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| a amchine for prejecting slides onto distant surfaces |
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| a motion picture camera that took 40 photos a second |
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| process of recoding images on polished metals |
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| a device that takes pictures and projected action |
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| tying together two separate but related shots in such a way that they take on a whole new meaning |
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| Motion Picture Patent Company, 10 companies that held patents to virtually every aspect of the film making industry. They censored what should be in films (love scenes, profanities, etc.) |
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| Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America |
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| the practice of requiring exhibitors to rent groups of movies to secure a better one |
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| the fear that communist, socialist and leftist propaganda was being inserted secretly into entertainment films |
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| How has technology influenced movies? |
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| by shooting movies on video tape and digital film making made grand special affects expected in films |
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| promotional professionals say yes or no and declare how much money and effort they will spend on it |
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| distributors only open movie on a few screens to see critics response |
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| specialty divisions of the major studios to produce more sophisticated but less expensive films |
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| movies that can be described in one sentence |
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| an expensive blockbuster around which a studio plans its other releases |
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| movies produced with the intention of making sequels |
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| films that are produced as much for their ability to generate interest in non film products |
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| What two factors combined to encourage the roll out of digital distribution? |
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1. popularity of 3-D films
2. Growing number of popularity of films shot with digital equipment |
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| the sponsor financing of movies to advance manufacturers product line. |
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| a sort of peep show device. most always accompanied by another Edison audio invention: the phonograph. Basically marked the beginning of the commercial motion picture exhibition. |
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| The most influential silent film of all time |
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| The Birth of a Nation. directed by D.W. Griffith. This also took movies out of the nickelodeons and made them into a big business. |
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