Early Film History

What animal is associated with the first explorations in film?

• a rooster

• a horse

• a lizard

• a penguin

What sparked inspiration for the first film to be made?

• the desire to show what life was like for the Selenites on the moon

• a very strong man

• the desire to capture real life moments in the early 1900s

• a bet was made about whether or not a horse's hooves ever leave the ground all at the same time

Viewing a series of images in rapid succession creates the illusion of continuous motion. This is known as the _________________________?

• Mirrored Image

• Most respectable theatre

• The Persistence of Vision

• Phi Phenomenon

The Persistence of Vision is:

• the scientific fact that your eye does not catch the split-second interruptions when a sequence of images is presented in rapid succession. This is because your brain still holds an image for a fraction of a second after it is gone.

• reflecting stories common to humanity, no matter the time or culture.

• the name of the horse captured on film for Muybridge's photographic evidence

• the name of the first western film created

What is the name of the optical toy we created to demonstrate the concepts of Phi Phenomenon and Persistence of Vision?

• Projector

• Kinetic movement

• Thaumatrope

• Camera

Who invented the kinetograph and the kinetoscope?

• The Lumiere Brothers

• Edwin Porter

• Georges Mieles

• Thomas Edison

What is the name of the machine invented by Edison through which one viewer could watch his films?

• Sprinkler

• Kinetoscope

• Phonograph

• Cinematographe

Edison made linear films. What is a linear film?

• a motion picture

• an optical illusion

• an unedited film

• respectable theatre

What was the filming device that Thomas Edison invented?

• cinematographe

• kinetograph

• kinetoscope

• motion picture

Who were the first to show a film to an audience by projecting it onto a large screen?

• The Marx Brothers

• The Brothers Grimm

• The Wright Brothers

• The Lumiere Brothers