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History
of Cinema Outline
The
Lumiere Brothers
Part
One: EarlyCinema
Introduction
and Syllabus
Discussion on Art
Film as Art
Film as Opposed to Theatre
Early Cinema
How to Critique a Film
Presentation on the Early History of Cinema
Magic Lantern to Lumiere
Georges Melies
D. W. Griffith
The Palace
(The Strand in NY by Samuel 'Roxy' Rothapfel, 1914)
Early
Cinema Presentation
Intolerance,
Shot of Bablyon, D.W. Griffith, 1916
Late
1700's The Magic Lantern
1839 Development of Photography
1872 Muybridge Experiments with Motion
1881 Muybridge's Zoopraxiscope (persistence of vision, 16 f.p.s.)
1882 Marey's Photo Gun (a few seconds of projection)
1888-9 Eastman Kodak and the Celluloid film (Celluloid developed
by Reichebach in 1870)
1889-91 Dickson develops the Kinetoscope under Edison (Fred Ott's
Sneeze)
1893 Kinetoscope is developed for viewing and followed by Kinetoscope
Parlors. Edison is utilizing Black Maria (meaning the black police
wagons).
1895 Lumiere Brothers introduce Cinematograph
1897 George Melies - creates Star Films (1897-1913)
1900 Edison, Vitoscope, and Biograph/Mutuoscope are the three major
U.S. film companies. Pathe Films dominates the European Market.
1902 Georges Melies, Trip to the Moon
1903 The Great Train Robery by Porter under the Edison Co., 10 min.,
panning/angle shots, marks the change in shooting
1905 The Nikelodeon emerges
1908 MPPL Motion Pictuure Patent Company (Under Edison and includes
Eastman and Biograph) Self Censorship becomes part of the package.
Also known a The Trust. The Trust was broken in 1915 as a monopoly.
1913 The Nickelodeum falls to the Palace. The Strand Theatre in
NYC becomes the prototype.
1915 Birth of a Nation by D. W. Griffith
1916 Intolerance by D.W. Griffith
1919 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Return
The
Red Balloon, French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse, 1956
Fight
Club, David Fincher, 1999
Outline
for Session 2
Rise
of Hollywood and the Weimar Years of Germany
The
Gold Rush by Charles Chaplin
Part
I, Hollywood
1. Introduction
2. Research Paper on a Director
3.Charles
Chaplin (1889-1977)
4. Rise of Hollywood,
5. The Development of the Studio System
6. Gaumont and Pathe, European Film
7. WWI
8. MPPDA, The Production Code, The Don'ts and Be Careful
Nosferatu by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, 1922
Part II Germany
1.
German Expressionism
2. The Weimar Years of Germany
3. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, by Robert Weine, filmed in 1919
Essay:
-What
type of art is the film most related to and why?
-This
version of Caligari is a color stain version. As the color changes
throughout the film, what do you think it symbolizes?
-Visually
describe the kidnap scene and explain how it reinforces the impact
of this portion of the story. Think of camera angles and how the
set is displayed.
-What
social or political statement does the Robert Weine attempt to make
with this film?
Session
Three
Introduction
to the Sound Era and Censorship
1.
Transition from Silent to Sound
2. The brilliance of animation
3. Color of Gone with the Wind and the Wizard of Oz
4. The Creation of the Genres
5. Censorship and self-regulation
6. The Art of Film Noir
Gloria
Swanson in Sunset Blvd., 1950
Sunset
Boulevard, directed by Billy Wilder, starring Gloria Swanson, William
Holden, and Erich von Stroheim.
1.
Thoroughly explain (siting examples or specific scenes) why Sunset
Blvd. is Film Noir.
2.
What is the monkey funeral symbolic of?
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session
4
The
RATING SYSTEM
Picnic
at Hanging Rock
by
Peter Weir
(Australian
1975) setting 1900 St. Valentines Day
You
will be viewing the first 30 minutes of Picnic at Hanging Rock.
This segment of the film could stand alone as a film short. In answering
the following questions pay particular attention to the initial
scene and the scenes that make up the journey up the Hanging Rock.
1.
Describe the overall look of this film in one paragraph.
2. Select and describe a scene that utilizes numerous camera angles
to convey the message of the scene. What mood or feeling is the
director attempting to convey.
3. Describe the visual change of scene at the point when the four
girls enter the rocky landscape.
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