Tom Gunning's notion that early films were concerned with "presenting a series of views to an audience, fascinating because of their illusory power," thereby emphasizing cinema's "ability to show something."
What is "cinema of attractions"?
100
Year BIRTH OF A NATION was released
When is 1915?
100
Film movement identified by highly graphic settings, exaggerated performance styles, contrast lighting, an unobtrusive camera style, and frame stories.
What is German Expressionism?
100
When a character's voice is heard but said character is not seen onscreen.
What is voice-off?
100
Indian cinema genre that narrates the lives of saints.
What is devotional film?
200
Edison's innovative film studio in New Jersey.
What is the Black Maria?
200
Unincorporated community in southern CA opened by a film production company in 1915.
What is Universal City?
200
Coined the term "montage of attractions" and believed in the notion of a "kino fist."
Who is Sergei Eisenstein?
200
The first feature film using Warner Brothers' Vitaphone sound on disc technology for synchronized sound.
What is THE JAZZ SINGER?
200
Japanese tradition of screenside performers who would narrate and speak dialogue alongside silent films; one of the reasons Japanese cinema was slow to convert to sound.
What is Benshi?
300
The theory that technology drives the development of society's social structure and cultural values; a pitfall of many technological approaches to film history.
What is technological determinism?
300
The theory that "cinema grew out of the perceptual dynamics of urban modernity."
What is "the modernity thesis"?
300
Principal film studio in Germany, home of the German film industry pre-WWII.
What is Ufa, or Universum Film AG.
300
Film genre that developed during the Depression, partially as a result of the MPPC.
What is screwball comedy?
300
Famous Japanese filmmaker of the 30s who was known for long takes and long shots; made mostly melodramas.
Who is Kenji Mizoguchi?
400
A form of theater using magic lantern rear projection which is often considered a precursor to cinema.
What is the Phantasmagoria?
400
The first major African-American feature filmmaker.
Who is Oscar Micheaux?
400
Author of FROM CALIGARI TO HITLER; believed that one could understand the psychology of the German people via film.
Who is Siegfried Kracauer?
400
President of the MPPDA, author of "Don'ts and Be Carefuls" list.
Who is William Hays?
400
The "father of Indian cinema."
Who is D.G. Phalke?
500
Body builder featured in an 1894 short film series by Thomas Edison.
Who is Eugen Sandow?
500
Known as the "queen of serials;" starred in THE PERILS OF PAULINE and THE EXPLOITS OF ELAINE.
Who is Pearl White?
500
Filmmaker and editor of Le Journal du Ciné-club and Cinéa; big fan of "Charlot" who also wrote one of the first books on him.
Who is Louis Delluc?
500
First films to use optical sound, or sound on film, technology.
What are the Fox newsreels?
500
Actress born as Mary Ann Evans who starred in Hindu action/stunt films.