CIN101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Siegfried Kracauer, Kinetoscope, Mutoscope
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Cinema began with optical toys e. g. the phenakistoscope (1841) Phenakistoscope, from the greek phenakekizein for to deceive or to cheat . The phi phenomenon : an effect of the eye that creates the perception of motion when small, rapid changes occur in an image. Persistence of vision : an afterimage effect on the eye that renders the blank spaces between individual lm frames to appear invisible, lending continuity to the moving image. Record the movement of a horse as it gallops. Set off cameras at several points and sets them to go off at a speci c time. Etienne - jules marey : the chronophotographic gun. The zoopraxinoscope : spinning disk shown in mirror. The mutoscope : ip books - one person viewing scope. Kinetoscope (edison) : strips of lm in it - one person viewing scope. Simulated mobility : mode of transport - showing people places they couldn"t go on their feet.
