Слайд 1History of Cinema
We learn more about cinema
Слайд 2The founders
The Lumiere brothers
The inventors of cinema, motion-picture camera and the
directors of the first films in the world – the Limiere brothers.
Слайд 3Films
The first film-session was held after Christmas 1895 in a Paris
cafe.
That year on the 28 December they demonstrated the first three-minute film «Arrival of the Train».
Слайд 4Development of Cinema
Is it an art?
The cinema was the popular entertainment.
The
audience consisted mainly of workers.
The rich and intellectual classes ignored it.
They didn’t think it was an art.
Слайд 5Picture Palaces
In the mid -1910s the
first theatres were
opened in the USA
and
Europe.
The Roxy Cinema in
New York cost $12
million to build and had
6214 seats.
Слайд 6Silent films
In 1908 the USA had 10,000 cinemas with 20 million
customers a week.
Слайд 7Silent films
In 1918 the film star Mary Pickford was the most
famous woman in the world. She received $ 350,000 per film.
Слайд 8The film stars of silent films
Mary Pickford – “America’s sweetheart” in
“Poor Little Rich girl”.
She played little girls. But in this film she was 23 years old.
Слайд 9The film stars of silent films
Charlie Chaplin
His silent films were perfect
works of art.
He created the language with his face and his body.
Слайд 10The Classical Hollywood Silent Era 1908-1927
Слайд 11In the beginning…
As an art movement, The Silent Era follows…
Early Experimental
Cinema 1893-1903 (the inventors) in the US and France
The Brighton School 1896-1905 in England
Слайд 12In the beginning…
Filmmaking was still in its infancy as an art—films
were more money-making ventures and technological experiments
Directors were not encouraged to be artists—they were thought of as factory workers
Слайд 13Early Edison Films
Sandow, 1894
The Kiss, 1896
Слайд 14The Great Train Robbery (1903)
First Western
First to use editing as a
storytelling technique
One of the first to use panning and close-ups
Moved from documentary to narrative
Based on a true robbery by Butch Cassidy
Слайд 15The Silent Era as Art
The Classical Hollywood Silent era is marked
by the films that emerged with the first film studios
Silent films began to take on a narrative structure and use filmmaking conventions
D.W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation set the stage for modern cinematic storytelling
Слайд 16Birth of a Nation (1915)
Based Thomas Dixon Jr.'s anti-black, bigoted play,
The Clansman
Its release set up a major censorship battle over its vicious, extremist depiction of African Americans. Unbelievably, the film is still used today as a recruitment piece for Klan membership.
Слайд 17Birth of a Nation (1915)
It was one of the biggest box-office
money-makers in the history of film, due to its charge of $2 per ticket. It made $18 million by the start of the talkies.
Riots in Boston and Philadelphia. Chicago, Denver, St. Louis and other major cities refuse to show it
Слайд 18Birth of a Nation (1915)
Film scholars agree, however, that it is
the single most important and key film of all time in American movie history
Introduces & refines camera angles, traveling shots, artificial lighting, realistic sets, flashbacks, split screens, soft focus, dissolves, fades, and irises.
Слайд 20Florence Lawrence
America’s 1st Movie Star
Слайд 21Mary Pickford
America’s Sweetheart
Слайд 27Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.
The King of Silent Hollywood
Слайд 32Lon Chaney
The Man of a Thousand Faces
Слайд 35Talkies & Color Films
The era of the talking films began in
1927 with The Jazz Singer.
100% sound film Lights of New York appeared in 1928.
The first color film, Gone With the Wind, was shot in 1939.
Слайд 36The first color film, Gone With the Wind, was shot in
1939.
Слайд 37Hollywood
In 1911 the first studio appeared in Hollywood.
In the 1920s Hollywood
made 80% of the world’s films.
Слайд 38The first genres of American films
Western
Comedy
Melodrama
Слайд 39The Conclusion
Today, no one disputes cinema’s place as the ‘seventh art’.
According to Derek Malcolm of The Guardian,
“Cinema has provided as many great artists over the last 100 years as literature, the theatre, and any of the other arts.”
Слайд 42EUROPEAN INFLUENCES
1897 – George Melies creates 1st film studio
1902 – A
Trip to the Moon
1925 – Odessa Steps from Battleship Potemkin by Sergei Eisenstein
Odessa Steps
And of course German Expressionism
Слайд 43SMILE FOR THE CAMERA
Eadward Muybridge – set 12 cameras up and
triggered as horse galloped by first film 1878
1884 – Eastman developed celluloid film which allows light to pass through
1884 – Edison and William Dickson invented the Kinetoscope
Fred Ott's Sneeze
Слайд 44NEW YORK-WOOD
Intermissions in vaudeville shows
First huge success– THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY,
1903
New York was epicenter of film industry
Слайд 45THE COLUMBUS OF AMERICAN CINEMA
BETTER YEAR-ROUND WEATHER
1910 D.W. Griffith sent to
film in California and discovered Hollywood
The 1ST film shot – IN OLD CALIFORNIA
Слайд 46HURRAY FOR HOLLYWOOD
1913 – many movie-makers went west
Edison’s patent costing too
much money in NY
Sunshine all year and scenery to diee for
Слайд 47NICK AT NIGHT
NICKELODEONS – short films for a nickel
Business men handled
the production side of filmmaking became the heads of movie studios – GOLDWYN, MAYER, WARNER BROS.
