A Trip Through Film Produced by Alexia Amber

A Trip Through Film Produced by Alexia, Amber, Caitlin, Dan and Emma

Moving Picture Motion picture, film, or movie, is a series of still photographs that are projected in rapid succession onto a screen through the use of light Persistence of vision is what presents the illusion of continuous movement It is a very complex process and requires contributions from various other technical skills (sound recording, photography, optics) Image found at google images

Stop Motion Picture Animation technique that manipulates a physical object so that during the film it appears to move on it’s own The object is slightly moved between each photographed frame giving the illusion that is is moving when the frames are played at a fast pace First instance of stop motion technique was made in 1898 by Albert E. Smith in The Humpty Dumpty Circus where circus animals and acrobats came to life “This is Halloween” scene from Tim Burton’s “A Nightmare Before Christmas” youtube. com

Old School Filmmaking Before the 1920 s, almost all films were silent Most silent film shown, were not silent at all because they were played aside live music There are titles edited into the on screen action to add critical dialogue Silent comedies tended to be more popular because of the over dramatic use of actions to get the message portrayed First Motion Picture Camera, Single-lens Cine, invented by the Louis Le Prince The Eating Machine-Charlie Chaplin

3 Strip Technicolor Was the beginning of adding color to films This was done with the 3 -strip Technicolor camera, first introduced to the industry in the 1930 s by J. A. Ball Image found at http: //www. ditspot. net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/CMY 3 strip. jpg

Transition to Color ● Later - creative process and a demand for realism Took at least 3 decades to transition fully to color film Technicolor - 1915 by Herbert Kalmus ● Transition was difficult - 3 main problems Technicolor process – prints. Technological * Economic * Aesthetic 2 -color process $$ Chromophobia 3 -strip process Primitive Image taken from Google image search Image taken from the -artiface. com

Techniques Then and Now Techniques used High Angle - “Notorious” B&W Panning in many movies ● To save $$ Hitchcock - hidden cuts in films “Rope” - 1948, shot in color ● AKA Continuous shots - 1 film roll ● Today’s Techniques Alice in Wonderland mural found on iheartinfinity. com Still shot from “Key Exchange” Scene Notorious Taken from Google images

Key Exchange Scene from Alfred Hitchcock’s “Notorious” - 1946 youtube. com “Hidden cuts” from Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Rope” - 1948

Pre-Code Film Brief period between the introduction of sound pictures and the implementation of censorship guidelines Film during this period often contained: Sexual innuendo Drug use Intense violence Profanity Image found at Boston. com

3 D Films Stereoscopic 3 D films: First appeared in the early 20 th century Were watched on two separate screens Viewers would view the screens through a stereoscope that merged the two images creating an illusion of 3 D Color 3 D films A movie called Bwana Devil became the first color 3 D movie in 1952 Many early 3 D colors films fell into the horror genre Problems with Early 3 D

3 D Films continued Modern 3 D films In 1986 the film Transitions became the first film to be paired with polarized lenses Autostereoscopic films Like stereoscopic 3 D films autostereoscopic films display two images that are merged to create a 3 D image Could eliminate the need for 3 D glasses

Modern Day Film has been changed to better keep the audience’s attention The average shot has narrowed from 12 seconds to 2. 5 seconds Combination of long and short shots More action Better quality film Better use of lighting Special effects Image found on Quora. com

Then and Now Image found at judygarlandmuseum. com Image found at collider. com

Film to Digital Most Hollywood movies were traditionally made on 35 mm film Because of lower costs, movies are being digitized The Wolf of Wall Street became the first major film to be delivered to theatres in digital formats only Digitized film can be made to look and feel like real film This switch to digital might determine which works survive

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Works Cited Continued "A Nostalgic Timeline: How Hollywood Has Slowly Changed Over Time. " Buzzle. Accessed November 13, 2016. http: //www. buzzle. com/articles/how-hollywood-has-changed-over-time. html. Gulagulasusu. "Fargo - Connected - I'm Cooperating - Darn Tooting. " You. Tube. 2012. Accessed November 13, 2016. http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=u 4 Je 2 Wxsq. WA. Schedeen, By Jesse. "The History of 3 D Movie Tech - IGN. " IGN. 2010. Accessed November 13, 2016. http: //www. ign. com/articles/2010/04/23/the-history-of-3 d-movie-tech? page=1 Stevenson, Ralph. "Motion Picture. " Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Accessed November 14, 2016. https: //www. britannica. com/art/motion-picture. "Stop Motion. " Wikipedia. Accessed November 14, 2016. https: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Stop_motion.