Early Storytelling…. Everyone Has a Story to Tell.

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  • Early Storytelling
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  • Everyone Has a Story to Tell
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  • How.
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  • Whats Happening in History? Civil War recently over Transcontinental RR completed Industrial revolution First skyscrapers
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  • First Cameras Hand cranked. Shot for length of film in canister. 16 frames per second
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  • Frame? Photo negatives Film strips Individual frames Brain will seek to fill in information for black spaces. Speed up linking = movies !
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  • The Silent Film! The new mode of storytelling Not really silent Often a piano or orchestra playing music in front of screen
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  • Running Horse (1878) Edward Muybridge Linked series of photographs Early animation
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  • Men Boxing (1891) Thomas Edison studio
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  • Blacksmith Scene (1893)
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  • Frank Otts Sneeze (1894) First copyrighted film
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  • Arrival of a Train (1895) Lumiere Brothers France Legend that the first group viewing this in a caf were terrified of the train hitting them and they ran out of the caf. Probably not true.but good publicity!
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  • Exiting the Factory (1895) Lumiere Brothers France Shot at 16 frames / second Industry standard became 24 frames / second Did people really move that fastNO! The Hobbit Elements with 48 frames / second!
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  • Trend? No story telling in terms of fiction. Simply document the real world. Have this new technology.what can we do with it? Lot of experimenting with that technology!
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  • Grammar Developed Film has a grammar Set of governing rules Helps the viewer understand Just like in writingcommas, periods, colons Early on Experimenting Later Became codified Trends established
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  • Voyage to the Moon (1902) George Melies French Using animation and special effects. Not just filming what humans can do Popular at the time. Beginning usage of editing.
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  • Life of an American Fireman (1903) Edwin Porter Thomas Edison Studios Early usage of editing Continuous narrative over 7 scenes
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  • The Great Train Robbery (1903) Edwin Porter Thomas Edison Studios More modern editing Should feel familiar in terms of storytelling Hand-colored cells So not truly color
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  • Birth of a Nation (1915) D.W. Griffith First blockbuster First feature-length film (almost 3 hours) As opposed to a short Negative view of African-Americans Positive images of the KKK President Woodrow Wilson said it was his FAVORITE film!
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  • Birth of a Nation (1915) Innovative film techniques Deep focus Jump cuts Close-ups
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  • The Jazz Singer (1927) First feature-length film with synchronized sound Brings in the era of the talkies.
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  • Charlie Chaplin Actor, director, writer Started in vaudeville Like Broadway musicals Moved to film Started United Artist Corp. Accused of being a communist Fled to Europe Returned to US in 1970s