creation film
what is the mppc
the edision company twelve of its us rivals and the melies path companies formed the motion picture parent company
who is considered the father of film
dw griffith
what was the look german films went for
experssionism
point of view shot
a shot that is from the perspective from the actor
what was competing with movies
radio was competing with movies
how werer the firs screen credits made
Carl Laemmle gave the first screeen credits to rebel against he mppc
what was the most popular genre in the 1920s
Slapstick comedy
when was the german film golden age
1919-1933
Define Narrative Film
how long was the silent film era
32 years
what was the first projected film
the luniere brothers made the kinetograph and projected the first film to an audience made actualities slice of life films
when was Charlie Chaplin the most influential
1914-1918
who direced the last laugh who was the camera man
direcetd fw Murnau and shot Karl FReudn
what is a dolly
a mechanical moveable device on wheels in which the camera is plaved sometimes a tripod on wheels sometimes has the camera man camera assisstant or the director
what was important about the jazz singer
it was the first to use sync cinging
what is eadweard muybridge known for
in 1877 here was a bet to see whether a horse has all of its hooves in the air and muybridge created an experiment with cameras to capture the moment
who was dw griffiths partner
billiy bitzer was the camera man for dw griffith
what was ufa
a propaganda studio built in world war 1 that was no longer useful afterwards so many films were shot there as creativity flourished
what is a pan and what is a tilt
pan is horozontal movement of the camera and tilt is a vertical camera movement
what were the studio years
1930s-1945
what patent did thomas edison recieve when what was its importance
he got the patent for the kinetograph in 1894
who inspired charlie chaplin
May Linder
most important shot of the battleship potempkin
Odessa steps
what are two distinclty american film genres
musicals and western
when were the most amount of films produced roughly how many
500 films were made in 1937