Digital Video technolog 2; Unit 1 review

Unit 1-1 ,1-2, 1-3, 1-4

3 things that can determine a movie genre

format, mood, setting

formats:

animation, live action, documentary, musical

describe animation

hand drawn, computer drawn or stop motion,

typically geared towards younger audience

describe live action

majority of movies

acted out by live people

describe documetary

movies that show “real life”

cost less to make than most movies

can be biased

musical

songs are sung by the characters and part of the narrative

many times dance might be incorporated

what are the main moods?

action, adventure, comedy, drama, fantasy, horror, mystery

what is the dominant genre of movies in america starting in 1980s

action

describe action movies

good guy vs bad guys through violence and physical force

good guy has a side kick

emphasize fighting, stunts and explosions over character development or complex plots

woman are prices or kidnap victims

started in 1920s with period pieces

whos movie and what year brought action movies out of period pieces into modern times

James Bond, 1960s

describe adventure movies

plotline usually involves danger or risk

often takes place in the past with bit of romanticism

describe comedy movies

intented to promote laughter

many subgenres

What are the subgenres of comedy movies

black comedy, crude, fish out of water, parody, romantic, splastick

describe black comedy

dark comedy involving taboo subjects

describe crude

vulgar or poor taste

describe fish out of water

based around a character in a strange or unfamiliar setting

describe parody

makes fun of an idea or pre-existing movie

describe romantic

light-hearted plots where love can overcome almost any obstacle

describe splastick

physical comedy is highlitghted

who invented the phenakistoscope

Joseph Plateau

what was the earliest animation device that showed movement

phenakistoscope

what was used to create an illusion

the persistence of vision

who patented the zoopraxiscope

William Lincoln

what is another name for the zoopraxiscope

the wheel of life

what was the first machine to project animated pictures

zoopraxiscope

who invented the photographic g*n

etienne-jules Marey

how may pics a second could the photographic g*n take?

12

who is known as the inventor of cinema

etienne jules marey

where did the term “shooting film” came from?

from the photographicc g*n

who theorizes the kinetiscope in 1888

Thomas Edinson

what was largely deleloped by william dickson

kinetoscope

what allow one person at a time to watch moving pictures

kinetoscope

who opened the first kinetoscope parlor in new york city

the holland brothers

how much did patrons paid for admission

25 cents

when was the blacksmith scene shot and who directed it?

1893, William K.L. Dickson

what is the first kinetoscope film shown in public exhibition

the blacksmith scene

what is the erliest example of actor performing on film

blacksmith scene

who developed the kinetophone

Thomas Edison and william dickson

prototype sound-film device

kinetophone

did kinetophone synch well with films?

No

what is the first known film with live-recorded sound

dickson experimental sound film

what is the only surviving film from kinetophone

dickson experimental sound film

who showed the first hand-colored movie at the cotton states exhibition in Atlanta GA

Thomas Edison

who invented the cinematographe

louis lumiere

what combined portable motion picture capture camera, film processing unit and a projector

cinematographe

what began the motion picture era

cinematographe

where does the word “cinema” come from

from the cinematographe

what used 35 mm film

the cinematographe

what showed 16 frames per second which became the standard for silent films

cinematographe

who are considered the “founding fathers of modern film”

the Lumiere brothers

who were the first to project moving photographic pictures to a paying audience of more than one person

lumiere brothers

who showed a 20 minute show 20 times a day

lumiere brothers

the show consisted of 10 very short movies called

actualities or factual shorts

what was the 1st comedy ever on film

Le Jardinier, “the gardener”, or “the sprinkler sprinkled”

what does edison’s company begins selling in 1896

the vistascope projector

did edison invent the vitascope

no, but he bought it off another inventor

what is the first comercially successful projector in the US

vitascope

could show up to 12 min of film per reel

vitascope

where was the first cinema building built ?

PARIS

who established the first europe’s film studio

georges melies

what is the lumiere brothers not selling to george melies, and what did he do

cinematographe,he made his own camera

made 500 films before going out of business in 1913

georges melies’ camera

what is one of the most famous films made by melies

“le voyage dans la lune”, a trip to the moon

who introduced use of storylines, plots, character development, transitions and special effects into movies

george melies

what was the 1st american cinema buidling and where

electric theather, Los Angeles

first american theather had seats and charged for admissions

200 seats, 10 cents for admissions

where was the 1st nickelodeon opened

pittsburgh (pennsylvania)

how much did the 1st nickelodeon charged for admission,

5 cents, and continually showed movies

popular and imitated around the us in 1905

nickelodeon

1st feature length film

the story of kelly gang

where was “the story of KG” shot, and how long was it?

australia, 60-70 minutes

1st feature legth film is US ?

Les Miserable

acting on film was considered degrading compared to stage acting so actors were …

not credited, stayed anonymous

movies were released on four reels and each reel was released separatelty,

les miserables

first studio to open in jacksonville fl, 1908

kalem studios

1st american studio that could shoot year round

kalem studios

most movies were shot where ? before jax

NY, and chicago

what was “the winter film capital of the world” and why

Jacksonville FL, because of the weather

who started in jacksonville in 1905

metro pictures

what became the hub of the silent movie industry in the US?

Jacksonville

how many studies existed in Jax at is movie making peak

30 studios

what was the beggining of the end of jax as a film hub

WW1

why did the war led to decline of studios

many people in the industry joined the armed forces, and remaining workers moved to Hollywood

jacksonville shipyards were what?

important and profitable

what did minor people in Jax film industry do

took higher paying jobs in shipyards

what was the effect of the shipyards

payed so much and jax became the fifth highest cost of living

why did many people leave jax

it was too expensive

how were jax citizens towards movies

they didnt like them bc it caused disturbance to the town

movie industry attracted what to jax

criminals

what did scam artists do?

steal investemt money from citizens for movies or movie companies that didn’t exist

who was elected as a mayor that didnt like the movie studios

John W. Martin

what also led to decline in jax

a flu epidemic, that killed many people and close public indoor places like theathers

who opened norman studios in 1922

richard norman

what is norman studios known for

being one of the few studios of the day that had black actors in a positive, non-stereotypical roles

many norman studios featured an

all black cast

what was the 1st studio to open in Hollywood, 1911

The Nestor Company

where and when did universal studios opened?

Hollywwod, 1912

how many film companies did hollywood have in 1912

15

who formed in 1914 hollywood

paramount pictures

who formed to protect Hollywood’s interest and clean up their image in 1922

Motion Picture Association of America, MPAA