Film Class Midterm

Just got to remember these questions

Time that photography was invented

Between revolutionary war and civil war (1830s)

Zootrope

Spinning cylinder with shutters used to create basic animation

Two Sides of Film Strip

Emulsion and Base

Main ingredient of emulsion

Silver Halide Crystals which react to light

Celluoid Nitrate

The base of filmstock was made of this and is explosive.

Edward Muybridge

Created the running horse animation.

Thomas Edison and William Dickson

Made their cat videos in New Jersey with the Studio called Black Maria

Hollywood

Far away form New Jersey, Thomas Edison and his goons.

Thomas Ince

Known for creating the first studio in Hollywood

Motion Pictures

Invented in the 19th century

Movie Stars

Important for marketing the movie

Slate/Clapper/Marker/Sticks

Used for sync sound

Clapper/Sticks

Became needed in 1927

Walt Disney started making movies

In Kansas City before moving to Hollywood

UB Iwerks

One who drew much of the art for Disney

Oswald the Lucky Rabbit

Was stolen from Disney

Winsor Mccay

Made Gertie the Dinosaur

Two inventions needed for traditional cell animation

Registration Pins and Celluoid

Lotte Reinegar

Made “Prince Achmed”

Willlis Obrien

Created the stop motion animation for King Kong in 1933

Ray Harryhausen

Made a famous skeleton animation using a technique called dynamism

Tim Burton

Worked for Disney

Made summer blockbusters possible

Air conditioning

Greatest year for Hollywood

1939 with Wizard of Oz, Technicolor, Gone with the Wind

AMPAS

Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences

Paramount Choice in 1948

Forced Hollywood Studios to sell theaters

Invention after WWII that changed Hollywood

TV

Animator associated with WB studios

Chuck Jones

Animation

Is not limited to kids

Ralph Bakshi

Created Fritz the Cat

Orthochromatic filmstock

Can’t see the color red and would be replaced by panchromatic

Panchromatic filmstock

Invented in 1927

Harryhausen

Name of restaurant in Monsters Inc.