The birth of the feature film Flashcards
When an entertainment company grows big enough to have its own production facilities- including offices ____ to props, to costumes to, _____ - we call it a __
Sound Stages
Editing Rooms
Studio
The job of a distributor is to ___ the movies to audiences, ____ the films on to screens and ____ the movies to the theatres
Market
Book
Deliver
The standard lengths of original feature films was ____ and were called ____
10-16 minutes
One Reelers
An era known as ____ emerged as men connected to _____ would show up at independent studio and threaten filmmakers
Patent Wars
Edison
Edison eventually partnered with the Dickson’s Company ____ along with 8 other companies and created ___also known as ______
Biograph
The Motion Pictures Patents (MPP)
The Trust
Because Edison had control ober who could and could not make movies many independent filmmakers moved their productions as far away from edison’s studio in NJ ending up in ______
Holly California
A feature film is a movie with a running time long enough to be considered the _______ in a program, Usually films clock in at between _______
Principle Film
70-130 minutes
______ was a failed stage actor who fell in love with film making. He is credited with innovating the ______ cutting to a characters face at a moment of _______
DW Griffith
Close Up
High Drama
Griffith also used _____ - close ups of objects or characters hands to draw attention to ______ or ______ moments. He extensively used _______ to add ______ to characters and their stories
Insert Shots
Symbolic Props
Key Narrative
Flashbacks
Depth
In answer to Griffiths film ____ African American Film Maker ____ created a film called _____ to address an accurate representation of racism and bigotry in the country.
Birth of Nation
Oscar Micheaux
Within Our Gates
