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| transparent film that could hold a coating of chemicals sensitive to light |
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| made viewing by larger audiences possible |
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| developed a projection system so that more than one person at a time could see the moving images on a nine-by-six foot projection screen |
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| When and where was Edison's first public viewing of a vitascope? |
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| produced fairy tales and discovered slow motion and animation |
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| In addition to making narrative films, George Meiles was also a ________ and _________. |
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| shot scenes out of order and reassembled them in the editing process to make a story |
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| what was the first ever close-up shot of? |
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| what were the first movie theaters called? |
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| how much did it cost to get in nickelodeons? |
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| what was the first feature lenght film called? |
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| The Birth of a Nation in 1915 |
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| who filmed The Birth of a Nation |
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| what was controversial about Birth of a Nation? |
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| it glorified the Ku Klux Klan and stereotyped southern blacks as lazy and rapists |
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| it was common for blacks to have to patronize local theaters only after ____________and sit in the ________ |
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| who was hired to clean hollywood up? |
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| how much was Will Hayes paid? |
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| Whose rape and murder scandal shocked the industry? |
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| what was hollywood sometimes refereed to as beause of the prostitution, drugs and orgies |
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| who told the industry to either clean it up or they will recommend people not watch it? |
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| The Catholic Legion of Decency |
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| stunned audiences with his smoldering screen persona |
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| Rudolph Valentino "the skeik" |
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| what were the ladies of the 20's portrayed as? |
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| as liberated, sexual and sophisticated. |
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| who began to censor sexuality? |
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| what year did the MPPC begin to regualte sexuality? |
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| when did foreign films drop sharply? |
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| what are three reasons foreign films became unpopular from 1966 to 1990? |
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1. multiplex theatres wont show them
2. americans dont like to read subtitles
3. didnt make much money |
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| what percent of the U.S. video market in 1995 was foreign films? |
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| indian filmmakers produce more films than hollywood |
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| tackle controversial or unpopular subject matter |
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| compiled footage of regional wars, political leaders and agricultural scenes. |
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| what two countries pioneered interest films? |
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| weekly complitations of filmed news events |
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| fragments of life filmed unobtrusively |
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| Nanook of the North (1922) |
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| creative treatment of reality/actuality |
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| avant garde/experimental films |
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| very sophistacated cinema photography often artistic and deeply personal expressions of the filmmaker |
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| what is a famous avant garde film? |
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