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| Persistence of Vision Theory |
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| Thaumatrope- horse spinning |
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| Wet plates- 2 min, Dry plates- 10 sec. |
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| Zoopraxiscope- camera that projected pictures. |
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| Photographic Gun- 12 frames/sec |
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| First true camera invented- Thomas Edison, William Kennedy Laurie Dickson. |
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| Thomas Edison, film studio, new jersey |
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| French, cinematographe (hand-cranked camera) made "actualities"- train coming into station. |
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| First film screening in Paris |
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| Frenchman first to tell stories with film. props, actors, special effects. "A Trip to the Moon". "Artificially Arranged Scenes"- name of type of films. |
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| Lumiere Bros. company that sells and distributes films all over world. |
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| Two big American Film companies |
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| "Great Train Robbery", parallel action. |
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| Motion Pictures Patent Company |
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| Blackmailed Kodak is they sold film to non-registered companies. |
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| Queen Elizabeth- Acting group from France. most famous actress. |
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| Italian film showed to upper class. |
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| "The Squaw Man"- first American feature film. |
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| Director "Judith of Bethulia"- left New York to go to California. |
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| cameraman for D.W. Griffith |
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| Keystone Company- comedy shorts, sped up action, violence, keystone cops, bathing beauties. |
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| Master of Thrill comedy- dangerous stunts. "Safety Last"- yuppie, good kid. |
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| "great stoneface"-nothing affected him. "The General"-famous film. |
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| PR guy that planted stories that actress was missing. Founder of Universal. |
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| Biograph Girl. Leads to Star System. |
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| D.W. Griffith. Racist movie. edited down and retitled "The Birth of a Nation". Made american films front of the pack. |
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| Give the state money and you could distribute all over the state. |
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| Composer for Birth of a Nation. LA Philharmonic, first time film had own score. |
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| Opens comedy studio and hires Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton. |
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| allowed competition, put MPPC, vitagraph, and biograph out of business. |
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Founded by:
1. Mary Pickford
2. Douglas Fairbanks
3. Charlie Chaplin
4. D.W. Griffith |
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| Inventions that hurt growth of film in 20's. |
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invents sound on film. bought by Fox
Fox Movietone News. |
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| new sound system, separate from film. "Don Juan" "Jazz Singer" stars Al Jolson. |
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| Made other studios switch to sound. |
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| Problems Related to Advent of Sound |
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1. Studios have to be made soundproof
2. Movie theaters have to switch to sound.
3. Hurts foreign market.
4. Camera inside of a box-blimp. |
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| Charlie Chaplin- First full length feature |
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| Chaplin wins academy award. |
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| wrote, directed, starred, by Chaplin. made a lot of money |
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| Marks the end of the silent film era. Chaplin. |
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| 3 Reasons why Chaplin left the U.S. forever |
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1. He never became a U.S. citizen
2. You can't have sex with 15 yr olds when you are 50.
3. He was too left-winged. |
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Musical Genre |
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backstage musicals. Busby Berkely, actors were props.
Romance musicals- Fred Astair, Ginger Rogers. good dialogue, elegant. |
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Gangster Genre |
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"Scarface", "Little Caesar", "Public Enemy"
The gangsters were the heroes, not the government.
G-men The FBI are stars and capture gangsters. Reflects society changes. |
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Genres- 1930's, advent of sound
Horror Genre |
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Universal Studios.
"Dracula" "Frankenstein", book written by |
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Genres- 1930's, advent of sound
Comedy Genre |
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"anarchistic"- (life out of control)- mocks society, family, gov't, religion, romance.
W.C. Fields and May West were comedy stars. May West mocked sexuality. |
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Comedies done in Astoria, Queens.
"Animal Crackers"
"Duck Soup"- mocked gov't, no romance, ruined career because of bad timing. |
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Genres- 1930's, advent of sound
Screwball Comedy Genre |
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| Romantic Comedy, battle of sexes. Excellent scripts. "Bringing up Baby" |
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| Disnet- First Animated sound-sync short |
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| First Feature Length Animated Cartoon |
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| First film to use three color process. |
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| Head of Censorship Bureau |
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| Catholic Legion of Decency. FBI member who becomes Hays partner. |
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| Joe Breen- 7 commandments |
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1. 3 second kiss.
2. no nudity
3. one leg on the floor. |
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| #1 female star- late 30's |
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1. "Confessions of a Nazi Spy"
2."The Great Dictator"- Chaplin
3."Foreign Correspondent"- Alfred Hitchcock |
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| 7 feature length documentaries on war. |
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| Why Hollywood has amazing success 1941-46 |
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1. Swing Shift- women were working and had money to go to movies.
2. Free props from U.S. army.
3. 25% of ticket sales go to war. |
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Post War Era- New Genres
Social Realism |
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Post War Era- New Genres
Film Noir |
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dark or black cinema.
"Double Indemnity"- directed by Billy Wilder
Characteristics of Film Noir
1. main character has fatal flaw
2. character feels trapped or cornered- downward spiral.
3. superior writing- pulp fiction
4. brilliant lighting |
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Post War Era- New Genres
Docudrama |
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shot on location, based on real stories.
use a lot of real people.
"Call Northside 777"- chicago
"House on 92nd Street"- found nest of Nazi spies. |
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Post War Era- New Genres
Atomic Scare Genre |
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"Them"- giant ants
"The Thing" |
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| HUAC, made people testify about communism. black list. |
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| 8 writers, 1 director, 1 producer, arrested and served 13 mos. prison. |
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| Reasons why "old" Hollywood fades away |
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1.Advent of television
2.Paramount Consent Decree- gov't makes them sell movie theaters.
3. HUAC
4. Tax on american imports.
5.rise of the agent |
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| first real agent. Kirk Douglas, burt lancaster. actors get part of profits. |
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| 1950s Technical Inventions |
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3D movies- "Dial M for Murder"
Cinerama- "make screen bigger"
cinemascope- anamorphic lens- widescreen
stereophonic sound
techni-color. |
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| First film to introduce rock and roll song as feature song. Rock around the clock. |
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| "Singing in the Rain", "Oklahoma" |
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| "The Robe"- first film done in cinemascope. used sex in movies. |
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| 1960's- How Hollywood gets out of slump |
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1. Allowed old movies to be shown on tv.
2. used studios to make tv shows.
3.famous tv directors bring style to film.
4. movies shot in foreign countries for less money. |
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Universal joins MCA
Paramount joins Gulf and Western
United Artists joined Trans America
Warner Bros and Kinney |
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| lots of violence, robbing banks. |
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| X-rated- wins academy award for best picture. |
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| racism in military N word - |
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| light skinend black pretends to be white. |
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| The FBI are stars and capture gangsters. Reflects society changes. |
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"Double Indemnity"
film noir |
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| hand-cranked camera. lumiere bros. |
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