BCA 101 1st Edition Lecture 3Outline of Last Lecture I. Chapter 1 Invention and InnovationA. Film started as a BusinessB. “Auteur Theory”C. Movies Resulted FromD. PioneersE. Kinetoscope and the Black MariaF. ProjectionG. Early FilmsOutline of Current Lecture I. Chapter 1 (Continued)H. Editing1. Business Drove Artistic Innovation2. PorterCurrent LectureII. Chapter 1 (Continued)H. EditingAs early as 189590% of all silent films have been lost forever-burns easyCommon practice as of 1902-03Allows for narrative - made movies immensely popular1. Business Drove Artistic Innovationa) editing and changing camera positions “magically” moving audiences around in space and timeb) an early “movie magician” is George Melies(1) started as a stage magician, father of special effects, pioneered art direction and diffused lighter. Layered film (used Objective Camera)2. Porter - pioneer in:a) Continuity(1) the illusion that action “continues” across editsb) Cross-cutting(1) editing back and forth between two or more actions in twoor more locations to create an illusion that the actions are happening simeltaneouslyc) Subjective Camera*also known for his use of physical
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