EMST 3010 Test 1QUESTIONS AND ASNWERS
YEAR 2025.
what companies does disney own a part of? - ✅✅ESPN, Hulu, A&E, Lifetime, History
what companies does disney own completely? - ✅✅Marvel, Pixar, LucasFilm
why does disney want to buy 20th century fox? - ✅✅disney wants to compete with
netflix so they are making a new streaming service, and they want Fox's shows and
movies in their library
what makes something mass media? - ✅✅its made for numerous people (more than
one person watches/uses at a time) and it must be able to be mechanically reproduced
cannot be "point to point" communication
whats the earliest mass media? - ✅✅books... they didnt start as mass media but
became it when block printing was invented
phonograph - ✅✅(1877) record player; a device that is able to record and playback
sound
who had access to mass media in the beginning? - ✅✅rich people only
telegraph - ✅✅(1844) a cable connects one person to another person who
communicate through morse code... first time info travels long distance faster than a
human (instant)
2 things needed for film - ✅✅light & illusion of movement
persistence of vision - ✅✅Refers to the way our eyes retain images for a split second
longer than they actually appear, making a series of quick flashes appear as one
continuous picture
phi phenomenon - ✅✅an illusion of movement created when two or more adjacent
lights blink on and off in quick succession
what does roll film do? - ✅✅(1880s) lets you take images in sequence from a single
camera; invented by George Eastman
zoetrope - ✅✅a drum-like device with pictures inside it which creates the sensation of
a moving object
,kinetoscope - ✅✅an early film projection system, invented by Thomas Edison in
1891ki, that served as a kind of peep show in which viewers looked through a hole and
saw images moving on a tiny plate
popular among poor people; not mass media because only one person could use at a
time
kinetograph - ✅✅the camera that produced kinetoscope film sequences
why did kinetoscopes become popular? - ✅✅sports made them popular because it
was the only way for people to legally watch boxing matches at the time (1890s)
what year did cinema begin? who invented it? - ✅✅1895; Lumière brothers in Paris
vitascope - ✅✅first mass produced projector for film... lasted 5 minutes.. combines
multiple rolls of film
what film was the first to tell a story (narrative structure)? - ✅✅"A Trip to the Moon" by
Georgie Méliès (1902)
before this, all films were novelties
novelty period of cinema - ✅✅time during which audiences were more interested in
the new phenomenon of watching projected films, rather than the content of those films
novelties - ✅✅films that showed the audience things they had never seen before (did
not tell a story)
"trick film" - ✅✅magical transformations produced on screen.. invented by Georges
Méliès
who created the first American film with a story? - ✅✅Edwin S Porter in 1902
why did films become popular after 1902? - ✅✅Because films started to have
narrative structures (tell stories) after 1902
the nickelodeon craze - ✅✅1904-1908
nickelodeons - ✅✅early movie theaters that showed several short silent films with
exterior music accompaniment for a cheap price
working class entertainment
, vaudeville - ✅✅A type of inexpensive variety show for the masses that first appeared
in the 1870s, often consisting of comic sketches, song-and-dance routines, and magic
acts
Thomas Edison and "The Trust" - ✅✅Edison controls the production materials of
films so he can make money... only people who paid for patent use of a certain material
can produce films
Precinema - ✅✅(before 1895)
persistence of vision, phi-phenomenon, roll film, kinetoscope
Silent Era - ✅✅(1902-1927)
director-unit system, nickelodeons, movie palaces
Studio Era - ✅✅(1912-1948) response to consumer culture and the increased
demand for movies... studio system replaces the director unit system... vertical
integration... studios formed trusts
BIG 5 & LITTLE 3
Competition to Contemporary - ✅✅(1948-present)
consolidation of film industry - ✅✅consolidation began in 1910 when Edison
implemented business rules to the film industry
what system was used to produce films during the silent era - ✅✅director-unit system
director-unit system - ✅✅production company invests and hires specific people to
make films... the director also does other jobs like writing... films are worked on one at a
time in sequence... then production companies distribute the film to movie houses
3 main steps in film making - ✅✅production, distribution, & exhibition
movie/dream palaces - ✅✅fancy single-screen movie theaters that replaced
nickelodeons in the 1910s.. popular for middle class... created a demand for the
Hollywood studio system
downsides of director-unit system? - ✅✅- high cost of production
- unpredictable profit (risky)
- long length of filming
"The Birth of a Nation" - ✅✅controversial feature-length film by D.W. Griffith in 1915...
