FILM 2153 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Kinetoscope, Mutoscope
8 Feb 2017
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Motion picture film- is a series of images that are projected one after the other (sequential). Brain perceives it as a moving picture: photography. Beginning of taking a picture (permanent image: roll of film- late 1880s. Allowed for more scenes (photos) as opposed to using glass plates (roll of film > 150,000 glass plates: long exposure times. Unable to make fast paced films (boxing, etc. ) Zoetrope- a circle with small shutter holes along the sides, and when you spin it, the pictures within the circle move to create moving film: sequential pictures exposed fast enough to create a moving picture. Kinetoscope: found in parlors, look into a giant box to watch moving pictures, meant for single person use, within a parlor, each kinetoscope had a different story/sequence of image. Mutoscope: a device that had different cards with still images (like an old fashion address book, as you cranked the scope, the cards will move sequentially creating a moving picture.
