Midterm Flashcards by Sam Wright

What is the Persistence of Vision?

Optical phenomenon , physiological we see a continual motion and we hold an image in our minds for a few secs

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What is the PHI phenomenon?

We are predisposed to seeing in homogenity, take red green blue and spin it on wheel your going to see one color, contributes to humans being able to see cinema

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What toys anticipated the coming of cinema?

Stronbostopic toys

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What are some examples of stroboscopic toys?

Flipbook, Zoetrope, Thaumatrope

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What is a flipbook?

A toy that was filled with different pages of images that contributed to one scene

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What did flipbooks contribute to in terms of anticipation?

They were popular in american homes and showed that americans were anticipoating and wanted cinema.

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What is a Zoetrope?

one of several pre-film animation devices that produce the illusion of motion by displaying a sequence of drawings or photographs showing progressive phases of that motion. In a vase, had a viewing window and when spun you could see multiple images.

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What is a thaumatrope?

A disk with a picture on each side is attached to two pieces of string. when spun gives off illusion of movement.

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What were some early discoveries and inventions that led to the development of motion picture technology in the 1880’s 1890’s?

Magick latern, photography, sequential photography, chromophotograpic gun kinetograph, cnemetograph

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When was the Magick Latern discovered?

1640s

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What was the magick latern?

A light source, first light source developed, used by magicians as projector.

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Who discovered photography, and what year?

Charles Daguyere, 1839

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What was the device Charles Dyguere would print photos on?

Daguyere type

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Who discovered sequential potography, and in what year?

Edward Muybridge, 1872-77.

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What was the famous sequential photo project Muybridge did and what year?

The running horses, hired by oregon and california gov to settle dispute. 1877

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Who created the chronophotographic gun, and what year?

Étienne-Jules Marey in 1882

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What was the chronophotographic gun and how did Marey use it?

It was kind of a mobile camera. Marey used it as a mobile camera which shot 12 fps, and would shoot photos of these animals becuase he wanted to paint them.

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Who created the Kinetograph and in what year?

Edison and Dickson in 1891-92

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What was the Kinetograph?

Big camera created by Edison and dickson

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In relation to the Kinetograph, what two engineering essentials of a motion picture camera/ projection system did it have?

A celluloid film strip- with sporketed holes

2. Intermentent device

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What does the intermentent device do?

Has a stop start mechanism which gives the effect of continuous flow

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Who created the Cinematogrpah and in what year?

Lumiere bros in 1894

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What were the major films that the Lumiere bros shot with the cinetographe?

Actualities or more formally known today as documentaries

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What are actualities?

The first documentaries

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What did the Lumiere bros realize they could also do with their cameras?

Use it as a projector

Who projected the first movies and who were the first people to charge money for showing the movies?/ what was the date of the first official movie showing

Lumiere bros with their camera, and the date they had the first movie showing where they charged money was 12/28/1895

In relation to edison and edison co. What type of films were edisons?

Studio bound, he made movies in his studio

What was the name of edisons studio?

The Black Maria

What was the Kinetescope?/ who invented it, and what was the year?

The kinetesxcope was the first projector with a lightbulb in back and film assing through it. Edison and william dickson invented it

What was "the trust" or M.P.P.C?/ what were the notable years it was prevelant?

The motion picture patent company. 1908-1913

How many companies and patents comprised the M.P.P.C OR The Trust?

10 Companies and 16 pantents

What were the three major accomplishments of the M.P.P.C (The Trust)?

1. Standardized film speed and film gauge (35mm) 2. standardized ticket prices 3. Streamlined film distribution

What was George Meiles the father of?

Special fx. dd it all in camera

George meiles was known for seeing film as magic and he could use this medium to enhance his magic. So, he buil his own camera and started making films. T O F?

True

In relaion to Meiles what is meant by Fixed Camera?

He had his camera in one place at all times, it was fixed he never moved it.

In relation to Melies, what are Tableaux?

They are scenes or acts, like one would see in plays. Melies incorporated this structure into his films.

