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

“Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory” on December 28, 1895

Workers Leaving The Lumière Factory in Lyon, also known as Employees Leaving the Lumière Factory and Exiting the Factory, is an 1895 French short black-and-white silent documentary film directed and produced by Louis Lumière

What is the “Phantom Ride”?

Cameramen would literally strap themselves and their cameras to the buffer of a speeding train. From this position, the film would appear to be moving thanks to an invisible force, hence the name ‘phantom ride’ by which they soon came to be known

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

The film “The Sick Kitten” is a 1903 British short silent comedy film, directed by George Albert Smith, featuring two young children tending to a sick kitten this film utilised the first close-up in film of a kitten eating

The film “Life of an American Fireman” utilised editing by having multiple shots edited together to tell a story rather than having one long take

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

Florence Lawrence was a Canadian-American stage performer and film actress. She is often referred to as the “first movie star”, and was long thought to be the first film actor to be named publicly

According to Cousin’s, why did the hub if film production in the USA move from the East Coast of America to Hollywood?

Hollywood was an ideal place to produce movies since filmmakers couldn’t be sued there for infringing on motion picture film patents held by Thomas Edison and his Motion Picture Patents Company. It was also very cheap land so they could buy big buildings for filming.

The Danish film industry was described as best in the world 

Which nation’s film industry does Cousin’s describe as “the best in the world” in the 1910’s and why?

Who directed Birth of a Nation (1915) and why is the film continue to divide opinions among film critics, practitioners and theorists?

D.W. Griffith’s – Racism and a negative portrayal of Black characters (white men in black face, politically unacceptable in modern standards) makes the film controversial, but the opinion is divided by critics due to it’s use of cuts and beautiful types of shots.

•How many cinema screens were there on Jersey during the “Golden Age” of cinema ? (1930s to 60s)

14-15

•How many cinema screens are there now?

10

•What independent cinema spaces currently exist on Jersey?

Howard Davis, The grand hotel

•Explain why the number of cinema screens have declined over the years and what you think the implications are for the film industry in general.

The rise of streaming services has contributed to the decline of turnout in theaters. Going to the movies is a beloved experience for many, but has become less popular as of late.

Bong Joon-Ho

Role 1 : Sound

Responsible for creating the sound and blending and editing sounds in post-production. This includes creating sounds such as Foley, non-diegetic sounds and ambient sounds and editing them into my film to enhance the tone or the narrative. Sound is used in film for many reasons like to reveal the movie’s story, to provide audience awareness and expectation, to express a point of view of storyteller or character, to provide rhythm, to provide emphasis to provide characterization or to provide continuity.

Professional Inspiration

My inspiration for sound is Mikkel E.G. Nielsen’s use of sound in the film Sound of Metal as it is a very interesting artistic interpretation of a musicians struggle with going deaf and the technical use of sound is very astounding. His use of sound is very creative

Low Shot

In cinematography, a low-angle shot, is a shot from a camera angle positioned low on the vertical axis, anywhere below the eye line, looking up. Sometimes, it is even directly below the subject’s feet. Psychologically, the effect of the low-angle shot is that it makes the subject look strong and powerful.

High-angle shot

A high-angle shot is a cinematic technique where the camera looks down on the subject from a high angle and the point of focus often gets “swallowed up”. High-angle shots can make the subject seem vulnerable or powerless when applied with the correct mood, setting, and effects

Eye-Level Shot

The eye level shot is exactly what it sounds like: the cinematographer positions the camera angle directly at the eye level of the character. The subject is usually captured from the knees to the head, with very little surrounding context.

Extreme Closeup

The extreme close-up shot is traditionally used in film to allow the viewer to enter the character’s intimate space, revealing certain characteristics and emotions that would otherwise go unnoticed from afar.

Extreme Long Shot

 In film, a view of a scene that is shot from a considerable distance, so that people appear as indistinct shapes. An extreme long shot, on the other hand, is a shot that frames the character or subject from a distance and focuses primarily on their surroundings. This shot is often used as an establishing shot for location or setting, before focusing on the character or scene

Medium Shot

The medium shot, sometimes also called a mid-shot or waist shot, is a film shot that stretches from around the waist (or sometimes the knees) of a subject up to their head. (Sometimes people also use it to refer to full-length views.) The director of photography uses a medium shot to clearly show the actor’s face and emotions while still informing the audience of what’s going on in the world around them.

DIEGETIC GAZE

Diegetic perspective or “gaze” is expressed in terms of how the audience is being asked to look at the content or subjects on screen by the director e.g. what is being emphasised through the use of close up?

INTRA-DIEGETIC

The intra-diegetic gaze is when the audience are put in the place of a character and being asked to see things from their viewpoint e.g. through the use of subjective camerawork in films like Cloverfield ().

The use of Intra-diegetic in ‘The Blair Witch Project’ helps the audience feel in the world of the movie as the audience views and watches everything that the characters see from their point of view, this helps the film feel grounded and not overly unrealistic, the use of a found footage film and intra-diegetic also works well with the genre of the film of it being a horror film.

EXTRA-DIEGETIC

The extra-diegetic gaze is when someone on screen addresses the audience directly by looking directly down the lens of the camera– sometimes known as “breaking the 4^th wall”. Not to be confused with the above when the audience are being asked to the “perspective” of another character.

Extra-diegetic gaze is used throughout Ferris Buellers Day off Ferris breaks the fourth wall multiple times in his explanation of what he is about to do. He is skipping school for the ninth day in the same semester—and shamelessly showing us his entire secret game plan. This automatically makes him a likable character.

Gross box office = total earnings of the movie by selling tickets. 

This means the more people that watch the movie the higher the box office will be.

this image demonstrates that in recent years the most likely way your film will be successful is if the movie is part of a pre-existing franchise, this is because these film franchises have previously established fans and most commonly are made from pre-existing media that already has a large fanbase.

In addition, most films that are successful are not aged rated higher than 12a as this allows the film to be accessible to most ages without limiting key demographics.

Another common factor is that most successful films are big budget and have well known actors in them to help promote the film to their previously established large fan bases.

James Cameron utilises Mis-en-scene in Titanic to its full extent by exposing the viewer to a wide selection of Sets, Props, and costumes that are thematically accurate which helps the world-building and allows the audience to realise that they are in a time period very different from their own.

In the iconic scene that features Jack and Rose at the front of the titanic, the background shows the ocean making the audience aware of the ship’s location isolated away, in the middle of the sea in addition the lighting is dark and the sky is an orangy tint to create a sense of romance. And lastly, the set of the front of the ship also helps the audience visualise their location.

The costumes that the characters wear in the titanic are old fashioned to present that the film isn’t made in a modern period, in addition, Jack’s costume is more scruffy compared to roses which appear quite elegant to symbolise their wealth disparity.