Study Guide Flashcards
Theory behind invention of Motion Picture
There was a demand for a visual way to document life and study the movements of animals as well as humans.
After the novelty of motion pictures wore-off, the audience’s interest was…
In the story.
As in a novel, motion pictures needed
An ordering of events into a beginning, middle, and end.
Early images on film were of
Still photographs extended into motions.
First films in the United States consisted of
Vaudeville circus acts recorded by Thomas Alva Edison’s motion picture company.
First films in France consisted of
The everyday world.
The first PUBLIC performance/screening took place
In a basement café in Paris in December 1895
The first COMMERCIAL projection took place? By?
In April 1896 at the Koster and Bial’s Music Hall in NYC. The films shown were made by the Edison company.
Lumiere Films consisted of
Cinematograph
Edison films consisted of
Peep shows and formative filming
Oblique is
A tilted angle or shot; diagonal
Hyperbolic means
Exaggerated work.
Avant-garde means
Experimental work.
Modes of film were?
Narrative fiction, documentary, and experimental
Types of filming shot
Long shot, medium shot, & closeup
