The Origins of Cinema

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The Origins of Cinema

• The History, Development Changes in Film

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What is Cinema?

• Main Entry cinema Pronunciation 'si-n-m,
  British also -"mäFunction nounEtymology short
  for cinematograph1 a MOTION PICTURE -- usually
  used attributively b a motion-picture theater2
  a MOVIES especially the film industry b
  the art or technique of making motion pictures

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FILM HISTORY

• Early Cinematic Origins
• The Infancy of Film
• The Pre-Talkies and Silent Era
• The Golden Age of Hollywood
• The Talkies
• The Growth of the Studios
• The War and Post-War Years
• The Beginnings of Film Noir
• The Cold War and Post-Classical Era
• The Era of Epic Films
• The Threat of Television
• Era Independent
• The End of the Hollywood Studio System
• Underground Cinema
• The American "New Wave"
• The Last Golden Age of American Cinema
• The Advent of the Block-buster Film
• Teen-Oriented Angst Films
• The Dawn of the Sequel

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PRESENT FUTURE

• An Era of Mainstream Films
• Alternatives
• Independent Cinema
• The Rise of CG
• Computer Generated Films
• The Decade of Remakes
• Re-releases
• More Sequels
• The New Millennium
• Age of Special Effects
• The Search for the Perfect Blockbuster

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Digital cinema affects these major areas of
movie-making

• Production - how the movie is actually made
• Distribution - how the movie gets from the
  production company to movie theaters
• Projection - how the theater presents the movie
• Audience - how audiences now view films
• Media Format how the product is watched

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• VARIETY ESTIMATES THAT THE FILM INDUSTRY IS A 8
  TRILLION DOLLAR A YEAR INDUSTRY

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Annotated Bibliography

• Varian, H. R. (1997, June 11). The future of
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• McGann, J. (1995). The rationale of HyperText.
  Retrieved June 27, 2001, from University of
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• Center for Reformation and Renaissance Studies.
  Ed. Laura E. Hunt and William Barek. May 1998. U
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• Zinn, Howard. A Peoples History of the United
  States 1492-Present 1993 New York, NY Perennial
  pp. 253-296
• Gordon Hendricks, The Kinetoscope Americas
  First Commercially Successful Motion Picture
  Exhibitor (New York The Beginnings of the
  American Film, 1966).
• Gordon Hendricks, The Edison Motion Picture Myth
  (Berkeley University of California Press, 1961).
  lthttp//edison.rutgers.edu/mopix/peephole.htmgt

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