True or False
The movie Titanic (1997) is based on a real-life historical event.
TRUE. While the love story between Jack and Rose was made up for the movie, the sinking of the HMS Titanic in 1912 was a real historical tragedy.
Cinema has becomed...
a. a complex job at understanding
b. a massive way of entretaiment
c. a boring activity
B. A massive way of entretaiment
What is a Projector?
The machine located in the back booth of a movie theater that shines light through the film (or digital file) to display the movie on the giant screen.
FALSE. Movies were published in B&W and Silent, being narrated by the expresion and the scenes/context
Who invented cinema?
Nobody
What is the device that people use in the present to see movies?
TV, Smartphone, Computer
In the past, people could only watch movies in a movie theater or on television.
TRUE. Before videotapes (VHS), DVDs, and streaming, you had to physically go to a theater to see a film. If you missed it, you had to wait years for it to randomly play on a TV channel!
What were early films like?
They were very short, sometimes only a few minutes or less, about local places and activities and in B&W
How its called the device for record audio?
Today, special effects are usually made using computers instead of building real, physical models.
TRUE. In the past, movies used puppets, miniatures, and clever camera tricks (like in the original Star Wars). Today, most big blockbusters rely on CGI (Computer Generated Imagery) to create entire worlds
Which contries were the dominant industries?
Russia, Europe, Scandinavia
What is required to film a movie? Name the devices
Cameras, Lighting equipment, Audio recorder
When movies first transitioned from silent films to sound films, actors became much less famous because audiences preferred to just listen to the music rather than hear the actors speak.
FALSE. The exact opposite happened! Hearing their favorite stars speak, laugh, and sing made audiences love them even more, making movie stars more famous than ever. However, it did hurt some silent film actors who had thick accents or voices that didn't match their on-screen image.
In which decades the cinema was the principal form of entretainment, with people attending to cinemas twice a week?
For what is used the Phonograph?
A phonograph records and plays sound using a needle in a groove.