MMC CHAPTERS 6-10 STUDY GUIDE
Zoopraxiscope - Answer -a machine for projecting slides onto a distance surface
Persistence of Vision - Answer -in which the images our eyes gather are retained in the
brain for about 1/24 of a second -> therefore, if photographic frames are moved at 24
frames a second, people perceive them as actually in motion
Leland Stanford - Answer -needed help winning a bet so he turned to Edward
Muybridge (well known photographer)
Muybridge - Answer -invented the Zoopraxiscope
William Dickson - Answer -leading scientist that edison wanted to make a better
projector. he made made the kinetograph
Lumiere Brothers - Answer -made the cinematographe.
George Meiles - Answer -began making narrative motion pictures. he is often called the
first artist of cinema/special effects-a trip to the moon
Edwin S. Porter - Answer -The Great Train Robbery was the first movies to use editing,
intercutting of scenes, and a mobile camera and was also the first Western
D.W. Griffith - Answer -introduced scheduled rehearsals before final shooting, costume
and lighting, and used close ups and others angles to transmit emotion. he was
considered father of narrative cinema-parallel editing
The Three Component Systems - Answer -production, distribution, and exhibition
Major Studios - Answer -finance through their own business operations
Corporate independents - Answer -are simply niche divisions of the majors, aimed at
creating films that look and feel like independent films
Independents - Answer -often have much smaller budgets, which often lead to more
creative content
The Blockbuster Mentality - Answer -characterized by limited risk and formulaic movies.
Liquid Barretter - Answer -the first audio device permitting the reception of wireless
voices
Audion Tube - Answer -a vacuum tube that proved and amplified wireless signal
(essentially an electronic amplifier)
, Phonograph - Answer -a device for replicating sound that used a hand cranked
grooved cylinder and a needle
Affiliates - Answer -a broadcasting station that aligns itself with a network -> groups of
stations
DMX - Answer -home delivery of audio by cable
DARS - Answer -direct automobile delivery of audio by satellite
MP3 - Answer -compression software that shrinks audio files to less than tenth of their
original size
Cloud Music Services - Answer -subscription sites that allow users to store their digital
music online and stream it to any computer or digital device anywhere
P2P technologies - Answer -peer to peer software that permits direct internet based
communication or collaboration between two or more personal computer while
bypassing centralized server
Nikola Tesla - Answer -Invented the induction coil to the Tesla coil.
Guglielmo Marconi - Answer -sent and received morse code based radio signals at
distances spanning nearly 4 miles in england. referred to as the father of radio. England
was interested in his idea.
Reginald Fessenden - Answer -invented the liquid barretter.
Lee Deforest - Answer -invented the audio tube (amplifier)
Thomas Edison - Answer -patented the phonograph.
Emile Berliner - Answer -invented the gramophone. could be copied unlike the
phonograph.
Wireless Ship Act - Answer -required that all ships using US ports and carrying more
than 50 passengers have a working wireless machine operator.
radio act of 1912 - Answer -required that wireless operators be licensed by the
secretary of commerce and labor.
Nipkow Disc - Answer -the fisrt workable device for generating electrical signals
suitable for the transmission of a scene
Iconoscope Tube - Answer -the first practical television - a fully electronic system,
which used special spinning disks to capture light from a a single very brightly lit spot
Zoopraxiscope - Answer -a machine for projecting slides onto a distance surface
Persistence of Vision - Answer -in which the images our eyes gather are retained in the
brain for about 1/24 of a second -> therefore, if photographic frames are moved at 24
frames a second, people perceive them as actually in motion
Leland Stanford - Answer -needed help winning a bet so he turned to Edward
Muybridge (well known photographer)
Muybridge - Answer -invented the Zoopraxiscope
William Dickson - Answer -leading scientist that edison wanted to make a better
projector. he made made the kinetograph
Lumiere Brothers - Answer -made the cinematographe.
George Meiles - Answer -began making narrative motion pictures. he is often called the
first artist of cinema/special effects-a trip to the moon
Edwin S. Porter - Answer -The Great Train Robbery was the first movies to use editing,
intercutting of scenes, and a mobile camera and was also the first Western
D.W. Griffith - Answer -introduced scheduled rehearsals before final shooting, costume
and lighting, and used close ups and others angles to transmit emotion. he was
considered father of narrative cinema-parallel editing
The Three Component Systems - Answer -production, distribution, and exhibition
Major Studios - Answer -finance through their own business operations
Corporate independents - Answer -are simply niche divisions of the majors, aimed at
creating films that look and feel like independent films
Independents - Answer -often have much smaller budgets, which often lead to more
creative content
The Blockbuster Mentality - Answer -characterized by limited risk and formulaic movies.
Liquid Barretter - Answer -the first audio device permitting the reception of wireless
voices
Audion Tube - Answer -a vacuum tube that proved and amplified wireless signal
(essentially an electronic amplifier)
, Phonograph - Answer -a device for replicating sound that used a hand cranked
grooved cylinder and a needle
Affiliates - Answer -a broadcasting station that aligns itself with a network -> groups of
stations
DMX - Answer -home delivery of audio by cable
DARS - Answer -direct automobile delivery of audio by satellite
MP3 - Answer -compression software that shrinks audio files to less than tenth of their
original size
Cloud Music Services - Answer -subscription sites that allow users to store their digital
music online and stream it to any computer or digital device anywhere
P2P technologies - Answer -peer to peer software that permits direct internet based
communication or collaboration between two or more personal computer while
bypassing centralized server
Nikola Tesla - Answer -Invented the induction coil to the Tesla coil.
Guglielmo Marconi - Answer -sent and received morse code based radio signals at
distances spanning nearly 4 miles in england. referred to as the father of radio. England
was interested in his idea.
Reginald Fessenden - Answer -invented the liquid barretter.
Lee Deforest - Answer -invented the audio tube (amplifier)
Thomas Edison - Answer -patented the phonograph.
Emile Berliner - Answer -invented the gramophone. could be copied unlike the
phonograph.
Wireless Ship Act - Answer -required that all ships using US ports and carrying more
than 50 passengers have a working wireless machine operator.
radio act of 1912 - Answer -required that wireless operators be licensed by the
secretary of commerce and labor.
Nipkow Disc - Answer -the fisrt workable device for generating electrical signals
suitable for the transmission of a scene
Iconoscope Tube - Answer -the first practical television - a fully electronic system,
which used special spinning disks to capture light from a a single very brightly lit spot
