UCLA Film 6A Midterm Exam
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Eadweard Muybridge - ✔✔-was the first person to make a moving picture after being
hired by Leland Stanford to settle debate of whether or not horses lifted all four feet off
the ground at any time during their gallop. He set up cameras that were separated and
triggered as the horses ran and tipped wires that caused the camera to tie 12 still
pictures of the horses movements that proved horses lifted all four legs at some point
during gallop. He left the states and later comes back to study human and animal
locomotion. Using Marey's camera gun, he realized he could use photos and drop them
into zoetrope and show the illusion of movement.
Etienne Jules Marey - ✔✔A chronotographer that studied the flight of birds. He realized
he couldn't study the movements because they were too fast to observe and analyze
succession of movements. in 1882, he perfect the photographic gun the size and shape
of a rifle capable of taking 12 pictures in succession in one plate in one seconds time
which was originally created o capture solar eclipse. This can be called the first camera
to make motion pictures. in 1888, he begins experimenting with paper film where you
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,can show and see pictures that are taken. His work inspires and paves the way for
Thomas Edison to get involved in motion picture cameras.
Thomas Edison - ✔✔Was the inventor of electric lightbulb and the graphaphone which
was a device that could record and playback sound. He begins to think: What if people
had a small mopping image to view with the music? Hires and oversees WLK
Dickinson who, through Edison's company, creates 100 lbs camera for 35 mm film
called the kinetograph, and Edison patents it. He is now able to begin making motion
pictures so he creates the Black Maria which was a an irregularly shaped black shack
that could be thought of as the first studio.He also "invents" the Kinetescope which was
a one person peep show of motion picture. He begins mass producing them and
becomes obsessed with patenting his inventions. He later projects in Vaudeville and
starts the Motion Picture Patent Company ("The Trust') in order to monopolize over
every other film production and sues his way to controlling all American producers
except Biograph, the company that WLK Dickinson founded.
WKL Dickson - ✔✔In 1889, Dickson begins working for Edison to create a 35mm film
camera. He technically is the person that invents the kinetograph in 1891 but because he
works for Edison and his company, Edison gets the credit. The camera weighs 100 lbs
and Edison and Dickinson can begin making motion pictures. They create the Black
Maria, a irregularly shaped black surface shack that became the first "studio", where
Edison and Dickinson first shoot their earliest films. Later, Dickinson invents the
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,Kinetoscope, a one person peep show, to view motion pictures. Once again, all the
credit goes to Edison. In 1895, Dickinson leaves Edison and creates his own company,
American Biograph Co., to compete against Edison. He reinvents everything he did for
Edison but makes it completely different and patents it. He creates the Mutoscope,
which is a smaller and cheaper version of the kinetoscope and is based on the flip book.
It is used by cranking a fan to blow pages to create image. When Edison creates MPCC,
Biograph takes the longest and is the last to join the Trust.
-had been in charge of his projects. 1- 2 reels per week, famous star was Florence
Lawrence also known as "the biograph girl"
Biograph had patented their own camera equimpent. Edison sued in 1901 but lost in the
appeal. Produced their
Was taken over by Director D.W. Griffith in 1908
Griffith's style of story telling increased Biographs output greatly
Augustus & Louis Lumiere - ✔✔owned a photography company they inherited from
their father and were interested in doing new types of photography. When they heard
about Edison's doings, they decided they wanted to make a motion picture system and
invent a build hand-cranked camera AND projector called the Lumiere
Cinematographe. They created accessories that allowed them to change it from a
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, camera to projector and it weighed 14 pounds which made it portable. They move away
from one person at a time peep show and decide to project the motion picture in a
darken room to a bigger audience. Got this idea from their Magic Lantern (use light that
shines through to project pictures). Begin ongoing public projection by traveling to
many countries and gaining attention.
Edison drove them out of the US
Vaudeville - ✔✔It was a family friendly show with small entertainment done on a small
stage with multiple acts on one bill & had acts for everyone: singers, dancers, stand-up
comedy. It was a program changed weekly (interstate vaudville circuit) which meant
there was a great variety. admission prices were very low, ranging from 5-10 cents a
show, which meant that everyone was able to afford to go to a show, even the poor
families. In 1896 Thomas Edison starts projecting in vaudeville. The circuit-rotation
began to include short one-reel motion pictures, however as this concept was extended
to the Nickelodeon, Vaudevilles soon began to suffer as the low-priced cinema gained
popularity into the early 1910s.
Vitagraph & J. Stuart Blackton - ✔✔Former Vaudeville performer, founds Vitagraph.
He got a hold of one of Edison's cameras, took it apart, improved it and patented the
improvements. He then builds company, Vitagraph, and competes against Edison.
