RTF 308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Auguste And Louis Lumière, Kalem Company, Vitagraph Studios
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Technological determinism cultural determinism technology incidental who, when socioeconomic factors significant how, why (but also who and when!) Emphasizes _____ as the dominant determining factor in the development of media. Explores the ______ & _______ of media development. 1650s magic lantern (projector with long slides pulled along for movement) Persistence of vision the illusion of movement. Media of 19th century merge capitalism, new technology, and urbanization. Each relies on mass audience the same message is spread to many people. Continue to draw on spectacle and increasingly realism. Fil(cid:373) i(cid:374) this (cid:272)o(cid:374)te(cid:454)t: a s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)tifi(cid:272) e(cid:454)peri(cid:373)e(cid:374)t, (cid:374)o(cid:448)elt(cid:455), to(cid:455); (cid:374)o (cid:862)features(cid:863) What do wi(cid:374)sto(cid:374)"s a(cid:374)d pearso(cid:374)"s historiographi(cid:272)al approa(cid:272)hes re(cid:373)i(cid:374)d us a(cid:271)out earl(cid:455) fil(cid:373) histor(cid:455)? there is no precise, originating moment owes its birth to no particular country/person only favorable conjunction of circumstances made film/projection possible. First company to successfully develop commercial moving picture machine, aka kinetoscope. Kinetoscope (1893) 15-90 seconds; spectacle, comic reality. Designed a version of the cinematographe for technical superiority (portable)
