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Before the invention of motion pictures, series photography (in which photos of movement taken in rapid succession were displayed together) showed the way toward cinema, especially in series of gall... oping horses taken by who? Eadweard Muybridge Film recording technology was made possible by a late 1880s breakthrough in lightsensitive film stock made by whom (the founder of Kodak)? George Eastman Thomas Edison assigned William K. Dickson the task of inventing the film camera as a complement to which of his inventions? The phonograph What was the name of the film studio used in most of the Edison/Dickson short films? The Black Maria Edison lost the rights to patent the film camera in Europe because: He didn't think film was worthy of further pursuit At the turn of the 1900's, the American film industry was centered in what geographical era? New Jersey The term for the type of non-fiction films with little editorial point-of-view favored by the Lumiere brothers is: Actualities When choosing a year as the creation of the cinema, 1895 is a strong candidate because it is when: The Lumiere brothers projected a collection of their films to an audience in a theater The development of the technologies that led to the successful invention of the motion picture camera in the 1890s occurred in: Europe and the United States concurrently What even helped propel the American film industry to the center of world cinema? World War I Hollywood became the center of the American film industry for all of the following reasons EXCEPT: The government contracted out land to the emerging studios Before the work of D. W. Griffith (and to a lesser extent his previous mentor Edwin S. Porter), most short films held to the rule that each scene should:Be composed of a single, unedited shot The national cinema that developed under the influence of D. W. Griffith's THE BIRTH OF A NATION (especially its parallel action and clear act structures) was: American film The national cinema that developed under the influence of D. W. Griffith's INTOLERANCE (especially its use of editing to create thematic parallels) was: Soviet film The national cinema that developed under the influence of D. W. Griffith's BROKEN BLOSSOMS (especially use of external visual elements like set design and lighting to express the internal feelings of the characters) was: German film Which major film producer did Charles Chaplin work under, developing his own brand of comedy largely in opposition to their rigid rules and guidelines? Mack Sennett Which film company was founded by Charles Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D. W. Griffith in order to concentrate more artistic and financial power in the hands of filmmakers, as opposed to the studios? United Artists The first government to take any real interest in cinema (financing films and funding film education) was: The Soviet government Despite the studios trying to limit the appeal of actors in order to keep down costs, fans still wrote fan letters to a movie star they knew only as: The Biograph Girl The first movie stars to earn million dollar salaries were: Mary Pickford and Charles Chaplin Released in 1924, Erich von Stroheim's film GREED is an example of 1920s filmmakers still exploring the boundaries of film, specifically through its: Prohibitively long running time While mainstream American films tend to focus on the journey of a single character, group protagonists are common in which nationalist cinema? Soviet cinema The major avant-garde film movement to emerge out of the Soviet Union in the 1920s was called: Soviet Montage As opposed to the Soviet film style, American film developed a mainstream style emphasizing clear and unnoticeable filmmaking that Thompson and Bordwell refer to as: The Continuity Style The major Soviet film theorist (with a famous film "effect" named after him) who championed editing as creating meaning beyond the effect of a film's individual shots was: Lev Kuleshov A major way that Chaplin is like his character in THE GOLD RUSH is: Chaplin was raised in extreme poverty but became extremely wealthy. As discussed in class, a major aspect of Chaplin's films are his character's powers of: [Show More]

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