Cinema History: First milestones

What does the term "persistence of vision" mean?

• trying one's best to see clearly

• your brain interpreting what you see correctly

• seeing a series of still pictures & interpreting them as moving pictures

• making photographs on metal plates

This was the first "talkie," starring Al Jolsen.

• The Birth of a Nation

• The Jazz Singer

• The Great Train Robbery

• Noah's Ark

Thomas Edison's invention for viewing motion pictures was called a

• nickelodeon.

• kinetoscope.

• vitagraph.

• zoopraxiscipe.

The arcade where individuals could watch Edison's motion pictures, named after the cost of one viewing, was called a

• nickelodeon.

• kinetoscope.

• projector.

• dime store.

Griffith is most well-known for this film, that offers a sympathetic Southern view of the Civil War and a heroic portrayal of the Klu Klux Klan.

• Horse in Motion

• Noah's Ark

• The Birth of a Nation

• Ben-Hur

This silent comedian is best known for his dry, deadpan expressions.

• Charlie Chaplin

• Buster Keaton

• Harold Lloyd

• Harry Langdon

Who filmed "A Trip to the Moon”?

• Thomas Edison

• Eadweard Muybridge

• Lumiere brothers

• Georges Méliès

The most common types of early film experiments shot what type of subjects?

• Ordinary daily life

• Sporting events

• Church services

• Short stories (narratives)

Why is "The Great Train Robbery" important in film history?

• It is considered the first Western film.

• It contains the first example of crosscutting (or parallel editing)

• Both of these are true statements.

• Neither of these is true.

The first motion picture camera was called a

• Telegraph

• Kinetograph

• Kinetoscope

• Telescope