COMM 004 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Flip Book, Sound Film, Radio City Music Hall
17 May 2020
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Reflection of values, half truths, ideals of our culture. We come across an experience like it woah that"s just like in. Nature of human physiology allows still images to blend together to create the moving picture; same basic idea as flipbook. Simple pictorial realism: realistic pictures in which movement was emphasized, a minute or less viewed in an arcade, gondolas going down the canals of venice , mary queen of scotts getting her head chopped off , niagara falls . Want more let"s tell stories with movies. The great train robbery of 1903: 10 minutes long it had a beginning, middle, and end created a story. First film palaces large, ornate theatres to show the movies. Development of film as a unique and individual means of expression. Editing: use symbolic imagery, use parallel narratives. Period of charlie chaplin and mary pickford. First permanent motion picture theatres created: nickelodeon it cost 5 cents to see the film.
