French Film -- Quiz 1

Cinematography

one of the most significant technical and artistic phenomenon of the 20th century

Architecture

Sculpture

Painting

Music

Poetry

The five ancient arts

Thomas Wedgwood

makes “sun pictures” by placing opsque objects on leather treated with silver nitrate

Louis Daguerre

creates images on silver-plated copper, coated with silver iodide and “developed” with warmed mercury

photography

What was invented in the 19th century?

Kinetograph

What did Edison develop in 1889?

use rolls of celluioid film to visualize animated images

How does the kinetograph work?

Developing sound in film

What was Edison interested in when it came to cinema?

First to make films in France and presenting movies for an audience

The Lumiere Brothers

Georges Meiles

Professional magician and theater director in Paris; first artist of motion picture