Les 1: introduction
Mass Media Evolution
→ Pre-industrial age
→ Industrial age (1700s – 1930s)
o Color tv was invented in 1970’s, but wasn’t showed until the 80’s
→ Electronic age (1930s – 1980s)
o Black and white TV
o VCRs = Videocassetterecorder invented
o Color TV became mainstream
→ Evolution of new media (21st century)
o DVDs replaced VCR
o Social media invented
7 ages of movie/TV history
1. Pioneering age
o 1896-1912
o Moving pictures
2. Silent age
o 1913-1927
o No sound yet
o Pictures that were shown
3. Transition age
o From silent to sound films
4. The hollywood studio sage
o 1932-1946
o 95% of the films were produces by studios
5. Internationalist age
o 1947-1959
o TV became more popular
6. New wave age
o 1960-1980
o “nouvelle vague”
o Technological innovationn -> Imax
7. Mass media age
o 1980-present
, 25 technological movie moments
1. Lumiere brothers give birth to film 2. Woman make their mark
→ 1890s → Lois Weber
→ Moving pictures invented → Experimented with sound
→ First film: 46seconds of workers and split screen (Suspense)
in a factory → 1910s
3. Stop-motion animation 4. Pictures start talking
→ 1920s → 1920s
→ The Lost World → The Jazz Singer
→ Willis O’Brien → “You ain’t heard nothin’ yet”
→ Dinasaurs through stop-
motion
5. Movies go big 6. King Kong
→ 1930 → 1930s
→ The Big Trail → Stop-motion got
→ 70mm widescreen even better
7. Technicolor perfected 8. First animated feature
→ 1930s → 1930s
→ Realistic color to screen → Walt Disney
→ Becky Sharp → Snow White and the
seven Dwarfs
9. The best film of all time 10. Cinerama
→ 1940s → 1950s
→ Orson Welles → TV became popular
→ Citizen Kane → 3 cameras, 3 projectors
→ Incredible, immersive
widescreen image
, 11. Widescreen 12. 3D
→ 1950s → 1950s
→ The Robe → House of Wax 3D
→ Screens we use today in → Technical issues
cinemas → Foreshadowed our modern 3D
craze
13. Julie Andrew dances with cartoons 14. IMAX
→ 1960s → Flip 70mm film on
→ Mixed live action with its side
animation → Largest film format
→ Mary Poppins ever
→ Shown at Expo ‘67
→ Tarantino and Nolan
make movies for
IMAX (ex. Oppenheimer)
15. Don’t go in the water 16. In a galaxy far, far away
→ 1970s Jaws → 1970s
→ Blockbusters → Star Wars
→ Advanced special effects, lived-
in world, …
17. Jumping inside the computer 18. CGO brings a glass knight to life
→ 1980s → 1980s
→ Computer animation → Young Sherlock
→ Disney’s Tron Holmes
→ Visual style and CGI → First photoreal
CGI character
19. Computers bring dinosaurs to life 20. Pixar changes animation
→ 1990s → 1990s
→ Steven Spielberg’s → Toy story
Jurassic Park → First computer animated
→ Animatronics and CGI feature film
, 21. Titanic sinks records 22. Motion-Capture makes a sorry debut
→ 1990s → 2000s
→ Titanic broke almost every → Final Fantasy: The spirits
record in the booc within
→ Biggest box office smash → Motion capture = people
→ Titanic was so succesful have dots on their face
because teenagers would see → Film adaptation of a game
the movie multiple times was the first motion-
capture film
23. Star Wars Digitized 24. IMAX experience goes dark
→ 2000s → 2000s
→ Star Wars Episode II → The Dark Knight
→ Shot entirely on HD cameras → First narrative film to feature
→ Infamous character in Star sequences shot with IMAX
Wars was the first digitized cameras
character
25. Avatar paves the way forward
→ 2000s
→ Titanic: motion-capture
technology
→ Avatar became the highest
grossing film
→ Back to back productions:
they film 2 films at the
same time -> cheaper
o For ex. Back tot he future 2 and 3
Genres
→ Elements influence the genre (horror, drama, comedy, …)
o Setting
▪ Horror: dark foreboding place
▪ Sports: arena
▪ War: battlefields
o Characters
▪ Crime: detective
▪ Horror: zombies, ghosts, serial killers
▪ Western: outlaws and cowboys
