BCA 101 Exam 1 2023 with 100% correct answers

3 ways to look at film: As an art form, as a business, and as a reflection of culture How did film start? As a business. Inventors were marking/selling gadgets Auteur A filmmaker who edits, writes, and has complete artistic vision over a film Movies resulted from a combination of: Popular entertainment, physiological phenomenon, and technological developments Magic Lantern Shows Projected still images. Date back to the 1600s Persistence of vision An image remains on the retina for a fraction of a second. If you show the human eye images at a certain speed, the brain perceives it as motion What was invented because of persistence of vision? Stroboscopic toys. They were kind of like a flip book/stop motion When did photography develop? The mid 1800s What does competition drive? Innovation Who was the first to use a single camera to shoot? Marey What was Edison? "A magnificent bastard". Part scientist, part social reformer, and part manipulative businessman