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What are some of the origins of cinema?
What are some of the origins of cinema?
- Start date of cinema: 1895
- In the 1800’s the public were interested in ‘optical toys’ such as optical illusions
- Flicker retention + persistence of image = illusion of movement
- Photography was invented in the 1830’s
- Edweard Muybridge set up multiple cameras and flicked through the still images to figure out how a horse ran (1878)
- Thomas Edison ‘invents’ cameras + free standing viewing boxes
- First projected film in 1895 was made by the Lumiere Brothers in Paris called ‘Workers Leaving a Building’
What are some examples of early films?
What are some examples of early films?
- “Grandma’s Reading Glass” (1900) was the first example of a POV shot
- “Sick Kitten” (1903) was the first remake, and it was a remake of “Little Doctor”
- “Mary-Jane’s Mishap” (1903) used cut-ins, continuity and the wipe transition
- “How it Feels to be Run Over” (1900) was the first use of semi-horror, semi-threat, and was made by the Hepworth Manufacturing Company
- “Rescued by Rover” (1905) was an early Lassie
- “Voyage of Travers” (1904) was a very long film for the standards at the time. It was also all in colour as each frame was hand painted.
What are the two main types of British film?
What are the two main types of British film?
Co-production (big):
- Romance
- Biopics
- Higher classes
- Cinema releases
- Working Title productions
- The Theory of Everything
Social/kitchen sink realism:
- Class struggles
- Racial/cultural issues
- New Talent
- Straight to DVD/Arthouse/Festival releases
- Low budget
- Film4 productions
- The Selfish Giant
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