The Birth of Cinema

Question 1

Eadweard Muybridge’s Photography

Answer 1

• 1877 -> photographer-> enter “innovations contest”
• France
• 16 still cameras & sets them up in a row & records 16 still pictures
• proved that cameras could capture the impression of motion

Question 2

Persistence of Vision

Answer 2

• scientific discovery -> proved brain retains (holds on to) image for longer than the eye records it -> we do not see the empty spaces between film frames: we see CONTINUOUS MOTION

Question 3

“Workers leaving the factory”

Answer 3

• 1895
• France
• Lumieré Brothers
• 1st movie!!
• black & white
• silent
• one stationary camera -> genre: documentary
• 46 seconds long

Question 4

The First Theatres/ Problems With Projection

Answer 4

• 1st movie theatres -> makeshift theatres -> store by day/ theatre by night
• 1906 -> 1st real movie theatre -> Pittsburgh
• projection issues: melted/ burned film, torn film, fades & blurry film
• lost historical film

Question 5

George’s Melies

Answer 5

• 1st full time film maker
• former magician
• used more than one camera, MOVED his camera, had actors, extras, costumes, props, sets
• 1902 -> 8 minutes long -> “A trip to the moon” -> genre: science fiction
• 1st special effects shot EVER!!