1. Early Storytelling…

2. Everyone Has a Story to Tell

3. How….

6. What’s Happening in History? Civil War recently over Transcontinental RR completed Industrial revolution First skyscrapers

7. First Cameras Hand cranked. Shot for length of film in canister. 16 frames per second

8. Frame? Photo negatives Film strips Individual frames Brain will seek to “fill in” information for black spaces. Speed up linking = movies !

9. The Silent Film! The new mode of storytelling Not really “silent” Often a piano or orchestra playing music in front of screen

10. Running Horse (1878) Edward Muybridge Linked series of photographs Early animation

11. Men Boxing (1891) Thomas Edison “studio”

12. Blacksmith Scene (1893)

13. Frank Ott’s Sneeze (1894) First copyrighted film

14. Arrival of a Train (1895) Lumiere Brothers France Legend that the first group viewing this in a café were terrified of the train “hitting them” and they ran out of the café. Probably not true….but good publicity!

15. Exiting the Factory (1895) Lumiere Brothers France Shot at 16 frames / second Industry standard became 24 frames / second Did people really move that fast…NO! The Hobbit Elements with 48 frames / second!

16. Trend? No “story telling” in terms of fiction. Simply “document” the real world. Have this new technology….what can we do with it? Lot of experimenting with that technology!

17. Grammar Developed Film has a “grammar” Set of governing “rules” Helps the viewer understand Just like in writing…commas, periods, colons Early on Experimenting Later Became “codified” Trends established

18. Voyage to the Moon (1902) George Melies French Using animation and “special effects.” Not just filming what humans can do Popular at the time. Beginning usage of editing.

19. Life of an American Fireman (1903) Edwin Porter Thomas Edison Studios Early usage of editing Continuous narrative over 7 scenes

20. The Great Train Robbery (1903) Edwin Porter Thomas Edison Studios More modern editing Should “feel” familiar in terms of storytelling Hand-colored cells So not truly “color”

21. Birth of a Nation (1915) D.W. Griffith First blockbuster First feature-length film (almost 3 hours) As opposed to a “short” Negative view of African-Americans Positive images of the KKK President Woodrow Wilson said it was his FAVORITE film!

22. Birth of a Nation (1915) Innovative film techniques Deep focus Jump cuts Close-ups

23. The Jazz Singer (1927) First feature-length film with synchronized sound Brings in the era of the “talkies.”

24. Charlie Chaplin Actor, director, writer Started in vaudeville Like Broadway musicals Moved to film Started United Artist Corp. Accused of being a communist Fled to Europe Returned to US in 1970s