Key Develoopments in Film and Film Technology

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When was the first moving images created and by who?

1895, Lumiere brothers

What was the period in which the foundations of filmmaking where established (e.g. cinematography, principles of lightning, continuity editing, mise-en-scene etc)?

1895-1927

What was the period of development of silent cinema from early short films to full length feature films?

1895-1927

What were the 5 major studios and what time period were they establish in?

Paramount, Warner Brothers, Loew’s/MGM, Fox and Radio Keith Orpheum in the 1920s

What were the 3 minor studios also established around 1920 called?

Columbia, Universal and United Artists

What was the first feature film with a soundtrack called, when was it released, who directed it and who starred in it?

Director: Alan Crosland, Name: The Jazz Singer, Starring: Al Jolson, Released: 1927

What was the Technicolour Corporation’s first feature length ‘three strip’ colour film called, who directed it and when was it released?

Director: Rouben Mamoulian, Name: Becky Sharp, Released: 1935

When was the Paramount court case that end vertical integration in the filming industry?

1948

What is vertical integration?

When a company owns its supply chain, in this context, studios used to own all phases of production, distribution and exhibition process (e.g. actors could only act for one studio, cinemas were one studio only)

What time period was there an emergence of widescreen and 3D technologies? Give an example of a film that used this during this time.

1950s, Rebel Without A Cause

When were lightweight portable cameras produced suitable for hand-held use?

Late 1950s

What time period was Steadicam technology developed, who by and when were they first introduced?

Time period: 1970s, Developed by: Garrell Brown, First Introduced: 1975

What time period did films start to move away from special effects to visual effects and when was CGI started to have more widespread use?

1990s

When was the first CG (Computer-generated) feature length cartoon released, what was it called, who directed it and what studio?

Released: 1995, Name: Toy Story, Director: Jon Lasseter, Studio: Pixar Animation Studio

When was there a rise in ‘citizen filmmaking’ due to developments with light weight cameras and mobile phone technology?

2000s

When was the first legal streaming service for film and TV and what was it called?

2007, Netflix

What time period were so many successful feature length films shot entirely on iPhone released? Give two notable examples.

2010s, Notable examples: Tangerine (Baker, 2015) and Unsane (Soderberg, 2018)

What notable event happened in 2017?

Film and TV streaming and download sites (such as Netflix, Sky, Amazon and Apple) overtake DVD sales for the first time, increasing by 23% in one year

What film was the first Hollywood film to ever be shot entirely with IMAX cameras and when was it released?

Avengers: Infinity War, 2018