What was the Major film Melies was known for?

A trip to the moon

What year did George Melies A trip To the Moon Release?

1902

What was the genere of George Melies A trip to the moon?

Fantasy. it was the first scifi film as the plot followed scientist going to the moon. Meiles used set pieces to enhace this fantasy and theatrical costumes as well

What Film was Edwin Porter best known for/ when did it come out?

The great Train Robbery, in 1903

What Genre was Edwin Porters The Great Train Robbery?

A western. In fact, the first western

In Edwin Porter's The Great Train Robbery, what are the 3 major innovations he gave to the world of film?

1. Parallel cutting 2. The shot as a basic Unit 3. Moving Camera

In Edwin Porter's The Great Train Robbery, what is Parallel cutting?

Cross cutting, Cutting from one reality to another

In Edwin Porter's The Great Train Robbery, what is the Sho as a basic unit?

The shot as a basic unit of cinema. Different shots comprising a scene. Film broken into scenes. Scenes broken into shots.

In Edwin Porter's The Great Train Robbery, How did he use a moving camera, in what way?

He showed us that a camera can pan and track characters

What is the difference between Intra- and Inter Frame Narration

Intra- more Mise-en-scene. The one scene while Inter- is between the scnes and driven by editing

What were the 4 major hollywood studios of the 20's?

1. MGM 2. WARNER BROS 3. PARAMOUNT 4. United Artists

What were the majircontributions that DW Griffith made ti the art form of film?

1. Expiremented with lighting and editing 2. longer running times 3. more cinematic content 4. close up 5. adpttions 6. cross cutting/ montage (derived from porter)

What genre was DW best known for?

American Biograph 1908-1913

What was DW Griffith the father of?/ shakespeare of?

Fatherof cinema,Shakespeare of the screen

How did DW Griffith shape the film language?

DW Griffiths contributions and advancements in cinema made it possible for conemato be a universal language

When did DW Griffith's Birth of a nation release?

1915

What was DW Grifiths birth of a nation about?

race relations during the time. Inflammatory race relations.

Because DW Griffith put an emphasis on the close up. what was the close up able to portray? and for that matter portray to everybody regardless of language?

Emotion in the eyes and you could get more emotion out of the face in general.

In relation to the 4 major studios inthe 1920's, what was the top studio?

MGM

In relation to the 4 major studios inthe 1920's, what was the studio known for first producing sound?

Warner bros

In relation to the 4 major studios inthe 1920's, What studio was more european?

Paramount

In relation to the 4 major studios inthe 1920's, what studio wanted autonomy to make their own movies and was comprised of people ike Griffith, Chaplin, and Fairbanks?

United Artists

Who created the Hays office, and what company was it under?

William hays and MPPDA

In 1934 what did the Hays office begin stritly enforcing?

The PCA (Production codes association. Which led to mass censorship in movies

Who was the father of documentary film?

R. Flaherety

What documentary film was R. Flaherety best known for and when did it release?

Nonock of the North, 1922

What are the three types of non fiction film?

1. Categorical educational 2. Abstract 3. Rhetorical

What are the two divergent traditions within movies?

1. Narrative storytelling 2. non fiction OR 1. ASthetic, mise-en-scene 2. editing

Who were the three major controbutors to american silent comedy?

1. Max Sennet 2. Charlie chaplin 3. Buster keaton

What type of comedy was Max senet most known for?

Slapstick comedy

What movie was Max seenet best known for and what year did it come out?

Lovespeed and thrills 1914, (keystone cops)

What is the strcture/style of Chaplins comedy films

Uses close ups to express feelings, his comedy is very expressive, and the gags are moretimed, and rheresed. His appeal was intl

What was the film Chaplin was known for and when was it relased?

The immigrant 1917

What was the style of Buster keatons comedy films?

was very stoic and deadpan

What element in Keatons film was an inflience to some?

The surrealism in Shelock JR

What film Was Keaton best known for and what year?

Sherlock jr. 1924

In relation to soviet cinema, who were the main directors?

