midterm review sheet terms (harder)

Question 1

what is a light theatrical entertainment consisting of 10-15 unrelated acts (magicians, acrobats, comedians, singers, & dancers)

Answer 1

vaudeville

Question 2

image projector that uses lenses, pictures, transparent plates, light & screen/wall

Answer 2

magic lantern

Question 3

an animation device that creates illusion of moving pictures

Answer 3

phenakistoscope

Question 4

who was the 1st film-maker in French cinema history

Answer 4

Etienne-Jules Marey

Question 5

what was invented in 1882 by etienne-jules marey that can shoot 12 images/sec and the 1st invention to capture moving images on the same chromatographic plate

Answer 5

chronophotographic gun

Question 6

who was an english photographer and pioneered photographic studies of motion that led to the development of cinema

Answer 6

Edward Muybridge

Question 7

who invented the motion picture camera that was built upon the work of Edward Muybridge

Answer 7

Thomas Edison

Question 8

who was the british-american inventor who made an early motion picture camera under the employment of thomas edison

Answer 8

WKL Dickson

Question 9

what was Edison’s 1st motion picture studio

Answer 9

Black Maria

Question 10

what was a strip of film that passed rapidly between a lens and a light bulb while the viewer peered through a peephole

Answer 10

Kinetoscope

Question 11

who were french pioneers of cinema and created the first motion-picture camera and projector (cinematographe)

Answer 11

Lumiere Brothers

Question 12

what did the Lumiere brothers invent (camera, printer, and projector)

Answer 12

cinematographe

Question 13

who was a french magician, actor, and film director who was known for his movie special effects

Answer 13

Georges Melies

Question 14

what was the 1st indoor theatre to show projected motion pictures

Answer 14

nickelodeon

Question 15

who was a french pioneer film director, WORLD’S 1st female director

Answer 15

Alice Guy-Blache

Question 16

who was the 1st to use subtitles, night photogrpahy, still-shots, fade-outs, close-ups

Answer 16

D.W. Griffith

Question 17

what is the film technique that switches between scenes to create an impression that multiple actions are happening at the same time (creates suspense)

Answer 17

cross-cutting

Question 18

who was a U.S. motion-picture cameraman that partnered with D.W. Griffith and developed camera techniques (soft focus, split screen, & backlighting)

Answer 18

Billy Bitzer

Question 19

what does the NAACP stand for and what is it’s significance

Answer 19

National Association Advancement of Colored People
-provides media guidelines to create awareness about the connections between story-telling choices and resulting social outcomes

Question 20

who was the 1st African-American feature filmmaker that used his films to portray racial injustice suffered by black Americans

Answer 20

Oscar Micheaux

Question 21

what is a short documentary film containing news stories and presented in a cinema
-a source of current affairs, information, & entertainment

Answer 21

newsreels

Question 22

why was there a move to Hollywood?

Answer 22

there was consistent climate for filming, diverse/cheap land, and LA had a large labor market

Question 23

who was a Canadian-American film actress and the world’s 1st international superstar

Answer 23

Mary Pickford

Question 24

who was a Hollywood actor, producer, & founder of the Motion Picture Academy and United Artists

Answer 24

Douglas Fairbanks

Question 25

what did early color processes do and what are some types?

Answer 25

they convey mood/theme and add depth/dimension -tinting, hand-coloring, technicolor

Question 26

what was the 1st feature film with synchronized sound and ended the silent film era

Answer 26

The Jazz Singer (1927)

Question 27

what were the 1st films shot in the U.S. and the 1st film sequel

Answer 27

Monkeyshines 1 & 2 (1889-1890)

Question 28

what was the 1st known film with live-recorded sound made by William Dickson -1st motion picture made for the Kinetophone

Answer 28

Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1894)

Question 29

what was a short black and white silent documentary film that created real-life moments rather than scripted narratives

Answer 29

Workers leaving the Lumiere factory (1895)

Question 30

what was the Italian silent film that used a moving camera and tracking shots

Answer 30

Cabiria (1914)

Question 31

what film by Griffith used groundbreaking camera work like close-ups and tracking shots

Answer 31

Birth of a Nation (1915)

Question 32

what film by Griffith intercuts between 4 separate stories about a man's inhumanity to man -this was a response to BON and a way for him to make amends for the racist and brutal images of his previous film

Answer 32

Intolerance (1915)