AHSS*2190 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Shutter Speed, Celluloid
Week 7: Development of Motion Picture
Why it’s possible
-Use a series of still images to create illusion of motion
-“persistence of vision”
To make movies possible
-Camera with high enough shutter speed
-Film strip that takes multiple exposures quickly
-What is celluloid?
-Ability to project images on a screen
How does it work?
-A motion picture camera projector is essentially a camera in reverse
-Invention takes off quickly
-Becomes major cultural industry
-Great train robbery: One of the first films made; When watching, how is it
similar and different from the kinds of films we watch today?
Motion Pictures
-Filmmaker develops techniques such as camera angles and editing
-Profit motivation emerges very quickly
-Production of films required steady flow of releases
-Fictional narratives are easy to do
-Division of labour emerges early in this industry’s history
-Increasing audiences require production of more films
Early Film Industry
-Before World War I, cinema becomes mass entertainment
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