Crash Course 3-4 Notes
Cinematographe
(Writing with Movement) a compact portable box light enough for one person to carry operated by a hand crank no need for electricity used the same 35 mm film as Edison's camera but could also develop it . it could also be reconfigured to project the film
Auguste and Louis Lumiere Birth
1860's in eastern France
What did the Lumiere brothers create?
Cinematographe which was a lightweight all in one camera that filmed developed and projected movies
Lumiere Bros First Screening
Dec 28, 1895
Types of In Camera Effects
Double exposure- exposing the film twice resulting in two images overlaid Split Screen cover half of the lens, record, switch halves and record again Matting- similar to Split screen using shapes instead of simply covering half of the lens
Types of Transitions
Fades Wipes Dissolves Cuts
What did the Lumiere family own?
The Lumiere family owned a factory that produced photographic plates. By the time the brothers began to experiment with film they had experience in business engineering manufacturing and photography
Editing
also known as cutting is the assembling of shots to achieve coherence in the narrative
George Melies
born in paris in 1861 and was a famous stage magician.
Melies
colored his film by painting each frame by hand
Alice Guy-Blache
first female filmmaker
In Camera Effects
happens in the camera rather than after developing the film.
Woodville Latham
held the official first public screening of a boxing match in NY on May 1895
"The Train Arrives at La Ciotat Station"
is an example of Actualite. Films focused on slices of everyday life
Oskar Messter
perfected the Maltese Cross a stop and go mechanism also called the Geneva Drive named after the city in Switzerland where it was used in watches
The Latham Loop
prevented films from tearing inside the projector allowing for films to become much longer
Proscenium
staging like a play