FILM 2200 Lecture Notes - Experimental Film, Camera Angle, Winsor Mccay
Document Summary
There is question of whether it could have even been built based on structural practicality: cave paintings usually done in special chambers far down into cave. The place(as well as painting) was special in terms of meaning. Lenses, galileo: photographs(chemicals), negatives, copies, magic lanterns (19th century) [the one that spins with lots of frames: mutoscope, telegrams, invention of electricity,edison, tesla better system of electricity than edison. Industrial revolutions: 1st (1790s-1840s): natural power sources (wind, horse, man, water) home to factories, 2nd (1870-1910): new set of industrial materials. Cultural changes: mass distribution/consumption film was a product of this period. Tatlin"s tower (1919): a building design (that was never built) by vladimir tatlin (1885-1953) Designed to be a symbol of modernity: the design: a twin helix 400m high, with main framework containing 4 large shapes which rotate at different speeds, russian civil war (1917-1922)