Слайд 48IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME
After WWI European filmmakers –
Hitchcock, Fritz Land, Valentino, Dietrich
Sound brought stage actors to the movies - 1927 – THE JAZZ SINGER, the first sound film
MID-1940’S – more than 400 MOVIES P/YEAR
Слайд 49THERE’S GOLD IN THEM THERE HOLLYWOOD HILLS
Golden Age – 1920’S TO
1950’S
Main genres– Western, Slapstick, Comedy, Musical, Cartoon, Biopic
Studios owned theatres
Слайд 50THE STUDIO SYSTEM
Each had its own style and characteristics
Actors had contracts
Very respective system made $$$$
Still allowed for artistic creativity and artists
Слайд 51THE GOOD, THE BAD, & THE UGLY
Profitable
Allowed gambles on smaller
films like CITIZEN KANE
THE WIZARD OF OZ, GONE WITH THE WIND, CASABLANCA, IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, KING KONG, SNOW WHITE, MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
Слайд 52THE FALL OF THE STUDIO EMPIRE
Two forces antitrust action -studios could
no longer own theatres
Contracts no longer valid
Cecil B. Demille stayed or used the same team in Television
Слайд 53CINEMA WARS
Produced film that could not be seen on TV
Spectacular, larger-than-life
Film became art and TV – ugly stepsister
Supreme court ruled film an art form and gave it the 1ST Amendment protection
Слайд 54TIME FOR A CHANGE
Post classical cinema – New approach to drama
and characters
Chronology CHRONOLOGY MIXED UP, TWIST ENDINGS
FILM NOIR – REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE AND PSYCHO
Слайд 55WE’RE GOING TO NEED A BIGGER BOAT
NEW HOLLYWOOD – FILM SCHOOL-TRAINED
DIRECTORS
EUROPEAN INFLUENCES
COPPOLA, LUCAS, SPIELBERG, DE PALMA, SCORSESE, FRIEDKIN
1970’S - CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AND COMMERCIALLY SUCCESSFUL
THE GODFATHER, JAWS, STAR WARS
LOW BUDGETS – BONNIE AND CLYDE AND EASY RIDER
Слайд 56SIZE MATTERS
1950’S – PRESENT – BLOCKBUSTERS
WIDESCREEN, TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES
STAR POWER AND ADVERTISING
LARGE
AUDIENCE TO MAKE A PROFIT
SOMETIMES BACKFIRES
EX: WATERWORLD, HOWARD THE DUCK, JOHN CARTER, TERMINATOR 3
Слайд 57GOOD THINGS COME IN SMALL PACKAGES
1980’S & EARLY 90’S – RISE
OF INDEPENDENT FILM (INDIES)
INDEPENDENT FROM THE STUDIO
SMALL BUDGETS
HIGH PROFIT-TO-COST RATIO
SUCCESS DEPENDENT ON CRITICAL ACCLAIM
AKA: ARTHOUSE FILMS
SPIKE LEE, KEVIN SMITH, SODERBERGH, TARANTINO
FINANCIAL SUCCESS AND CROSSOVER CAUSED STUDIOS TO CREATE INDIE SUBSIDIARIES LIKE FOX SEARCHLIGHT
MIRAMAX – MOST POWERFUL INDIE COMPANY
Слайд 58PENGUINS, TIGERS, AND BIG MACS…OH MY!!
2000’S – MARKET OPENED UP FOR
OTHER TYPES OF FILM
FOREIGN – CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON & HERO
DOCUMENTARY – SUPER SIZE ME, FAHRENHEIT 9/11, AND MARCH OF THE PENGUINS
Слайд 59VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR BUT NOT AMERICAN CINEMA
FILMS THAT DID
POORLY AT THE BOX OFFICE WERE POPULAR ON HOME VIDEO
SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION & THE SECRET OF NIMH
ALLOWED FUTURE FILMMAKERS TO WATCH MOVIES AND LEARN FROM THEM
TARANTINO WORKED AT A VIDEO STORE
VIDEO AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY LED TO FILMMAKING AMONG THE NON-RICH AND FAMOUS POSSIBLE WITHOUT A STUDIO BACK
DVD’S ALLOW EXTRA SCENES, COMMENTARY, ETC.
Слайд 60WILL NETFLIX BE THE DEATH OF AMERICAN CINEMA
Will streaming (Netflix, Amazon
Prime, Hulu, torrenting, etc.) bring an end to seeing movies in theaters???