Chapter 6 "Film"

1. Chapter 6
Film

2. Accomplishment begins
with action.
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3. I. Introduction
A. Similar to Books as a Medium
B. Timeline
C. Lumiere Brothers Invention

4. II. A Short History Of The Movies
A. The Early Entrepreneurs
1. Experimental Efforts
a. Eadweard Muybridge
i. zoopraxiscope
ii. persistence of vision

5. 2. The Development of
Photography
a. Louis Daguerre -
daguerreotype
b. William Henry Talbot -
calotype

6. c. Thomas Edison - kinescope
d. The Lumiere Brothers
B. The Coming of Narrative
1. Georges Melies - "A Trip to
the Moon"

7. 2. Edwin Porter - "The Great
Train Robbery"
a. montage footage
b. nickelodeons
c. factory studios
3. D. W. Griffith - "The Birth
of a Nation"

8. C. The Big Studios
1. Motion Picture Patents
Company
2. Paramount
3. Fox (20th Century Fox)
4. Universal

9. 5. Overseas demand
C. Using Media to Make a
Difference

10. D. Change Comes to Hollywood
1. The Talkies
2. Scandal
a. Motion Picture and
Distributors of America
b. Motion Picture Production
Code

11. 3. New Genres, New Problems
a. Double feature (B-movie)
b. vertical integration
c. television
d. The Paramount Decision -
block booking

12. e. Red scare
f. fighting back

13. III. Movies And Their Audiences
A. Movies Similar to Books
B. Younger Audience Orientation
C. Movies can Make History,
Art, and a Statement

14. IV. Scope And Nature Of The Film
Industry
A. Cultural Forum
1. Numerous bad movies
2. Fewer good movies
3. Movies are expensive

15. 4. Loud and rude environment
5. Commercials
6. Television's technologies

16. B. Three Component Systems
1. Production
a. technology
b. cloud computing

17. 2. Distribution
a. green light process
b. platform rollout
3. Exhibition
a. movie screens available
b. concession sales

18. C. The Studios
1. Major studios
2. Corporate independents
3. Independent studios
a. production costs are less
b. promotion on the web
c. Internet distribution

19. V. Trends And Convergence In
Moviemaking
A. Conglomeration and the
Blockbuster Mentality
1. Concept movies
2. Audience research

20. 3. Sequels, remakes, and
franchises
4. Television, comic book, and
video-game remakes
5. Merchandise tie-ins
6. Product placement

21. B. Convergence Reshapes the
Movie Business
1. Theatrical films vs. television
2. Microcinema
C. Smartphones, Tablets, and Social
Networking Sites

22. VI. Developing Media Literacy
Skills – Recognizing Product
Placements
A. Brand Partners
B. Script Alteration
C. Branding Films

24. We judge ourselves by what we
feel capable of doing, while others
judge us by what we have
already done.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
poet and educator