Movies And TV Flashcards
Camera obscura
A dark box or room with a small hole in it allowed an inverted image or an outside scene to be shown on the opposite wall. Leonardo da Vinci
Functions of photography
Surveillance and cultural transmission
Joseph Niépce
Joseph Niépce created a picture using an asphalt like material that hardened after being exposed to light in 1827. 8 hours of light exposure
Daguerreotype
a method of creating a positive image on a metal plate. He had reduced the exposure time from 8 hours to thirty minutes
Mathew B. Brady
Civil war photos. Might’ve been posed
Photo industry today
Fujifilm in Tokyo is the worlds largest photographic and imaging company. Main supplier of movie film
Functions of movies
Entertain and cultural transmission
History
Thomas Alva Edison created kinetoscope ‘a peep show.’ Lumiére invented the cinématographe, and used it to make the first form of documentary. He didn’t envision it as a medium for news and entertainment. It’s was for ordinary life
George Méliès
First to use special effects
DW Griffith
Birth of a nation was the first major full length film. Used crossed cutting