Film History
The Development of Film
Read through the Innovations Necessary for the Advent of Cinema page and answer these questions.
1. Here is a video of a several Fantascopes disks. To see how the illusion of motion is developed stop the video to see the disk. Describe how a Fantascope works.2. What happened in 1839 that was important to film history?
3. 1879 - why was the development of the light bulb important to film history?
4. Describe the camera Marey developed in 1882.
5. Who is credited with development of cinema in the US?
6. What was the "Black Maria"?
7. Here are several films develeped in this studio. Considering that these were some of the very first films describe the motion captured in these films.
Blacksmith Scene
Carmencita - why was the showing of this film forbidden?
8. The Lumiere Brothers were famous for what?
Here are some of the films the Lumiere brothers included in their 20 minute movie.
- Workers Leaving the Lumiere Factory
- Horse Trick Riders
- The Gardener or The Sprinkler Sprinkled - this was the first comedy
9. Why was the The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight considered a notable film? (here is the film)
10. Why was Georges Melies known as the French Cinematic Magician?
Here are some of his films:
The Haunted Castle - be careful this is a horror film it might scare you.
The Black Imp