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Eadweard Muybridge - ✔✔-was the first person to make a moving picture after being
hired by Leland Stanford to settle debate of whether or not horses lifted all four feet off
the ground at any time during their gallop. He set up cameras that were separated and
triggered as the horses ran and tipped wires that caused the camera to tie 12 still
pictures of the horses movements that proved horses lifted all four legs at some point
during gallop. He left the states and later comes back to study human and animal
locomotion. Using Marey's camera gun, he realized he could use photos and drop them
into zoetrope and show the illusion of movement.
Etienne Jules Marey - ✔✔A chronotographer that studied the flight of birds. He realized
he couldn't study the movements because they were too fast to observe and analyze
succession of movements. in 1882, he perfect the photographic gun the size and shape
of a rifle capable of taking 12 pictures in succession in one plate in one seconds time
which was originally created o capture solar eclipse. This can be called the first camera
to make motion pictures. in 1888, he begins experimenting with paper film where you
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,can show and see pictures that are taken. His work inspires and paves the way for
Thomas Edison to get involved in motion picture cameras.
Thomas Edison - ✔✔Was the inventor of electric lightbulb and the graphaphone which
was a device that could record and playback sound. He begins to think: What if people
had a small mopping image to view with the music? Hires and oversees WLK
Dickinson who, through Edison's company, creates 100 lbs camera for 35 mm film
called the kinetograph, and Edison patents it. He is now able to begin making motion
pictures so he creates the Black Maria which was a an irregularly shaped black shack
that could be thought of as the first studio.He also "invents" the Kinetescope which was
a one person peep show of motion picture. He begins mass producing them and
becomes obsessed with patenting his inventions. He later projects in Vaudeville and
starts the Motion Picture Patent Company ("The Trust') in order to monopolize over
every other film production and sues his way to controlling all American producers
except Biograph, the company that WLK Dickinson founded.
WKL Dickson - ✔✔In 1889, Dickson begins working for Edison to create a 35mm film
camera. He technically is the person that invents the kinetograph in 1891 but because he
works for Edison and his company, Edison gets the credit. The camera weighs 100 lbs
and Edison and Dickinson can begin making motion pictures. They create the Black
Maria, a irregularly shaped black surface shack that became the first "studio", where
Edison and Dickinson first shoot their earliest films. Later, Dickinson invents the
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,Kinetoscope, a one person peep show, to view motion pictures. Once again, all the
credit goes to Edison. In 1895, Dickinson leaves Edison and creates his own company,
American Biograph Co., to compete against Edison. He reinvents everything he did for
Edison but makes it completely different and patents it. He creates the Mutoscope,
which is a smaller and cheaper version of the kinetoscope and is based on the flip book.
It is used by cranking a fan to blow pages to create image. When Edison creates MPCC,
Biograph takes the longest and is the last to join the Trust.
-had been in charge of his projects. 1- 2 reels per week, famous star was Florence
Lawrence also known as "the biograph girl"
Biograph had patented their own camera equimpent. Edison sued in 1901 but lost in the
appeal. Produced their
Was taken over by Director D.W. Griffith in 1908
Griffith's style of story telling increased Biographs output greatly
Augustus & Louis Lumiere - ✔✔owned a photography company they inherited from
their father and were interested in doing new types of photography. When they heard
about Edison's doings, they decided they wanted to make a motion picture system and
invent a build hand-cranked camera AND projector called the Lumiere
Cinematographe. They created accessories that allowed them to change it from a
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, camera to projector and it weighed 14 pounds which made it portable. They move away
from one person at a time peep show and decide to project the motion picture in a
darken room to a bigger audience. Got this idea from their Magic Lantern (use light that
shines through to project pictures). Begin ongoing public projection by traveling to
many countries and gaining attention.
Edison drove them out of the US
Vaudeville - ✔✔It was a family friendly show with small entertainment done on a small
stage with multiple acts on one bill & had acts for everyone: singers, dancers, stand-up
comedy. It was a program changed weekly (interstate vaudville circuit) which meant
there was a great variety. admission prices were very low, ranging from 5-10 cents a
show, which meant that everyone was able to afford to go to a show, even the poor
families. In 1896 Thomas Edison starts projecting in vaudeville. The circuit-rotation
began to include short one-reel motion pictures, however as this concept was extended
to the Nickelodeon, Vaudevilles soon began to suffer as the low-priced cinema gained
popularity into the early 1910s.
Vitagraph & J. Stuart Blackton - ✔✔Former Vaudeville performer, founds Vitagraph.
He got a hold of one of Edison's cameras, took it apart, improved it and patented the
improvements. He then builds company, Vitagraph, and competes against Edison.
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