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| blown up; 35 mm--1 reel--1K ft. |
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| Kinetoscope and Mutoscope presentations were limited to less than a minute. |
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| Theater Narrator and Music |
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| Live orchestra; theatre organ (sometimes ad lib) |
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| ~1905; only used as last resort; tells what you're about to see; earliest form of subtitles |
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| Camera/Writer/Director/Editor gives way to Director and Director Photography split, then other specialized crew positions. |
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| Motion Pictures Patents Company 1908-1915 |
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| "Patent's Trust"; keep newcomers out and collaborate; didn't show actor's name; shouldn't be longer than 10-15min |
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| Carl Laemmle and William Fox |
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| from New York; went to Chicago and Jacksonville; 19081920; movies were shot by natural light |
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| Standardization and differentiation |
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| making everything the same as close as you can for money |
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| Star actors and Directors |
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| especially important in the days when programs changed daily or, at least 2 to 3 times per week. The films weren't around long enough for word of mouth to have any effect. |
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| 1907; being culture; film actors in their famous role |
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| Adolph Zukor and Queen Elizabeth (1912); "Famous Plays and Famous Players"--> Paramont |
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| controberc; Biograph (1/2 he. 2 reel film); (1915) "Birth of a Nation; (1916) Tolerance--> failure |
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| Cross Cutting & Parallel Editing/Pacing Through Editing |
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| Dramatic use of Close Ups |
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| Dramatic use of Close Ups |
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| didn't have to overact (actors) |
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| Originator of the "Creative Producer" concept |
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| father of "slapstick" comedy; 1st studio |
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| English; 1st International film star |
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| Poor, functional lighting gives... |
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| way to creative use of light and shadow to support the emotion of the scene. |
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