the motion picture was a fully developed form of entertainment with audiences in the millions, whereas television existed only crudely in early laboratory experiments
a polished copper plate that had been coated with gleaming silver. In the total darkness, the silver coated plate was exposed to iodine fumes, which formed a thin coating of light sensitive iodine on its surface. When the well protected plate was placed in camera and then briefly exposed to a strongly lighted scene, the pattern of light and dark entering the lens of the camera altered the silver iodide. Chemical baths then fixed the image to the plate.” (DeFleur & Dennis. 1998)
will persist in seeing an object when it is no longer visible We ‘see’ an image for a fraction of a second after the thing itself has changed or disappeared. If we are presented with one image after the other, the visual persistence of the first image fills the time lag so they seem continuous
series of drawings showing a person or animal in progressively different positions was mounted. By rotating the disk and viewing the drawings through an aperture as the ‘wheel’ turned, a person could ‘see’ smooth motion.
reliable projector system and obtained US patent for the ‘Vitascope’. Wastefully projected forty eight frames per second whereas sixteen frames would provide the illusion of smooth motion
For a nickel, a single viewer could turn a crank, look inside the machine and see a brief film on a small screen Edison’s approach did not catch on , in the end the industry developed along the lines of the traditional theater model By 1896, Edison was projecting motion pictures to the public for the first time in America
European producers were making ‘one reelers’ that lasted 10 to 12 minutes and told a story. By 1905, two reelers were becoming increasingly common, lasting up to 25 minutes
was the first type of indoor exhibition space dedicated to showing projected motion pictures Usually set up in converted storefronts, these small, simple theatres charged five cents for admission and flourished from 1905 to 1915 ‘Nickelodeon’ was named from the nickle (US 5 cent coin and the Greek word odeion (roofed over theatre)
the urban poor. Attractive theatres were built in better neighbourhoods and movie ‘palaces; opened in business districts to attract middle class audiences
and gave prominent roles and media attention to particular actors and actresses. They hired press agents to publicize them as artists and important personalities. Early PR specialists created masculine idols and love goddesses
phonograph and motion pictures to produce movies with synchronised sound. In mid 1920 American Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T) produced a sound system based on optical recording of sound incorporated directly into the actual film
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