History of Film #1

What is film often described as in terms of its cultural impact?

• An outdated technology

• A simple entertainment tool

• A powerful medium of mass communication

• A minor art form

What phenomenon explains why we don't see black spaces between frames in a movie?

• Optical Illusion

• Persistence of Vision

• Frame Blending

• Phi Phenomenon

What device is known for creating the illusion of motion before film?

• Zoetrope

• Kinetograph

• Camera Obscura

• Chronophotographic Gun

Who took the first known camera photograph?

• Joseph Nicéphore Niépce

• Thomas Edison

• Louis Daguerre

• George Eastman

What was the purpose of Eadweard Muybridge's photographic experiment?

• To create the first motion picture

• To prove a horse lifts all four hooves off the ground at full gallop

• To invent the first camera

• To study human motion

Who invented the world's first motion picture film camera?

• Eadweard Muybridge

• Louis Daguerre

• Étienne-Jules Marey

• Thomas Edison and W.K.L. Dickson

What is one of the key aesthetic choices filmmakers use to influence audience interpretation?

• The genre of the film

• The soundtrack volume

• The duration of the movie

• Shot angle and shot size