THE MOVIE INDUSTRY
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THE MOVIE INDUSTRY
Movie technique is similar to that of taking photographs with the exception that, instead of taking single pictures, a rapid sequence of images called "frames" is filmed. An optical defect in our eyes called "retinal persistence" is what conveys the impression that we are watching continuous movement. Edison and the beginnings of the movie industry . The "Kinescope". The Lumière Brothers and the first film ever shown in public. Brief history of cinema: George Mèlies, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton,... The process followed in the making of a movie. Summary.
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INDUSTRY
The technique used in making a movie is similar to that used in photography, but there is a basic difference: a movie camera does not take only single photograph of a scene, but a series of photographs called “frames”.
Retinal persistence.
Old films had 16 frames per second.
Edison and Dickinson: the kinestoscope.
The Lumière brothers: first film ever for an audience. The Cinematograph.
HISTORY OF MOVIES
Meliès was moving-pictures’ first great director: “Trip to the Moon”.
First movie stars: Valentino, Keaton, Chaplin, Greta Garbo…
The most outstanding European film: “The Battleship Potemkin” (Einsestein).
The first talking motion picture ever: “The Jazz Singer”.
The introduction of colour.
The Cinemascope. Amorphus lens.
Important film directors: Truffaut, Kurosawa, Ford Coppola, Buñuel…
FILM-MAKING
Making a film is something which requires a very long process and huge budgets.
How a movie is filmed: director, producer, script, the shooting itself, actors, cameras, special effects, recording, editing, soundtracking…
Stunt-men in “action-films”.
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