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| What were films like in the beginning of the 20th Century? |
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| There was a Puritanical Influence and Old Testament Filmmaking. |
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| What kind of influence was there on screenplay structure? |
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| A British Influence which led to the "three acts". |
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| What are the "Three Acts"? |
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| Essentially, a beginning, middle, and an end. It was the most successful and popular story structure. |
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| What were the levels of entertainment during this early period? |
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| What audiences corresponded to the types of entertainment? |
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| Theater was more for the upper and middle classes while Vaudevilles were for the poor class. |
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| Where was the Entertainment City first located? |
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| What role did Thomas Edison have in this business? |
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| He thought he was responsible solely for the success of films. He created "The Trust" and essentially drove all film makers out of NYC. |
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| Who directed "The Great Train Robbery"? |
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| When did the transition from NYC To Hollywood begin? |
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| Why did the city relocate to Hollywood? |
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| L.A. had cheap labor and the independent film makers had no chance against Edison and the Trust...no money making involved. |
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| Who was responsible for transforming the Vaudeville to the Nickelodeon? |
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| Who is responsible for creating the first feature-length film in Hollywood? |
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| In 1914, "The Squaw Man" directed my C.B. Demille |
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| What did DeMille and Griffith do that was original for them in Hollywood? |
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| Created film stars and only used film stars. |
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| What was the first film in the U.S. and who created it? |
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| Fred Ott's sneeze in 1894 by Thomas Edison. |
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| When did the novelty act of films change and what with? |
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| In 1903 with "The Great Train Robbery" by Edwin S. Porter. A huge Success. |
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| Where was the first studio set up in NYC? |
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| Fort Lee, across the river. |
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| When did the U.S. take over the film industry, and why? |
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| From 1914-1919, after WWI when all the other countries could not afford to make films and the U.S. could and did. |
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| When was the "Jazz Age" and what was it refered to as? |
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| 1923 and it was referred to as the "Flamming Youth" |
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| What were the 3 elements to making films and Hollywood "happen"? |
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| 1. 3 act stories 2. Creating movie stars and 3. created a world view, simplistic view, and Old Testament film making |
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| What is the significance of "Sunrise"? |
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| brought over from Europe. Gave the latest editing techniques such as lighting and camera aspects. Also created an "atmosphere". |
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| What were the main considerations of film making during this early period? |
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| The move to California meant no more what? |
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| What gave the switch from Doc scenes to story films? |
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| "The Great Train Robbery" by Porter. |
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| What gave the shift from short story films , such as "The Great Train Robbery" to feature length films? |
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| Demille's "The Squaw Man" |
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| What allowed the shift from Nickelodeons to large theaters? |
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| The upper class being attracted to movies. |
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| What does Griffith refine in "Intolerance"? |
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| Film Grammar and The Spectacle Film |
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| What film did Griffith produce as a sort of "warm up" for Birth of a Nation? |
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| What styles did Griffith vs. Einstein have? |
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| Griffith was more melodramatic and sentimental, while Einstein was more cold and analytical. |
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| Who was the first truly independent filmmaker and what was he like? |
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| D.W. Griffith and he had a humble background, but was racist. |
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| What was Griffith's favorite book and favorite author? |
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Book: The Bible
Author: Dickens |
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| What sort of filmmaker was Griffith and what did this result in? |
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| He was an Old Testament filmmaker which resulted in melodramatic and sentimental films. |
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| Unlike Griffith, what sort of filmmaking did Einstein possess? |
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| What was "The Battleship Potemkim" about? |
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| A 1925 film about a real life event which occured in 1905 that glorified when the Russian crew of a battleship rebelled against their oppressive officers during a Tsarist regime. |
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| What was "The Odessa steps sequence"? |
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| The most famous scene in "The Battleship Potemkin" which showed the Tsar's Cossacks in their white tunics march down the seemingly endless stairs in a rhythmic, machine-like fashion and slaughter a crowd of civilians as they attempt to flee down the stairs before the troops reach them. |
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| The "Odessa Steps" sequence best represented what? |
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| Montage editing, although this scene was quite fictitious. |
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| Who directed "Intolerence"? |
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| What happened when radio came about? |
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| The theaters emptied, people wanted radio . |
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| Why did producers seem to resist sound films? |
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| More expensive to make, re-model the theaters, new equipment's, building of sound stages. |
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| What did producers try instead of sound films? |
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| Filming musicals and specticles, filming news reels, and using voice-overs. |
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| What marked the end of the "silent era"? |
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| The "Jazz Singer", which had some dialogue scenes, and some silent scenes. |
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| Every director at first objected to sound, but whom? |
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| Warner Brothers, who created "Vitaphones" |
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| Who filmed news reels, hoping this would bring back the film audience? |
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| Who was the star in "Jazz Singer"? |
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