Film History Review

Three strips of color: red, blue and yellow were the key to making films full color

First totally 3D movie released in 1953 hoping to bring back audiences to the movie theatres.

They regulated content in movies to ensure acceptable levels of sex, drugs, and violence.

Which of the following was NOT a major motion picture studio in the beginning of hollywood?

He bet, in 1904 that a galloping horse had all four feet off the ground.

This was Edwin S. Porter's first narrative film.  14 scenes and 12 minutes long.

What was the device that was used when the sound was directly recorded to a disc?

Name the Device: A cinemascope lens compressed a wide image onto a 35mm film reel.

Name the Device: A viewer could look through a peep hole at a series of drawings or photos presented in rapid sequence.

The idea that director is the center of the film

This new invention brought hardship to the movie industry in the 50's.

Name the Device: This was the tool that held celluloid film wound on a can with sprockets.

Most significant commercial American movie in 1941 based off of William Randolf Hearst's life. Clue: Rosebud

In 1889, he developed Celluloid that allowed film to be seen in rapid succession.

A sign put up on the side of the mountain by a real estate agent who brought with him Holly Trees from the East coast.

A monopoly trust over film productions led by Thomas Edison to control almost EVERYTHING in the motion picture industry.

Who was the pioneer of special effects in early silent films?

A major advance with synchronous sound

What era did waves of retirements of directors and producers drop out of the industry leaving movie studio's crippled

They created the first projector (cinematographe) that could show motion pictures.