Mass Media Evolution
→ Pre-industrial age
→ Industrial age (1700s – 1930s)
o Color tv was invented in 1970’s, but wasn’t showed until the 80’s
→ Electronic age (1930s – 1980s)
o Black and white TV
o VCRs = Videocassetterecorder invented
o Color TV became mainstream
→ Evolution of new media (21st century)
o DVDs replaced VCR
o Social media invented
7 ages of movie/TV history
1. Pioneering age
o 1896-1912
o Moving pictures
2. Silent age
o 1913-1927
o No sound yet
o Pictures that were shown
3. Transition age
o From silent to sound films
4. The hollywood studio sage
o 1932-1946
o 95% of the films were produces by studios
5. Internationalist age
o 1947-1959
o TV became more popular
6. New wave age
o 1960-1980
o “nouvelle vague”
o Technological innovationn -> Imax
7. Mass media age
o 1980-present
, 25 technological movie moments
1. Lumiere brothers give birth to film 2. Woman make their mark
→ 1890s → Lois Weber
→ Moving pictures invented → Experimented with sound
→ First film: 46seconds of workers and split screen (Suspense)
in a factory → 1910s
3. Stop-motion animation 4. Pictures start talking
→ 1920s → 1920s
→ The Lost World → The Jazz Singer
→ Willis O’Brien → “You ain’t heard nothin’ yet”
→ Dinasaurs through stop-
motion
5. Movies go big 6. King Kong
→ 1930 → 1930s
→ The Big Trail → Stop-motion got
→ 70mm widescreen even better
7. Technicolor perfected 8. First animated feature
→ 1930s → 1930s
→ Realistic color to screen → Walt Disney
→ Becky Sharp → Snow White and the
seven Dwarfs
9. The best film of all time 10. Cinerama
→ 1940s → 1950s
→ Orson Welles → TV became popular
→ Citizen Kane → 3 cameras, 3 projectors
→ Incredible, immersive
widescreen image
, 11. Widescreen 12. 3D
→ 1950s → 1950s
→ The Robe → House of Wax 3D
→ Screens we use today in → Technical issues
cinemas → Foreshadowed our modern 3D
craze
13. Julie Andrew dances with cartoons 14. IMAX
→ 1960s → Flip 70mm film on
→ Mixed live action with its side
animation → Largest film format
→ Mary Poppins ever
→ Shown at Expo ‘67
→ Tarantino and Nolan
make movies for
IMAX (ex. Oppenheimer)
15. Don’t go in the water 16. In a galaxy far, far away
→ 1970s Jaws → 1970s
→ Blockbusters → Star Wars
→ Advanced special effects, lived-
in world, …
17. Jumping inside the computer 18. CGO brings a glass knight to life
→ 1980s → 1980s
→ Computer animation → Young Sherlock
→ Disney’s Tron Holmes
→ Visual style and CGI → First photoreal
CGI character
19. Computers bring dinosaurs to life 20. Pixar changes animation
→ 1990s → 1990s
→ Steven Spielberg’s → Toy story
Jurassic Park → First computer animated
→ Animatronics and CGI feature film
, 21. Titanic sinks records 22. Motion-Capture makes a sorry debut
→ 1990s → 2000s
→ Titanic broke almost every → Final Fantasy: The spirits
record in the booc within
→ Biggest box office smash → Motion capture = people
→ Titanic was so succesful have dots on their face
because teenagers would see → Film adaptation of a game
the movie multiple times was the first motion-
capture film
23. Star Wars Digitized 24. IMAX experience goes dark
→ 2000s → 2000s
→ Star Wars Episode II → The Dark Knight
→ Shot entirely on HD cameras → First narrative film to feature
→ Infamous character in Star sequences shot with IMAX
Wars was the first digitized cameras
character
25. Avatar paves the way forward
→ 2000s
→ Titanic: motion-capture
technology
→ Avatar became the highest
grossing film
→ Back to back productions:
they film 2 films at the
same time -> cheaper
o For ex. Back tot he future 2 and 3
Genres
→ Elements influence the genre (horror, drama, comedy, …)
o Setting
▪ Horror: dark foreboding place
▪ Sports: arena
▪ War: battlefields
o Characters
▪ Crime: detective
▪ Horror: zombies, ghosts, serial killers
▪ Western: outlaws and cowboys
