Quiz 2 Flashcards
Identify the Nickelodeon pianist who, in 1910, published what was probably the first folio of music for moving picture accompaniment.
Clarence Sinn
The “Phantoscope” was a moving picture projection machine invented by…
Charles Jenkins and Thomas Armat
Developed by Thomas Edison’s laboratory, the first device which successfully allowed the public to view moving pictures was called a…
Kinetoscope
Moving pictures were first projected onto screens in 1896 in what type of public venue?
Vaudeville theaters
In the 1890s, three reasons that the recently invented “moving picture” became a popular vaudeville “act” were… (3)
The location of the screen allowed stagehands to move scenery for other acts while the films were shown, moving pictures cost less to present than live performers, the essence of vaudeville was the presentation of the new and “novel”
There were a number of 1890s accounts of the use of sound effects with projected films. Which statement regarding this use would be most accurate? (What were they meant to be?)
Sound effects were meant to be understood as a product of the images.
Nickelodeon shows were typically presented…
every day, continuously.
A major innovation in filmmaking during the Nickelodeon Era was the introduction of…
Storytelling.
Surprisingly, the primary focus of Nickelodeon music centered on… (2)
Ballyhoo and Illustrated Songs.
Mini Essay: Identify the musical instrument most commonly found in Nickelodeons and list three reasons why it was ideal for this setting.
The piano:
1. It was a versatile solo instrument for music & sound effects.
2. Anyone from music teachers to professional theater players could play it.
3. Pianists memorized a large repertoire of works for a variety of scenes.
