04:189:102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Movie Camera, Louis Le Prince, Eadweard Muybridge
9 Oct 2018
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I believe that she was right to report this to the director because if we do not make a point we are condoning this behavior to everyone who watches that this behavior is okay. Relationship (sometimes adversarial, sometimes collaborative) between skilled- the inventors-and the wealthy- the investors- History of continuous improvement on prior inventions and concurrent but geographically dispersed inventions. 5 pre-conditions for a film as we know it today. Kennedy laurie dickson & thomas edison- the strip kinetograph: the celluloid film- goodwin (reverend minister) vs. eastman (a rich man who owns. Kodak), george eastman"s roll film- 1884, goodwin introduces celluloid 1889: the projector: thomas edison"s kinetoscope early 1890s, lumiere brothers- Cinematograph 1895, edison"s vitascope 1896, muybridge"s zoopraxiscope 1880. Narrative films (the life of an american fireman- first and the great train robbery introduces westerns and chase scenes) Technique: editing styles (fast-paced), close-ups, camera distances. Style: narrative and first feature-length film 3 hours and 13 minutes.
