chapter 10 film and digital arts

Persistence of vision:

The brief retention of an image on the retina of the eye after the stimulus is removed, so that the illusion of motion is uninterrupted.

Shot

A continuous running of the camera in a sequence that becomes a scene, and then a movie.

Take

: A successful completion of a shot.

Montage:

A combination of shots that are connected in some way to the subject of the scene. Eisenstein used this technique in his film, "Battleship Potemkin" 1925.

Television

Vision from afar. 1930 ( By 1936, there were 200 Tv's around the world!)

Film Noir

The intense use of lights and darks in movies to achieve sinister emotional content.

Sound was introduced in films around 1927

"The Jazz Singer"

Color was first layed on by hand with films like

"The Wizard of Oz". 1932

Animated movies like "Fantasia" started to be made by

Disney Studios, 24 frames per second. 1940 More recently, "Princess Mononoke" , Hayao Miyazaki, 1999.

Digital special effects introduced around

1980 with movies like "Star Wars", "Blade Runner".

Thomas Edison:

Kinetiscope, Viewing boxes in public parlors. 1894

The Lumiere Brothers

First reel to reel projection system for films to be viewed on a screen. 1895 AND IS STILL BEING USED TO THIS DAY

D.W. Griffith:

Introduction of the close up and long shot.

George Me'lie's:

Introduction of the fade out at the end of a scene.

Salvador Dali and Luis Bunuel

Introduction of Surrealism in motion pictures. "An Andalusian Dog" 1929

Orson Welles and Gregg Toland:

Skewed camera angles to give the impression of a crooked character. "Citizen Kane" 1941. 

Ridley Scott:

Seamless blending of digital and traditional methods, "Prometheus" 2012

television means? ON THE QUIZ 3 WORDS ONLY

vision from afar