2. 1. Name one of the forms of earliest
photography, either printed on silver-
plate (French) or with light-sensitive
solution on paper (English)
2. Name 2 principles and 2 elements of art
at play in this photograph:
QUICK QUIZ:
3. • Zoetrope
– Illusion of movement
• Persistence of vision (theory)
– Flip-book
• Modern movie: 24 frames per second
• IMAX: 48 frames per second
MOVING
IMAGES
BEFORE FILM
4. • Flexible, culluloid, light-sensitive (splice-
able, high production costs)
vs.
• equipment/software (cheaper, long-
term)
FILM VS.
DIGITAL
5. • Galloping horse wager
– All 4 legs off ground at once?
EADWEARD
MUYBRIDGE
6. • No soundtrack
• Nickelodeons: small storefront movie
theatres/ live piano & drums, sometimes
lecturers
• 1896: movies shown all over Europe &
U.S.
SILENT
FILM/BLACK &
WHITE
7. • 1861-1938 – magician, filmmaker,
theatrical magic show
• Multiple settings, repeated scenes, cuts
(time moving forward)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JD
aOOw0MEE
EDWARD
MÉLIÈS’ TRIP
TO THE MOON
(1902)
8. • Hollywood’s first blockbuster
• Epic story
• Original editing styles
– Symbolism
– Gesture
– Intertitles
• Reinforcement of racist views?
• Propaganda tool
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9U
POkIpR0A
D.W.
GRIFFITH’S
BIRTH OF A
NATION (1915)
9. • Wrote/directed/starred in it
• Box-office failure; critics loved it
• Loosely based on newspaper tycoon
William Randolph Hearst; questions values
of American Dream
• Fabricated newspaper reels
• Flashbacks
• Dramatic lighting, natural sound
• Elaborate sets
• Moving camera shots/ innovative
editing/deep focus/low camera angles
• Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyv19b
g0scg
ORSON
WELLES
CITIZEN KANE
(1941)
10. • The Wizard of Oz (1939) – black-white
to color
• Singin’ in the Rain (1952) – integrated
sound
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4
0ushYAaYA
– synchronizing sound with lip
movements/dubbing
– Songs/sounds recorded
separately; no longer “live”
SOUND &
COLOR –1920S
11. • Wladyslaw Starewicz (1882-1965)
The Cameraman’s Revenge (1912)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIC0Sb
6pLvI
• Walt Disney “Snow White” (1938)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7Z
kWfD0ELE
• CEL- DRAWING
• Spirited Away (2001)
– 12-30 drawings for every second!
– 125 min: 90,000-200,000 drawings!
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6az
9wGfeSgM
ANIMATION &
SPECIAL
EFFECTS
12. • Blockbuster: $194 million
• Tunisia, Guatemala, Death Valley, CA –
footage on location
• Super-realist paintings
• Detailed models
• Computer-generated/digitally-timed
effects
GEORGE
LUCAS STAR
WARS (1977)
13. • Musicals
• Sci-fi
• Romantic
• Westerns
• Horror
– German Expressionism: The
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) –
directed by Robert Wiene (1873-
1938) -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=Y0A0sfxM6AE
• Documentary
FILM GENRES
14. • Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) – Maya
Deren (1917-1961) and husbund,
cinematographer Alexander Hammid
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S0
3Aw5HULU
• Flat is Beautiful (1998) –Sadie Benning
– Toy camera, Super 8 film, collages
FILM AS ART
15. • Global Groove (1973) - Nam June Paik
– Paik-Abe Synthesizer: device to
modulate video signals
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=InLcRXfd3NI
• The Raft (2004), Bill Viola
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faA
KOxACgAw
VIDEO
ARTWORKS
