First film made by the Lumiere brothers: 1895; “Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory”
What is the phantom ride? Phantom rides were films shot from the front of moving trains, although they were not limited to that mode of transport. These films would present the journey from the train’s perspective.
What was ground breaking about the ” The Sick Kitten” and the “Life of the American Fireman”? In the “Sick Kitten” it was the first use of a “close up” in film as it was never used previously as film makers thought it would confuse the audience. And in the “Life of the American Fireman” was the use of the first continuity edit.
First “film star” in Hollywood: Florence Lawrence
Why did the hub of film production in the USA move from the East Coast to Hollywood? Because they were not governed by the state law in the East Coast preventing them of using Edison’s idea.
Which nations film industry was described as the best in the world in the 1910’s? Denmark
Example of 2 films and 2 directors from this place and time?
Haxan by Benjamin Christensen
Ingeborg Holm Victor Sjorstrom
Who directed “A Birth of a Nation” and why does it continue to divide opinions? David Wark Griffith directed it and it divides opinions as it is seen as a masterclass on the technological/film making side however it has an extremely racist undertone and essentially brought back the KKK at the time it was made.