Early Film History

2. Before the invention of photography, a variety of ... were used to give the illusion of movement.

1. The illusion of film is based on the optical phenomenon known as ...

7.  Georges Méliès created magical fictional films such as the influential ...

3. The first motion-picture camera in the USA was created in Thomas Edison´s studio.

5. In France, the Lumiere Brothers invented the first commercially viable projector (for groups of people).

9. Some of the characteristics of silent movies are...

4. Only ...... at a time could see the first short films on the Kinetoscope.

6. The first short films not only showed movement but also included complex narratives.

8. Porter’s The Great Train Robbery was one of the first films to include editing techniques such as ...