The secret to film is that it's an illusion. - WordPress.com
The secret to film is that it's an illusion. - WordPress.com
The secret to film is that it's an illusion. - WordPress.com
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H<strong>is</strong><strong>to</strong>ry of the Movie Industry: Silent Era• Early cinema beg<strong>an</strong> with silent <strong>film</strong>s• Technology not developed <strong>to</strong> add sound until 1925• S<strong>to</strong>rytelling was limited <strong>to</strong> placards shown on screen for the audience <strong>to</strong> read• L<strong>an</strong>guage barriers not a big <strong>is</strong>sue because placards could be tr<strong>an</strong>slated <strong>an</strong>dreplaced• S<strong>to</strong>ries were short <strong>an</strong>d simple• George Melies: (1861-1938): An early French flimmaker who pioneered the use ofspecial effects in <strong>film</strong> in order <strong>to</strong> show imaginative s<strong>to</strong>ries• Used <strong>film</strong> <strong>to</strong> create <strong>illusion</strong>s• Objects appear or d<strong>is</strong>appear, tr<strong>an</strong>sformed• Le Voyage d<strong>an</strong>s la lune, 1902• Silent <strong>film</strong>s <strong>to</strong>ok on a s<strong>to</strong>rytelling function after 1910• Birth of a Nation, 1915, first major full-length <strong>film</strong>
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