POL 128 Lecture Notes - American Movie, Thomas Edison
13 Dec 2012
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Came up with perforated strips of film with things in projector to keep the film locked in place. He looped the film strip over a lamp and magnifying glass. Box had a peep hole that you could see the images through. Invented improved projector and camera and able to project better film. People panicked with the moving train coming towards them. Borrowed the lumiere brothers technology and premiered it in new york nickelodians comes from the 5c movies shown in the back of arcades. Edison signed contracts with movie producers, lumiere brothers, to produce films and dominating the business in the united states. Movies initially were dipictions of every day life. Melies added fantasy to film by using vision tricks to make a point in his film. Used the camera to change size of characters, make characters disappear/reappear Aspects of melies film is seen in the movie hugo". Porter most significant film = the great train robbery.
