MC 2000 Lecture : Unit 4 Notes
Document Summary
People will pay to see their favorite movie star in a film and have to go see it: technological development intertwines with exhibition development, as a medium, movies are uniquely powerful. Magical, escapist: represents america in global context, timely reflections and critiques, the industrial revolution had three main implications for this industry nickelodeons, nickelodeons are rooms with lots of seats that continuously show shorts all amazing! When the pictures are projected, people come together to watch it: people could watch movies at vaudevilles, traveling shows, and. Work-leisure distinction (people tired after work in the factories and want a break) Urbanization (you have to go to one central location to watch the movie) Immigration (watching silent movies because you can still have the same: glamour hollywood , history of film: film as working class media experience even if you don"t speak english, edison"s kinetoscope: look in a box and little images move.
