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| Changes in film in the 1920's | longer, more expensive and more polished |
| The "Big Five" in the 1920's | MGM, Paramount, RKO Radio, Warner Brothers, 20th Century Fox |
| First animated film by Walt Disney | steamboat willie |
| first epic film and most expensive silent ever made | Ben Hur |
| Technicolor` | added the colors red and green to the negatives |
| first technicolor films | The Ten Commandments and Ben Hur |
| what hurt silent film stars careers | lacked good speaking skills and stage presense |
| Edward Muybridge | put still pictures on rotating glass "The Horse in Motion" |
| George Eastman | created celluliod film that replaced glass plates |
| Kodak | first camera |
| Kinetoscope | floor standing box allowed people to view short films "peep shows" |
| Fred Ott | Edisons assistance caught on film sneezing |
| the first science fiction film | A trip to the Moon |
| Cinematographer | defines the photographic style or look of the film |
| Screenwriters | put words into the characters mouths |
| Director | responsible for the entire creative end of the film |
| Producer | sells the film to studios and makes sure the film is on budget |
| Casting Director | determines who will have the opportunity to audition for the producer and director |
| Camera Operator | is responsible for carrying out the cinematographers directions |
| Gaffer | head electrician on the movie sets |
| Set Director | selects props and decorations that will be used in a scene |
| Costume designer | responsible for the appearance of the actors' wardrobes |
| Key Grip | in charge of people that move anything on the set |
| how did talking film affect screenwriters? | they had to focus on characters |
| why were early talkies poor quality | sometimes the sound was off |
| first technicolor cartoon | flowers and trees |
| role of theaters during the depression | escape reality |
| major anti war film of 1930's | All Quiet on the Western Front |
| 3 movies that won 5 Academy Awards | It Happened One Night, One Flew over the Cockoo's Nest, Silence of the Lambs |
| why did gangster film get in trouble in the 1930's | they were portraying gangsters as good role models |
| historical event in the 1940's that affected the film industry | World War II |
| How did Hollywood aid in the War Effort | fought, entertainers, morale boosters, propaganda, war advertisments |
| political cartoonist of 1940's | Dr. Suess |
| agency that promoted propaganda during the 1940's | Office of War Information |
| reasons that Citizen Kane is considered best film | optical effects, low-key lighting, innovative sound editing |
| genre with dark plots, untrusting women, and tough heros | film noir |
| why was HUAC investigating hollywood | involvment in communism |
| Humphrey Bogarts character in Casablanca represented? | Americas neutral feelings |
| threat to movies in the 1950's | TV |
| first film to be shown on TV | Wizard of Oz |
| technology invented that used a wrap-around screen | cinerama |
| used camera angles, props and scenery for visual effects | 3-D |
| lens that created widescreen effect | cinemascope |
| male actors of the 1950's | Marlon Brando, Elvis Presley, James Dean |
| why was Hitchcock considered the "Master of Suspense" | he used various camera angles |
| Sci- Fi films in the 1950's stereotyped what group | communists in the Soviet Union |
| historical event that influences films in 1950's | cold war |
| historical problem reflected in 1960's films | civil rights movement |
| 1960's epic flop | Cleopatra |
| characteristics of Bond films | music, martinis, chase scenes, sexy women, exotic locations, gadgets, spies |
| what determines the angle of a shot | placement of the camera |
| What restrictions were being lifted in the 70's | language, adult content and sexuality, and violence |
| importance of pay cable | used satellites to let people view more things than television could |
| 70's home video | Sony's Betamax, Video Cassette Recorders, Laserdisks |
| George Lucas | Starwars |
| Francis Ford Coppola | Godfather, Apocalypse Now |
| Steven Speilberg | Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
| 70's "Sneak Previews" film critics | Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel |
| first film to use cross-cutting, rear projection and shooting scenes out of order | The Great Train Robbery |
| Thomas Edisons first studio | The Black Maria |
| The First talking film | The Jazz Singer starring Al Jolson |
| Horror | films designed to frighten and highlight our fears |
| Westerns | set in frontier America during the 1860's-1890's |
| Comedy | movies that are funny that include slapstick, screwball ect.. |
| Action | high energy plots, amazing stunts |
| Adventure | exotic locations, thrilling stories |
| Science Fiction | films typically include things like space travel and aliens |
| Musicals | have singing and dancing |
| Crime/ Gangster | portray American society during the 1920's. |
| Drama | serious and dramatic themes. |
