1. HISTORY OF FILM IN AMERICA PART I

3. EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE 1878 Beginning of the history of Film Stop Motion Photography Horse series

4. THOMAS EDISON

5. NEWARK ATHLETE (1891) FAMOUS SNEEZE (1894) ANNABELLE MOORE (1895) WHAT HAPPENED ON 23 rd STREET (1901)

6. THOMAS EDISON First production studio: Black Maria Inventor of the Kinetoscope

8. LUMIERE BROTHERS (Auguste & Louis) Made their own projector First public projection of films December 28, 1895 First public projection of films December 28, 1895 Invented film camera called Cinematographe

9. A M E R C A

10. THOMAS EDISON Patents Vitascope MPPC (Motion Picture Patents Company)

12. Trip to the Moon (1902) Georges Méliès

13. A M E R C A

14. Edwin S. Porter First prominent American filmmaker First prominent American filmmaker Great Train Robbery (1903) Great Train Robbery (1903)

15. 1905

16. 1908 MPPC

17. NEW YORK LOS ANGLES THE SHIFT FROM EAST TO WEST

18. 1912 1)Escape the MPPC (Edison’s trust) 2)More favorable climate 3)Variety of landscapes 4)Cheap land

19. D.W. Griffith First full length feature film Birth of a Nation (1915) Birth of a Nation (1915)

20. NEW YORK LOS ANGLES THE SHIFT FROM EAST TO WEST

21. 1912 1)Escape the MPPC (Edison’s trust) 2)More favorable climate 3)Variety of landscapes 4)Cheap land

22. THE RISE OF THE STUDIOS Between 1912 and 1920 all major studios are created. United Artists Charlie Griffith and Charlie Chaplin Warner Brothers Paramount Fox Films Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) Columbia RKO

23. THE RISE OF THE STUDIOS

24. EXCEPTIONS

25. 1917 MPPC

26. 1915: Man Commits Robbery

27. 1921: A.T. POFFENBERGER MOTION PICTURES AND CRIME

28. MPPDA 1922 Motion Picture Producers & Distributors What Caused It’s Creation: 1) 1915 court case of “movies made do it” 2) 1921 Dr. A.T. Poffenberger’s Motion Pictures & Crime 3) Fear of Government Control

29. MPPDA 1922 Motion Picture Producers & Distributors Purpose: 1) Keep the Government out of Hollywood 2) Represent American Film abroad

35. Erich von Stroheim Irving Thalberg VS

37. First Super-Jewel First million dollar movie First million dollar movie Made in 1922 by Universal Made in 1922 by Universal Erich von Stroheim vs. Irving Thalberg Erich von Stroheim vs. Irving Thalberg Directorial excess

38. Erich von Stroheim Director/Actor/Editor Foolish Wives (1922) Foolish Wives (1922) First million dollar budget

39. Irving Thalberg Producer / Re-editor Foolish Wives (1922) Foolish Wives (1922) Super-Jewel Brought about the current Hollywood model of pre-production. Brought about the current Hollywood model of pre-production. End of directorial excess

40. Irving Thalberg After Foolish Wives left for MGM. After Foolish Wives left for MGM. Purpose of movies it to make money Purpose of movies it to make money Business needs to Control: pre-production Business needs to Control: pre-production production post-production

41. MGM & Irving Thalberg

42. WB’s Problems: Only had small theaters Wanted to help in small towns Bottom of the major studios

43. WB partners with GE

44. The Jazz Singer (1927) WB WB partners with GE Sound-on-disc First ‘sound’ movie

45. IMPACTS OF SOUND Audiences want audio Silent actors out of work Camera filmed from inside a booth so voices could be recorded by a stationary microphone Camera filmed from inside a booth so voices could be recorded by a stationary microphone Dialogue based scripts Foreign countries film industries hurt Foreign countries film industries hurt

46. Sound On Disc “double system” Sound On Film “single system”

47. SOUND VOCABULARY: Rendered Sound False or made up sound Conceptual Resonance You see films differently based on the sound Diegetic Sound Sound where the source is part of the scene Non-Diegetic Sound Sound where the source is not part of the scene

48. 1895 movies begin 1927 sound enters 32 years of silence

49. 1927 Academy Awards

50. Stock Market Crash October 1929 Great Depression