FS103 Midterm: Midterm Review
Document Summary
The kingdom of shadows - a realm in which watching a movie takes most views to by helping take them away from their everyday lives and transports them to a row world. People can use movies as an escape from their own lives. They immerse themselves into the movies and develop opinions and emotions towards characters. Films can also be used to express someone current state of mind and inner thoughts. Kinetograph - a camera that recorded motion pictures on a roll of lm: a machine with a peep-hole viewer that an individual looks through to see those. Actualities early lm that documented everyday actions, such as someone leaving work. Neighbourhood theatres called nickelodeons charged 5 cents for a 15-20 minute long screening: the star system - a system that promotes the stars of lm so that movie will have more hype and success. Chapter thirteen: genre: genre - a class or type of lm.
