Chapter 6

When the first films were viewed by audiences, they reacted as if the images on the screen were tangible and real. Which of the following best explains this reaction?

Audience members were not film literate.

Next to Thomas Edison, the most important figures in the initial development of film as a popular medium were the ______ brothers, French mechanics whose father owned a factory that produced photographic plates.

Lumière

Which of the following statements about the kinetoscope is not correct?

Recognizing the importance of the kinetoscope to technology and society, Edison made it available to the public free of charge.

True or false: William Dickson's kinetograph was an early motion-picture camera that used celluloid roll film.

True. Reason: The kinetograph made use of celluloid roll film that had been recently invented by Goodwin.

The term "persistence of vision" refers to the fact that

objects in pictures, when viewed in a rapid sequence, appear to be moving.