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•Mise en scene  •https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Wright#Cameos
•Soundtrack slide 
•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auslPBcTEUA

-what was the name of the first film made by the lumiere brother and when was this?

workers leaving the Lumiere factory in march 22nd 1895

-what is the “phantom ride”?

When the camera is on a train usually with a camera man on the front looking down on the rails and moving forward.

-what was groundbreaking about the silent films “the sick kitten” and “life of an american fireman”?

In the sick kitten there is the first close up of a kitten drinking milk, and in the life of an American fireman there is shots which move into the house and back in to show the audience what happened while the fireman was saving the woman. uses idea of continuity editing (cuts between locations)

-what was the name of the first “film star” in hollywood?

Florence Lawrence

-why did the hub of film production in the USA move from the east coast of america to hollywood?

making films on the east coast you had to pay thomas edison for filming so they moved so they wouldnt have to pay. Also good weather

-which nations film industry does Cousins descrive as “the best in the world” in the 1910s and why?

denmark, sweden,

-give an example of two films and two diretors from this place and time cited by cousins as remarkable?

“haxan” Benjamin Christenson 1922

-who directed birth of a nation and why is the film continue to divide opinions among film critics, practitioners

the lumiere brothers’ first film was “La Sortie des ouvriers de l’usine Lumière” 1895

the phantom ride were shot at the front of a train to give an effect of a ghost

the sick kitten and the life of the American fireman changed the way directors edited and filmed shots, the sick kitten used close ups and the life of the American fireman showed continuity editing

florence lawrence was the first film star

edison copyrighted his designs+ the light and environment in california was better

cousins described Scandinavia as the best in the world

“Haxan” Benjamin Christensen 1922

1. Workers Leaving The Lumiere Factory (1895)
2. The Phantom Ride was a movie where the camera was strapped to the front of a train giving it a ghostly aura.
3. The Sick Kitten was the first movie to use close ups while the Life Of An American Fireman was the first movie that showed cuts between the action
4. The first movie star was Florence Lawrence

In the late 19th century, Auguste Lumière and his brother, Louis Lumière, created what is considered to be the first motion picture – the film La Sortie Des Ouvriers De L’Usine Lumière (1895), which is also known as “Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory”.

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Phantom rides were an early genre of film, popular towards the end of the 19th century. It involved a camera being fixed to the front or the back of a moving vehicle, to show the progress of the vehicle, and give the audience the sensation of travel, as well as taking in some exotic or picturesque scenery.

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The Sick Kitten (1903) is a short silent film directed by George Albert Smith, starring two young children tending to a sick kitten. This ground-breaking British film was the first to use a close-up shot in history.

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Life Of An American Fireman (1903), is a short, silent film made by Edwin S. Porter. As one of the earliest American narrative films, it depicts the rescue of a woman and child from a burning building. The revolutionary film was the first to use ‘continuity editing’, by cutting between locations to follow the story.

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Florence Lawrence is often referred to as the ‘first film star’ in Hollywood, whose name was used to promote her films. Before her, actors and actresses worked anonymously, out of fear that stage managers would refuse to hire them if they were found to be working in films and because movie executives didn’t want their players to become well known and start demanding higher salaries.

What was the name of the first film made by the Lumiere Brothers? and when was this? ‘Workers leaving the Lumiere factory’ made in 1895.

What is the ‘Phantom Ride’? Phantom rides were films shot from the very front of moving trains. The films would present the journey from the train’s perspective, capturing the approaching track, surrounding landscape and the passage through tunnels.

What was ground-breaking about the silent films “The sick Kitten” and “Life of An American Fireman”? ‘The sick Kitten’ was the first to use a close-up between two frames. The ‘Life of An American Fireman’ was the first to use a cut between frames.

What was the name of the first ‘Film Star’ in Hollywood? Florence Lawrence

1895-1918: The World Discovers A New Art form or Birth of the Cinema

•What was the name of the first film made by the Lumiere Brother and when was this?

Workers leaving the Lumiere Factory 1895

•What is the “Phantom Ride”?

The earliest Phantom Rides were shot on the front of trains which created the affect of a floating Phantom moving forward.

•What was ground-breaking about the silent films “The Sick Kitten” and “Life of an American Fireman”?

The Sick Kitten was the first film to use a close up on the Kitten eating. And in the Life of an American Fireman uses continuity editing(cutting between locations to follow the story)

•What was the name of the first “film star” in Hollywood?

Florance Lawrence

•What was the name of the first film made by the Lumiere Brother and when was this?

Born, June 6, 1948, Bandol created the fist motion picture La Sortie des ouvriers de l’usine Lumière (Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory) in 1995.

•What is the “Phantom Ride”?

Phantom rides were a popular early-film trick – fix a camera to the front or back of a moving vehicle and give the audience the sensation of travel, as well as taking in some exotic or picturesque scenery.

•What was ground-breaking about the silent films “The Sick Kitten” and “Life of an American Fireman”?

‘The Sick Kitten’ was the first close up and the ‘life of the American Fireman’ first used continuity editing/cutting.

•What was the name of the first “film star” in Hollywood?

Florence Lawrence