (years...): first time ....
102-1903; continuity based editing used
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The Great train Robbery (year...): uses both
1903; continuity editing and special effects

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