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Thomas Edison Invented 1st camera with associate W.K.L. Dickson Actor had to travel to Camera (not portable) Lumiere Brothers(France) Invented the portable camera which served as a camera, developing kit, and projetor Fad watching a moving picture just to see the movement fades Story Film Become successful and a story telling medium The Great Train(1903) First International Success Charlie Chapman One of the best writer/director/actor of the silent era. Used his personal life to help with his movies. Most famous movies are the The Gold Rush and The Kid Narrative How you tell the story Narration A spoken voice for the audience . Something told to us as an audience. D.W. Griffin Perfects cinematic storytelling World War 1 Era Hollywood rises to the top 1920's Golden age of the silent era Coming of "talkies" or sound movies Studio era Big 5 Studios MGM Paramount Warner Brothers 20th Century Fox RKO *All had their own theater chain Little Three Universal Columbia United Artists *Do not have major movie theater chains Telephoto Lens Long length brings distant objects up close mostly for sports events image small but area covered Wide Angle Lens Lens is short distance between objects seems greater a part Greater depth of field of focus Wide Angle Lens and Deep Focus Photograph all objects appear in clear focus no matter how far away from camera they are. Olson Wells is known for this, especially in Citizen Cane Aspect Ratio The size of the frame Classic or Academy 4:3 Modern Standard 5.5:3 Contemporary Widescreen 7:3 Synonynous Means the same Pre-Porduction usually lasts 6 months- 1 year begins with the acquisition of a script arrange for funding(roe of executive producer) Development of "the package" The Package The development of the major stars, director, and film type. Found in pre-production Principle Photography Actual filming of the movie. Usually lasts 8-12 weeks most expensive phase Assembly actually begins during principle photography. Lasts 6 months to 1 year. Director right of editing the film. Sound effects put into place. titles and advertising of film Warner and Universal pat of the 5 major studios that do not have a large train 6 areas of off-screen Space 4 sides of the frame Behind the camera behind the set Camera Position high:more weak or vulnerable Low: More powerful or threatening Handheld Camera Era used to show unstable perspective of a character. Canted Camera Stationary but tilted. Used to make the subject seem unstable or endangered. Shooting Ratio the relationship between the among of footage shot and the amount used. Coverage Having all the images or footage needed to tell a story Achrionologically shooting film out of order Parallel Editing (cross cutting) alternating two or more scenes that often happen simultaneously, but in different locations. D.W. Griffith is known for this Montage Linking unrelated images to create new images. Used to build dramatic tension. Sergei Eisensein is known for this Continuity Ediding Arranging the sequence of shots to suggest a progression of events. Shot/Revers Shot one character is shown looking at a character (off-screen) and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character. Add or Remove Te