Einstein, vertov, and Kuleshov

In relation to Soviet Cinema, what were AGITHIS?

Short educational films that documented all forms of soviet life

In relation to Soviet cinema, Ziggy Vertov said Cinema can record reality as it____

Exists

In rekation to Soviet cinema, what did director Vertov say about editing and reality?

That it was necessary to rearrange reality into an understandable and comprehensibkle whole

What group did Vertov organize?

Kine-Eyes

In relation to soviet cinema, Kuleshov said that, the dynamism of film arrises from the ____ of it's parts

Sequential arrangements

In soviet cinema you do not have individual heroes you have...?

collective heroes, the proletariat.

In soviet cinema, montage works through _____ not ____

collision, not joining

What soviet director was known for Man with a Movie Camers and Battleship Potemkin?

Eienstein.

What years did man with movie camera and Potemkin come out?

man= 29 | potemk=24

How was Battleship Potemkin divided up/ what was most famous scene?

5 parts. part 4: Odessa steps

The Soviets use of montage more technically means to?

Assemble

In relation to Soviet Cinema, what was Kuleshovs major contribution?

He was mainly an educator

What worshops did Kuleshov establish?

The kuleshov Workshop

In relation to soviet cinema, they learned a lot about editing through the Moz Hunkin Expirement. More specifically they learned that the viewer formed...?

Associations when footage is juxtaposed together

In relation to soviet cinema, what is 180 degree axis?

Also known as axis of action, imaginary line, line of action, or 180-degree rule. The fundamental means by which filmmakers maintain consistent screen direction, orienting the viewer and ensuring a sense of the cinematic space in which the action occurs. The system assumes three things: (a) the action within a scene will always advance along a straight line, either from left to right or from right to left of the frame; (b) the camera will remain consistently on one side of that action; and (c) everyone on the production set will understand and adhere to this system.

In relation to Sivet Cinema, what is Matchcutting?

A cut that preserves continuity between two shots. Several kinds of match cuts exist, including the eye-line match cut, the graphic match cut, and the match-on-action cut: think of cut between character and object explainging whats going on

What year did Dr. Calegarie come out/ who wrote and directed it?

Johanawitz and Mayer, 1919

In relation to Dr. Calegarie and Sherlock Jr. compare how each handled the subjective?

``` Dr= handled it thorugh form of flashback Sherlock= dream ```

What is meant by Reflexivity?

calling attwention to the medium itself, like in Sherlock jr, you see him at his job, or man with a movie camera, you see the film being editied etc

Who was Alice Guy Blache and Solax?

French women filmmaker, first woman to own a studio. and solax was her film company which started in flushings and moved to new jersey

What movie Was Alice Guy Blache known for and what year was the movie?

American citizen- 1912

Who was Oscar Michaeux?

An African American pioneer/ producer director of the race film

What made Oscar aMichauzx unique?

He was the prototype for the independent auter

Oscar Michaux was the father of ?

African American and independent filmmaking

What company did Oscar Michauex own? how many films did he produce here

Michauex film company. and from 1918-1948 he produced 40 films

In relation to German expressionism, what did Aufbruch mean?

The littereture of the movies

In relation to german expressionism, they tended to focus on______ rather than mon tage like the soviets. What is the definition of the fill in the blank word above as well?

Mise-en-scene- focuses on lighting, set design, camera, costume, acting

In relation to german expressionism what were the 3 major types of films made during the Weimar republic?

Tyrant Films, street realism films | Kammerspeil

What are tyrant films (germ expressionism Weimar republic)?

films like noseferato

What are street realism films?(germ expressionism Weimar republic)?

Shot indoors

What are Kammerspeil films?(germ expressionism Weimar republic)?

Intimate theatre small stories focusing on 1 to 2 people

In relation to Ger expressionism who directed the last laugh/ ,eteropolis and when did both these movies come out?

Last- Fw murnau, carl mayer was writer- 1924 meteropolis- Lang, 1927

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