Slide 1Preconditions for Live-Action MoviesSlide 3Slide 4Slide 5Slide 6Slide 7Slide 8Slide 9Slide 10Slide 11Slide 12Slide 13Brady did not invent it, but it bears his name. . .Slide 15Slide 16Slide 17Slide 18Slide 19Slide 20Slide 21Slide 22Preconditions for Live-Action Moving Pictures (“Movies”)Preconditions for Live-Action Movies1. Understanding the Persistence of Vision phenomenonPreconditions for Live-Action Movies1. Understanding the Persistence of Vision phenomenon2. Photography (rather than hand-drawn images)Preconditions for Live-Action Movies1. Understanding the Persistence of Vision phenomenon2. Photography (rather than hand-drawn images)3. A short exposure timePreconditions for Live-Action Movies1. Understanding the Persistence of Vision phenomenon2. Photography (rather than hand-drawn images)3. A short exposure time4. Ability to move film intermittentlyPreconditions for Live-Action Movies1. Understanding the Persistence of Vision phenomenon2. Photography (rather than hand-drawn images)3. A short exposure time4. Ability to move film intermittently5. A suitable film baseRogetPlateauFaradayWheatstone1.2.NiepceDaguerre2.1826 photograph by Niepce: “View from the Window at Le Gras” NiepceDaguerreotype of Edgar Allen Poe, 18482.Daguerre2.2.3.Brady did not invent it, but it bears his name. . .Confederate dead, FredericksburgAction at Fredericksburg3.In 1871, the gelatin bromide process (invented by British doctor Richard Leach Maddox) brought exposure times down to a fraction of a second—”by mixing a solution of gelatin with cadmium bromide and silver nitrate, an emulsion of silver bromide was formed, suspended in the gelatin” (Rawlence, 1990) which was coated on glass or paper.4.5.* - George Eastman (U.S.) in 1885 developed a paper-roll film—gelatin layer soaked in water and stripped off paper after exposure, allowing for mounting on glass or thick gelatin for
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