CIN201Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Movie Palace, Oligopoly, General Film Company
Lecture I-4: Early Cinema in Transition II: Industrial Change
Lecture Structure:
1) Introduction: Two Phases of the American Film Industry
2) The American Film Industry from 1896 until 1905/07
i) Early Exhibition
ii) Development of Distribution Methods
iii) Early Production
3) The American Film Industry Becomes an Industry: 1905/07-1913
i) The Switch to Narratives
ii) Changes in Exhibition
iii) The Class Composition of Early Movie Audiences
iv) Consolidation Among Manufacturers: The MPPC
4) The Advent of the Feature Film
Introduction: Two Phases of the American Film Industry
Just as early cinema style falls into two distinct phases, so too do developments within
the American film industry—1896-1905/07 and 1905/07-1913.
The three sectors of the American film industry—production, distribution, and
exhibition—developed unevenly, but in interrelated ways, during these two periods.
The American Film Industry from 1896 until 1905/07
Early Exhibition
Vaudeville was central to the development of early exhibition, functioning as the chief
exhibition outlet.
One company would send out a package to theatre managers, consisting of projector
and projectionist.
The early exhibitor exercised a substantial amount of control over the content of what
he projected, ordering and even editing film material.
The mutually beneficial relationship existing between the vaudeville theatre and the
film producer lent stability to the industry during its first decade.
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Document Summary
Lecture i-4: early cinema in transition ii: industrial change. Lecture structure: introduction: two phases of the american film industry, the american film industry from 1896 until 1905/07 i) early exhibition ii) development of distribution methods iii) early production. 3) the american film industry becomes an industry: 1905/07-1913 i) the switch to narratives ii) changes in exhibition iii) the class composition of early movie audiences iv) consolidation among manufacturers: the mppc. Introduction: two phases of the american film industry. Just as early cinema style falls into two distinct phases, so too do developments within the american film industry 1896-1905/07 and 1905/07-1913. The three sectors of the american film industry production, distribution, and exhibition developed unevenly, but in interrelated ways, during these two periods. The american film industry from 1896 until 1905/07. Vaudeville was central to the development of early exhibition, functioning as the chief exhibition outlet. One company would send out a package to theatre managers, consisting of projector and projectionist.
