SMC219Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Miniskirt, Electric Light, Lena Horne
4 Nov 2012
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Smc219- lecture wednesday february 9, 2011 biagi ch. Film is a hybrid medium, both capitalizes on both attributes of mechanical media (typographic) and electronic - tv- totally electronic. Thus different identities for tv and film = tv is cool and film is hotter. 1877- eadweard muybridge catches motion on film when he uses 12 cameras to photograph a horse"s movements for leiand stanford in palo alto, california. 1915- director d. w. griffith introduces the concept of the movie spectacular with the bird of a nation. 1916- brothers noble and george johnson launch lincoln films, 1st company to produce movies called race films = serious narrative movies for african american audiences. 1919- oscar micheaux releases within our gates a response to d. w. griffith"s controversial, anti-black epic the birth of a nation. 1927- the jazz singer, the first feature length motion picture with sound, opens in nyc.
