Film/Camera Inventions
This invention was the first device used to view short films, or "moving pictures."
What is the Kinetoscope?
This person, along with his assistant, created the first movie camera.
Who is Thomas Edison?
These techniques are used for describing camera motion, either moving from left to right, or moving up or down.
What is Pan and Tilt?
These terms are used to describe the Quality of a character.
What is a Dynamic, Round, and Flat?
This invention allowed for sound to be recorded on the film strip as video was also being recorded.
This strict set of guidelines was developed by Will H. Hays, president of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, which greatly limited what type of content could be shown in film.
This unit of measurement indicates how many images are displayed on a screen in one second.
What is FPS (Frames per second)?
These are the standard character roles that appear in many stories (at least 3).
Protagonist, Antagonist, Sidekick, Foil, the Confidant.
This camera was the first lighter weight camera, allowing for filming in more remote locations, as well as functioning both as a film developer and projector.
The Cinematograph
This Filmmaker was one of the first to use special effects, using stop motion to create fantastical worlds, as seen in his famous movie, A Trip to the Moon (French: Le Voyage dans la Lune).
Who is Georges Melies?
A film editing technique that involves switching between scenes to create the impression that multiple actions are happening simultaneously.
What is Cross-cut?
These are the 5 sections in a basic story structure.
What is Introduction, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Conclusion?
The first camera ever invented, this camera was stationary and required actors to move back and forth across the stage.
What is the Kinetograph?
This film was one of the first feature length film, was the first blockbuster in American cinema, but was also a work of propaganda that indorsed racist ideas and cause the KKK to reform.
What is The Birth of a Nation?
The space through which light passes in an optical or photographic instrument, especially the variable opening by which light enters a camera.
What is Aperture?
This term is used to describe a trait of a character that represents a specific set of universal, recognizable behaviors. The heroes and villains of today may be based on the same character types found in fairy tales, classic novels, poetry, and the theater of ancient civilizations.
What is an Archetype?
This color film technique used 3 separate strips of film in order to create a realistic representation of color in film.
What is Technicolor?
A film editing technique that originated in the early 20th century. It focuses on the editing process, rather than the content of the film, and is based on the idea that different sequences can express complex ideas when edited together.
What is Soviet Montage?
The camera setting that determines how sensitive a camera's sensor is to light
What is ISO?
These are examples of specific Archetypes that exist within many stories (at least 3).
What are The Innocent, The Explorer, The Sage, The Hero, The Outlaw, The Magician, The Everyman, The Lover, The Jester, The Caregiver, The Creator, and the Ruler.