The Basics What is a Movie Still pictures

The Basics: What is a Movie?

Still pictures (FRAME) Seen in rapid succession Traditional Frame Rate Movies: 24 fps (frames per second) Video: 30 fps

SHOT: a series of frames that runs for an uninterrupted period of time

EDWEARD MUYBRIDGE • English Photographer • Photographic Studies Led to the Development of Motion Pictures

PERSISTENCE OF VISION (MOTION)

THOMAS EDISON • Patented the first motion picture camera in the U. S.

THOMAS EDISON • Black Maria First Motion Picture Studio • “The Kiss” • “The Sneeze”

KINETOSCOPE • An early machine designed for individuals to watch motion pictures.

LUMIERE BROTHERS Auguste and Louis • Mobile Camera • Public Screenings • “Arrival of a Train” • “Workers Leaving a Factory”

GEORGE MELIES • Storytelling • Special Effects • “A Trip to the Moon”

EDWIN PORTER • Cross Cutting • “Life of an American Fireman” • “The Great Train Robbery”

D. W. GRIFFITH • Sometimes considered the Father Editing • “Intolerance” • “Way Down East”

SILENT ERA (1894– 1929) • Melodrama • Slapstick

STUDIO ERA (1928 -1949) • First “Talkie: ” The Jazz Singer (1927) • Five Major Studios: RKO, Fox, Paramount, MGM, Warner Brothers • US vs Paramount Pictures (1948) • Ended Block Booking. Studios no longer can own theaters.

Hollywood Transitions (1948 -1963) • Major studios break contracts with stars/technicians • Competition from television New technologies • 3 D • Wide screen • Color

Hollywood Rennaissance (1964 -1976) • Anti-hero • Auteur directors: a filmmaker whose personal influence and artistic control over a movie are so great the filmmaker is regarded as the author of the movie. • More realistic depiction of modern life

Digital Cinema (1993 Now) • Digital Filmmaking • Non-linear editing • CGI