The Birth of Moving Pictures Late 1800’s - 1920

Edweard Muybridge(1880’s):

Zoopraxiscope “Annie”

Early American Film

Thomas Edison(1890’s): Kinetoscope Black Maria Studio Kinetophone The Sneeze and

The Kiss

Les Français et le Filme

Les frères Lumières (1890’s)

George Méliés “Voyage Dans la

Lune” (1902)

American Theatres Pop up

Nickelodeon

“The Great Train Robbery” (1903)

German Studio Model - UFA

The UFA Model Fritz Lang

“Metropolis” (1927)

F.W Murnau “Nosferatu” (1922)

Birth of Hollywood

The MPPC (Motion Picture Patents Company)

Hollywood?

Stars of the Silent Era

Rudolph Velentino

Mary Pickford

Douglas Fairbanks

Charlie Chaplin

D.W Griffith

“Birth of a Nation” (1915)

Controversial and Successful

$ 2,000,000 in profits

Film Study: Nosferatu Director: F.W Murnau Year: 1922

What do you notice about:

3. The camera

placement/shots used?4. The lighting?5. The text on screen?6. The Set?

What do you think the reasons for your observations are?

Which of the following jobs do you think existed on the set of this film?

2. Director3. Producer4. Camera Operator5. Stuntman6. Make-Up artist7. Costume Designer8. Sound Engineer9. Lighting Technician10. Set Designer