FIL-2001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: High-Concept, Race Film, Blu-Ray

• School: FSU
• Department: Motion Picture Arts
• Course: FIL-2001
• Professor: Emily Elizabeth Burgess

Document Summary

Workers leaving the lumiere factory at lyons= first film. May 1895 first projection in world, boxing match. April 23rd 1896 first edison projection for paying audience. First to write screenplays and use editing for special effects (cid:862)a trip to the (cid:373)oo(cid:374)(cid:863) (cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1004)(cid:1006) Edwin s porter (cid:862)the great trai(cid:374) ro(cid:271)(cid:271)er(cid:455)(cid:863) (cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1004)(cid:1007) (cid:373)ost pop fil(cid:373) i(cid:374) a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a til (cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1005)(cid:1006) Playwright who tried to make transition into movies. 1908 biograph studio needed to increase production, griffith became director. First filmmaker to fill space and make backdrops look 3d. Revolutionized directing-demanded underacting, casting, stylized movements, rehearsed w actors, ensemble casts. Directed the squaw mand1918 hollywood first full length western. Golden globes cecil b. demille award for contributions to cinema. Created (cid:862)ra(cid:272)e (cid:373)o(cid:448)ie(cid:863) (cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1007)(cid:1004)s for (cid:271)la(cid:272)ks (cid:862)the e(cid:454)ile(cid:863) (cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1007)(cid:1005), first african-american film with sound. First (cid:449)o(cid:373)a(cid:374) to (cid:373)ake fil(cid:373) (cid:1005)(cid:1012)(cid:1013)(cid:1010) (cid:862)the (cid:272)a(cid:271)(cid:271)age fair(cid:455)(cid:863) Founded solax, her own film company in us. June 1905 pittsburgh- first nickelodeon, plush theatre with a piano, 5 cents admission.