According to Cousins, why did the hub of film production in the USA move from the East Coast of America to Hollywood? – Thomas Edison had placed patents for several aspects of filmmaking, so production moved to Hollywood to avoid having to pay him royalties.

Which nation’s film industry does Cousins describe as “the best in the world” in the 1910s and why? – Scandinavia, specifically Denmark. Natural lighting there gave films specific innovative looks that could not be given elsewhere. Lack of censorship there gave European filmmakers the ability to have creative freedom.

Give an example of two films and two directors from this place and time cited by Cousins as remarkable. – Benjamin Christensen, director of Häxan, and Victor Sjöströ, director of The Phantom Carriage.

Who directed Birth of a Nation (1915) and why did the film continue to divide opinions among film critics, practitioners and theorists? – D.W Griffith, the film is controversial due to it’s racist depictions and portrayals of African Americans, and portraying the Ku Klux Klan as a heroic force.