FILM HISTORY
Eadward Muybridge - answer Worked for Leland Stanford, conducts experiments in
series photography , Develops zoopraziscope to project large images on a screen from
a motion wheel
Etienne Jules Marey - answer French, studied birds in flight through photos,
"photographic gun" (12 photos/sec)
Lumiere Bros - answer Produced films in competition with Edison, designed
Cinematographe (magic lantern&projector&printer)
George Melies - answerFrench filmmaker, Trip to the Moon, Trick photography
(substitution, double exposure, time lapse, hand tinted)
Thomas Edison - answerInvents: Kinetograph/scope, works with WKL Dickson, builds
small studio (Black Maria), Leases kinetoscope to US parlors
WKL Dickson - answerWorked for Edison, helped invent Kinetograph/scope
Edwin Porter - answerEmployed by Edison, began making films for Edison Company,
"Great Train Robbery" (first narrative films), Refused to upgrade his modes of
filmmaking and eventually fired by Edison
D. W. Griffith - answerSilent Epics, most still exist, "The Girl and her Trust", experiments
with editing
Cecil Hepworth - answerEnglish film director/producer/screenwriter, one of founders of
British film industry, RESCUED BY ROVER
Will Hays - answerHead of MPPDA (motion picture producers and distributors of
America), prescribed moral content code
MPPC - answerMotion Picture Patents Company, leading film companies combine to
eliminate small competition (agreement w/ Kodak, Nickelodeons, sets up own
distribution company)
Carl Laemmle - answerUniversal Studios
Adolph Zukor - answerParamount Pictures, advertised actors to create "star system"
Mary Pickford - answerCanadian movie star, "America's sweetheart", cofounder of
United Artists
Eadward Muybridge - answer Worked for Leland Stanford, conducts experiments in
series photography , Develops zoopraziscope to project large images on a screen from
a motion wheel
Etienne Jules Marey - answer French, studied birds in flight through photos,
"photographic gun" (12 photos/sec)
Lumiere Bros - answer Produced films in competition with Edison, designed
Cinematographe (magic lantern&projector&printer)
George Melies - answerFrench filmmaker, Trip to the Moon, Trick photography
(substitution, double exposure, time lapse, hand tinted)
Thomas Edison - answerInvents: Kinetograph/scope, works with WKL Dickson, builds
small studio (Black Maria), Leases kinetoscope to US parlors
WKL Dickson - answerWorked for Edison, helped invent Kinetograph/scope
Edwin Porter - answerEmployed by Edison, began making films for Edison Company,
"Great Train Robbery" (first narrative films), Refused to upgrade his modes of
filmmaking and eventually fired by Edison
D. W. Griffith - answerSilent Epics, most still exist, "The Girl and her Trust", experiments
with editing
Cecil Hepworth - answerEnglish film director/producer/screenwriter, one of founders of
British film industry, RESCUED BY ROVER
Will Hays - answerHead of MPPDA (motion picture producers and distributors of
America), prescribed moral content code
MPPC - answerMotion Picture Patents Company, leading film companies combine to
eliminate small competition (agreement w/ Kodak, Nickelodeons, sets up own
distribution company)
Carl Laemmle - answerUniversal Studios
Adolph Zukor - answerParamount Pictures, advertised actors to create "star system"
Mary Pickford - answerCanadian movie star, "America's sweetheart", cofounder of
United Artists
