TC 101 Lecture : TC 101.docx
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The 25,000 flying horses bet: muybridge horses (1877): Set up multiple cameras and timed them as horse runs by to see motion and put pictures together. Old man drinking a glass of beer (1897)- wanted to take moving pictures. Vaudeville- variety show: comedy and drama variety hours, short films- flickers. The nickelodeon: used to charge a nickel to see movies. Starting to be longer and more than one reel. Edwin s. porter: the great train robbery (1903) A lot of development in film between 1903-1910. D. w. griffith: birth of a nation (1905) First sci-fi: a trip to the moon (1902) 4,47, incorporated trick photography, special effects, double exposure, use of mirrors, slow motion, fade ins/outs, only 1 camera angle. 1913- edison produces 19 talking pictures: 1920- talkies didn"t come out yet although edison had already made them, believed that people were not interested in hearing sound, movies were acted as like a play or a ballet.
