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Film History part I:

Film History part I:. The beginning. Modern History. There have been TWO major innovations in the arts in recent history: Photography Motion picture. Modern History. Motion picture was born of curiosity, technological ingenuity and the desire to visually record life and study movement.

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Film History part I:

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  1. Film History part I: The beginning . . .

  2. Modern History • There have been TWO major innovations in the arts in recent history: • Photography • Motion picture

  3. Modern History • Motion picture was born of curiosity, technological ingenuity and the desire to visually record life and study movement. • Motion picture was only possible due to advancements in photography!

  4. Innovator: Eadweard Muybridge • A British photographer working in California • Took the first photos capturing motion in 1877 and 1878 • He set off a row of cameras (12, later 24) • Each camera had a string connected to the shutter • He set up the cameras and had a horse run by; as the horse ran by, it pulled the strings and took the pictures! • So, he had a succession of photos showing the horses running

  5. Check these out! • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eadweard_Muybridge

  6. So . . . • The first “motion pictures” were simply a series of pictures strung together! • Muybridge influenced many inventors: • Including Thomas A. Edison and the Lumiere brothers.

  7. Thomas A. Edison – 1890s • 1st films in the U.S. • He created a motion picture company and recorded circus acts and vaudeville performances. • Displayed the first commercial motion-picture machine in 1893 • Called the kinetoscope. • One person at a time - “peep show” style • Replaced by projections on a large screen • For more than one! • First commercial projection in a theater took place at the Koster and Bial’s Music hall, New York, April 1896.

  8. Kinetoscope

  9. Check THESE out! • http://memory.loc.gov/mbrs/edmp/4014a.mov • http://memory.loc.gov/mbrs/edmp/4015a.mov A great site: • http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edmvhm.html

  10. Louis and Auguste Lumiere • Used the kinetoscope idea from Edison • Used a lighter-weight camera and took it out into the everyday world. • For example, an early film showed a baby being fed its cereal. • The first paid public performances took place in the basement of a café in Paris in December 1895.

  11. Le cinematographe

  12. The orld’s first movie poster! 1895

  13. Check these out! • http://www.institut-lumiere.org/francais/films/1seance/1seance01.html • http://www.institut-lumiere.org/francais/films/1seance/1seance06.html

  14. While creating films: • Film makers learned that some subjects were more interesting than others. • For now, however, subjects were still bland. • The art was still limited: • Usually shot straight on, far enough back to get everything in frame, AND the film only allowed for a half minute at most. • AND films were silent, black and white and two dimensional.

  15. Formative: Artistic Posed/arranged and manipulated Theatrical in nature Meant to record a ‘performance’ Realistic: Capture unadulterated events Documentary style Two schools of thought What could enhance this art? THE STORY!!!

  16. It is difficult to say who added story to film . . . • One important figure sticks out: • George Melies • Had a background in the arts • Worked in theater devoted to Magic • He worked with ‘trick films’ • ‘special effects’ were born! • “The Vanishing Lady” and “Haunted Castle” • Also worked with narrative by increasing the length of films from under one minute to 10 or 15 minutes in length!

  17. http://www.archive.org/details/Levoyagedanslalune

  18. D.W. Griffith • Important figure in American Film • READ ABOUT HIM! • View: THE BIRTH OF A NATION

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