2. We have two options about the beginning of the cinema:
Parkinson describes cinema as the most modern,
technologically dependent, and Western of all the arts.
Cinema began in 1895, with the demonstration of an
invention by two French brothers, the Lumières, of a
machine that could both “capture” and project moving
pictures.
3. Cinema is one of the most successful optical illusions
of all time.
An early form of slide show ,
was the Magic lantern shows ,
where images were painted on pieces of glass.
Others sophisticated effects were special effects such
as smoke and multiple images.
4. A camera can record and a big dark
room with a hole in it cannot.
It a difference between a
camera obscura and a camera.
Etienne Jules Marey developed a “photogun,” the fusil
photographique, which recorded 12 pictures per
second on a revolving plate.
5. British films were being shot and shown both at home
and abroad.
The early American cinema was dominated by French
productions.
The film grammar, began to be developed during the
early days of cinema.
6. German cinema started somewhat more slowly than
most of its European neighbors.
The Japanese film industry also began very soon after
film’s introduction into the country in 1897.
The early French cinema, the first Japanese films were
in essence filmed plays that followed the
characteristics of Japanese theatre traditions
7. Nickelodeon's moved cinema into converted shops,
often rundown and in seedy neighborhoods.
The late 1920s, cinema had become an established
entertainment medium.
8. By the late 1920s and early 1930s, most of the key
elements of cinema were in place.
One element still missing was sound.
Sound effect machines were relatively common, at
least in the USA, from 1910 onwards.
9. Sound may had saved Hollywood during the
Depression of the 1930s.
Early sound technology was limited and thus limited
the filmmakers in using it.
The introduction of sound that turned movies from a
multi media show with live performance to a complete
show in themselves
10. The distinct advantage of the studio system was that
Universal, or any of the other major studios, had a
number of talented individuals that could be put on
any project, whatever the inherent “value” of that
project might have been.
Certainly in terms of quantity and quality the studio
system achieved remarkable productivity.
11. The Golden Ages for different countries were different,
the period from the 1940s to the 1960s was a vibrant
period for most cinema industries.
American demographic changes, such as the growth of
suburbs, led to a decline in audiences.
While American cinema was struggling with change,
European cinemas were flourishing
12. French New Wave and British social realist films gave
way to new cinema trends.
The collapse of the studio system forced American
cinema to retrench.
Successes by the New Hollywood directors led each of
them in turn to make more and more extravagant
demands, becoming a financial disaster.
13. The results were just as devastating for United Artists
as the studio was nearly bankrupted by the film and
this ultimately led to the sale of the studio.
In 1975, a film about a shark (Spielberg’s Jaws)
changed the cinema industry in ways felt to the
present day
