RTA 180 Lecture 5: RTA180 lecture 5
16 Feb 2018
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Thomas a. edison (1847-1931) - new jersey based inventor, businessman. I wanted to do for the eye, the photograph for the ear" Eastman kodak development of physical film. D. w griffith (actor in the great train robbery) - branched out. Actor: d. w, // charlie chaplin // douglas fairbanks // mary pickford* Buy script, in house musicians: kinetoscope - a machine for 1 person to bend over short to watch moving/motion pictures. The reel/spool of film - expensive, sensitive. Wide production efficiency multiple directors + teams movie producer. Kinetoscope parlor - multiple machines set-up - ticket sold to show short motion pictures. Short film - more repetition more efficient - high ticket/sale value. Parallel editing - cross cutting, actions happening simultaneously in different location. Vitascope - allow larger audience to see movie project on screen theater. The great train robbery (1903) - edwin porter. Complete narrative, 305m long film - 15" min. Birth of a nation (1915) - d. w griffith.