beginning of modern film
YEAR 2025.
what companies does disney own a part of? - ✅✅ESPN, Hulu, A&E, Lifetime, History
what companies does disney own completely? - ✅✅Marvel, Pixar, LucasFilm
why does disney want to buy 20th century fox? - ✅✅disney wants to compete with
netflix so they are making a new streaming service, and they want Fox's shows and
movies in their library
what makes something mass media? - ✅✅its made for numerous people (more than
one person watches/uses at a time) and it must be able to be mechanically reproduced
cannot be "point to point" communication
whats the earliest mass media? - ✅✅books... they didnt start as mass media but
became it when block printing was invented
phonograph - ✅✅(1877) record player; a device that is able to record and playback
sound
who had access to mass media in the beginning? - ✅✅rich people only
telegraph - ✅✅(1844) a cable connects one person to another person who
communicate through morse code... first time info travels long distance faster than a
human (instant)
2 things needed for film - ✅✅light & illusion of movement
persistence of vision - ✅✅Refers to the way our eyes retain images for a split second
longer than they actually appear, making a series of quick flashes appear as one
continuous picture
phi phenomenon - ✅✅an illusion of movement created when two or more adjacent
lights blink on and off in quick succession
what does roll film do? - ✅✅(1880s) lets you take images in sequence from a single
camera; invented by George Eastman
zoetrope - ✅✅a drum-like device with pictures inside it which creates the sensation of
a moving object
,kinetoscope - ✅✅an early film projection system, invented by Thomas Edison in
1891ki, that served as a kind of peep show in which viewers looked through a hole and
saw images moving on a tiny plate
popular among poor people; not mass media because only one person could use at a
time
kinetograph - ✅✅the camera that produced kinetoscope film sequences
why did kinetoscopes become popular? - ✅✅sports made them popular because it
was the only way for people to legally watch boxing matches at the time (1890s)
what year did cinema begin? who invented it? - ✅✅1895; Lumière brothers in Paris
vitascope - ✅✅first mass produced projector for film... lasted 5 minutes.. combines
multiple rolls of film
what film was the first to tell a story (narrative structure)? - ✅✅"A Trip to the Moon" by
Georgie Méliès (1902)
before this, all films were novelties
novelty period of cinema - ✅✅time during which audiences were more interested in
the new phenomenon of watching projected films, rather than the content of those films
novelties - ✅✅films that showed the audience things they had never seen before (did
not tell a story)
"trick film" - ✅✅magical transformations produced on screen.. invented by Georges
Méliès
who created the first American film with a story? - ✅✅Edwin S Porter in 1902
why did films become popular after 1902? - ✅✅Because films started to have
narrative structures (tell stories) after 1902
the nickelodeon craze - ✅✅1904-1908
nickelodeons - ✅✅early movie theaters that showed several short silent films with
exterior music accompaniment for a cheap price
working class entertainment
, vaudeville - ✅✅A type of inexpensive variety show for the masses that first appeared
in the 1870s, often consisting of comic sketches, song-and-dance routines, and magic
acts
Thomas Edison and "The Trust" - ✅✅Edison controls the production materials of
films so he can make money... only people who paid for patent use of a certain material
can produce films
Precinema - ✅✅(before 1895)
persistence of vision, phi-phenomenon, roll film, kinetoscope
Silent Era - ✅✅(1902-1927)
director-unit system, nickelodeons, movie palaces
Studio Era - ✅✅(1912-1948) response to consumer culture and the increased
demand for movies... studio system replaces the director unit system... vertical
integration... studios formed trusts
BIG 5 & LITTLE 3
Competition to Contemporary - ✅✅(1948-present)
consolidation of film industry - ✅✅consolidation began in 1910 when Edison
implemented business rules to the film industry
what system was used to produce films during the silent era - ✅✅director-unit system
director-unit system - ✅✅production company invests and hires specific people to
make films... the director also does other jobs like writing... films are worked on one at a
time in sequence... then production companies distribute the film to movie houses
3 main steps in film making - ✅✅production, distribution, & exhibition
movie/dream palaces - ✅✅fancy single-screen movie theaters that replaced
nickelodeons in the 1910s.. popular for middle class... created a demand for the
Hollywood studio system
downsides of director-unit system? - ✅✅- high cost of production
- unpredictable profit (risky)
- long length of filming
"The Birth of a Nation" - ✅✅controversial feature-length film by D.W. Griffith in 1915...
beginning of modern film
