[SMC219Y1] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 17 pages long Study Guide!
6 Feb 2017
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The technology for films first developed in the 1880s: had photographs before, but not film. Georges melies and lumiere bros. (both in france: georges melies arrival of a train at la captat sensational to people. All films at this time were very experimental and difficult. Up until the 1900s, movies were very rarely over a minute long, and were mostly black and white: color movies had to have each frame hand-tinted. Films at this early stage were pure novelty no plots, stories, etc. Films were set up in tents for temporary amounts of time. Eventually, thomas edison set up the first permanent movie theatre in new jersey in the late. Introduction of film as art in the 1920s (still silent and black-and-white, but there was often music) Live music by an organ player, pianist, or if it was a big flashy film, a full orchestra.
