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Period of Invention
1890-1910
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Film, Theatre & Television
Undergraduate 3
12/13/2010

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Term
Magic Lantern
Definition
1600; projectors
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The Zoetrope
Definition
wheel of light
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Photography
Definition
1839; took a long time to develop
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Eadweard Muybridge
Definition
breakdown motion
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Etienne-Jules Marey
Definition
Chronophotograph device
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George Eastman
Definition
Roll Film
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Roll Film
Definition
1889; celloid rolled on film
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William Friese-Greene
Definition
took pictures rapidly in 1890; worked in Great Britian
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Louis Leprince
Definition
1888-90; French; worked in Great Britian
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Thomas Edison
Definition
1877; record player; no market (unpopular); phonograph parlors; penny movie
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Phonograph
Definition
1890
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William K.L. Dickson
Definition
1893; 1st movie; Thomas Edison=Boss
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The Kinetoscope
Definition
1893; Thomas Edison
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1st movie: How many Frames Per Second
Definition
46 fps
Term
How many Frames Per Second was for sound?
Definition
24 fps
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Auguste and Louis Lumiere
Definition
photography manufacture
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Cinematograph
Definition
Auguste and Louis Lumiere; 1895; camera projector; very portable
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Single Shot Films
Definition
1 shot; 30 seconds; wideshot
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The Vitascope
Definition
1st American movie projector
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George Melies
Definition
French; professional magician; illusions; 5-10 minutes; story-telling; 1902--A Trip to the Moon
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Edwin S. Porter
Definition
1903; The Great Train Robbery; American; Edison's employee; mechanic
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One-reel Films
Definition
standard in 1902-1912; 10-15 muntes
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