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midterm review sheet terms (harder) Flashcards

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what is a light theatrical entertainment consisting of 10-15 unrelated acts (magicians, acrobats, comedians, singers, & dancers)

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vaudeville

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image projector that uses lenses, pictures, transparent plates, light & screen/wall

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magic lantern

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an animation device that creates illusion of moving pictures

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phenakistoscope

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4
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who was the 1st film-maker in French cinema history

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Etienne-Jules Marey

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what was invented in 1882 by etienne-jules marey that can shoot 12 images/sec and the 1st invention to capture moving images on the same chromatographic plate

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chronophotographic gun

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who was an english photographer and pioneered photographic studies of motion that led to the development of cinema

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Edward Muybridge

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who invented the motion picture camera that was built upon the work of Edward Muybridge

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Thomas Edison

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who was the british-american inventor who made an early motion picture camera under the employment of thomas edison

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WKL Dickson

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what was Edison’s 1st motion picture studio

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Black Maria

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what was a strip of film that passed rapidly between a lens and a light bulb while the viewer peered through a peephole

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Kinetoscope

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who were french pioneers of cinema and created the first motion-picture camera and projector (cinematographe)

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Lumiere Brothers

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what did the Lumiere brothers invent (camera, printer, and projector)

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cinematographe

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who was a french magician, actor, and film director who was known for his movie special effects

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Georges Melies

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what was the 1st indoor theatre to show projected motion pictures

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nickelodeon

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who was a french pioneer film director, WORLD’S 1st female director

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Alice Guy-Blache

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who was the 1st to use subtitles, night photogrpahy, still-shots, fade-outs, close-ups

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D.W. Griffith

17
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what is the film technique that switches between scenes to create an impression that multiple actions are happening at the same time (creates suspense)

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cross-cutting

18
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who was a U.S. motion-picture cameraman that partnered with D.W. Griffith and developed camera techniques (soft focus, split screen, & backlighting)

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Billy Bitzer

19
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what does the NAACP stand for and what is it’s significance

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National Association Advancement of Colored People
-provides media guidelines to create awareness about the connections between story-telling choices and resulting social outcomes

20
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who was the 1st African-American feature filmmaker that used his films to portray racial injustice suffered by black Americans

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Oscar Micheaux

21
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what is a short documentary film containing news stories and presented in a cinema
-a source of current affairs, information, & entertainment

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newsreels

22
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why was there a move to Hollywood?

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there was consistent climate for filming, diverse/cheap land, and LA had a large labor market

23
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who was a Canadian-American film actress and the world’s 1st international superstar

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Mary Pickford

24
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who was a Hollywood actor, producer, & founder of the Motion Picture Academy and United Artists

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Douglas Fairbanks

25
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what did early color processes do and what are some types?

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they convey mood/theme and add depth/dimension
-tinting, hand-coloring, technicolor

26
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what was the 1st feature film with synchronized sound and ended the silent film era

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The Jazz Singer (1927)

27
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what were the 1st films shot in the U.S. and the 1st film sequel

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Monkeyshines 1 & 2 (1889-1890)

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what was the 1st known film with live-recorded sound made by William Dickson
-1st motion picture made for the Kinetophone

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Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1894)

29
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what was a short black and white silent documentary film that created real-life moments rather than scripted narratives

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Workers leaving the Lumiere factory (1895)

30
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what was the Italian silent film that used a moving camera and tracking shots

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Cabiria (1914)

31
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what film by Griffith used groundbreaking camera work like close-ups and tracking shots

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Birth of a Nation (1915)

32
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what film by Griffith intercuts between 4 separate stories about a man’s inhumanity to man
-this was a response to BON and a way for him to make amends for the racist and brutal images of his previous film

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Intolerance (1915)

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