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Reading 1: The Dawn of Cinema Flashcards

1
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First known film w/ live recording sound

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Dickson Expiramental Sound Film

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2
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Invention Expiramental Sound Film was made to test

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Edison’s Kineyophone

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1st known and only surviving edison sound film for kinetophone

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Dickson Expiramental Sound Film

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4
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Dancing Star of Edison’s films

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Annabelle Moore

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5
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Special fx that often went w/ Annabelle’s flicks

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Hand colored film

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6
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_______ audiences LOVED Annabelle

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Male

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7
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Earliest nickolodeons featured

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Annabelle Moore

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8
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Inventors of 1st successful motion picture projectors

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Auguste & Louis Lumiere

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9
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Lumiere movie genres mostly _______

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docus & comedy

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10
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Quality of Lumiere films

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High quality & value

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11
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Lumiere mistake movie

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Demolishing a Wall

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12
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Demolishing a Wall mistake

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Projected forwards and then backwards

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13
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How did audience take Lumiere Bros. mistake

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It was a HIT w/ audiences

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14
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Who inspired Lumiere projector idea

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Antoine Lumiere (their father)

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15
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Antoine Lumiere inspiration & retort

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Saw Edison’s kinetoscope potential, “You can do better, try to the image out of that box” (to sons)

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16
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What did Lumiere brothers do with movies? (2)

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Opened a theater & got camera operators to venture all over the world

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17
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Lumiere brothers technical experts in ____________

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Cinematography. framing shots

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18
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Framed shot Lumiere brothers did spectacularly

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Diagonal Shots

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19
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Lumiere films reproduced ________

A

life

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20
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Sometimes the fact that Lumiere Bros had a camera ________________

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influenced what was ON camera, caused overracting (i.e. extras)

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21
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The Great Train Robbery Director

A

Edwin Porter

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22
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Great Train Robbery was a precursor to _______

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The Western

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23
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Type of editing Great Train Robbery introduced (3)

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Parallel editing/Simultaneous Action

Jump Cuts/Cross Cuts

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24
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Beginning or Ending of Great Train Robbery

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Bandit fires gun into face of camera/audience

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25
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Melies’ most famous film

A

A Trip to the Moon

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26
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Genre of Trip to the Moon

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Satire

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27
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What was Trip to the Moon for Melies?

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His personal vision

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28
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Melies profession before film

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magician/showman

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29
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1st sci-fi story

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Trip to the Moon

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30
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Trip to the Moon a version of

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Jules Verne story

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31
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Trip to the Moon budget

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Had a HUGE budget

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32
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What did Melies do on set?

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Wrote, directed, designed sets/costumes, produced, & had lead role

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33
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Trip to the Moon guest stars

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acrobats & ballerinas

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34
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Trip to the Moon editing utilized

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Special fx

35
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Kinetograph is the ________

While the Kinetoscope is the _______

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Kinetograph= Viewer

Kintoscope=Camera

36
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“Founding Fathers” of modern cinema

A

Lumiere Bros.

37
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Lumiere’s tech. was combo of

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Movie camera & Projector

38
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Lumiere Bros. 1st demo of system

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“Workers Leaving the Factory”

39
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First Lumiere comedy

A

Gardener & Hose

40
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Lumiere’s presented first exhibition in 1st ______ + Name

A

movie theater, “Salon Indien”

41
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Edison’s failed projector (& rename)

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Phantascope, renamed Vitascope

42
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First permanent movie theaters were

A

Converted churches and halls

43
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Where was the first building for ONLY movies

44
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Lumiere Bros. wouldn’t ______ to ______

A

sell camera to Melies

45
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What did Melies do once Lumiere Bros. didn’t sell camera to him?

A

Made his own

46
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Vitagraph Co known for

A

Slapstick comedies

47
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American Mutoscope Co.

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As a camera the mutograph became popular in the US

48
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Mutograph was a

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Peephole flipcard device

49
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“Father of Story Film”

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Edwin S. Porter

50
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Edwin S Porter job before director

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Kinetoscope operator/director for Edison

51
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1st American Docu + Dir

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“Life of American Fireman” by Edwin S Porter

52
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Great Train Robbery & Audiences

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1st MOVIE SMASH HIT

53
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Great Train Robber made people realize

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Film could be commercially viable medium

54
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Edison MASTER OF

55
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Who should get MAJOR credit for Edison’s work?

56
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John Carbutt invention

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Emulsion coated celluloid film sheets

57
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Earliest surviving copywrited film

A

Record of a Sneeze

58
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Earliest surviving copywrited film made on

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Kinetoscope

59
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Role of Vaudeville Performers + 2 ex.

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First subjects in films (Carmencita, Annabelle)

60
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As sales/use of projections went up….

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Kinetograph use/sale went down

61
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William Paley shot _____ films in ______

A

War films in Cuba

62
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Paley’s reenactment films were of ______

A

Spanish American War

63
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Spanish American War film by

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William Paley

64
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What genres dominated Nickelodeons

A

Fictional films

65
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Popular place of Nickelodeons

A

storefront theaters (frequent/convenient showings)

66
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Edison patents lead to

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monopoly on film

67
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Phonograph marriage of

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Sight and sound

68
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Phonograph synching

A

pulley system for phonograph & projector

69
Q

Phonograph talkies often…

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didn’t work

70
Q

Chinese philosophers

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Taught of light rays/how it works & is manipulated

71
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Renaissance/330 BC Inventions

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Camera Obscura

72
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Class ends where?

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1965, Release of small format/portable PORTAPAK

73
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End of 19th century plant-based material, highly flammable

74
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Explosion of mid 1880s - early 1900s technology examples

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Airplane, Phonograph, Film, Automobile

75
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Explosion of mid 1880s - early 1900s technology have to do with

76
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24 cameras used in

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Muybridge’sHorse

77
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Edison’s 1st product that reproduced sound

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phonograph

78
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How many people could use kinetoscope

79
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Edison’s 1st expierience w/ film name & quality

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Monkey Shines #1, Low Quality

80
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Edison’s cameraman

81
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Popular body builder used in Edison

A

Sandow (most popular body builder)

82
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Racist Edison film

A

Watermellon contest

83
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Controversial Edison film w/ abuse

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Electrocuted elephant (ad for edison electricity)

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