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Bellwork!! • It has been said the invention of photography has changed art more than any other invention. Citing examples, explain this statement. Be sure to discuss the evolution of photography as a technology and as an accepted art form. Who were the primary contributors to both?

Chapter 10: Moving Images: Film and Digital Arts

Cinematography: • The art of photography and camerawork in filmmaking.

Film • Humankind has been attempting depict motion in art for centuries. • The discovery that looking at rapidly changing short sequences of still drawings gave the illusion of motion. • Magic lantern and the flip book the earliest use. • Made possible by the evolution of lenses and film that could capture moving objects clearly.

Leland Stanford and Eadweard Muybridge

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Persistence of Vision • The brief retention of an image by the retina after a stimulus is removed.

Muybridge invented a device to project his still photographs in rapid succession called a zoöpraxiscope.

• Each piece of film photographed in a continuous running of the camera is called a…. SHOT

What are the 3 types of movement in film making? • The movement of objects in a shot… • The movement of the camera toward or away from the action… • The movement created by the sequence of the shots.

Early Filmmaking • What was the early perception of film as an art? • How were early films shot? (point of view) • Sound? • What were Georges Méliès contributions to filmmaking? • Dissolves between scenes • Time Lapse Photography • Voyage to the Moon

What were D. W. Griffith’s contributions to filmmaking? • Point of view • Film editing • Parallel editing • Fading/ fading out • Close up/ longshot

Eisenstein and Montage • Editing technique combining a series of brief shots representing distinct but related subject matter. • Creates new relationships, build strong emotion or indicate passage of time. (pg. 156)

Other developments • Sound: 1927 • Color: 1930’s • Wide screen/ 3 D: 1950’s • 360 degree projection: 1960’s • Animation: late 1930’s

What was the first animated film?

What is a storyboard? • Series of drawings or paintings arranged in sequence used to visualize the major shots in the film.

What advancement did James Cameron’s Avatar contribute to movie making?

Motion Capture • Technique where the actions of the actors are scanned and digitized in threedimensional modeling and used to create alternate versions for the screen.

What is the greatest film ever made?