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WorksheetsHistory of Film, Set 2 First Movie Camera
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
This is the name of the engineer working with Thomas Edison to invent the motion picture camera
W.K.L. Dickson
A.B.C. Dickson
George Eastman
William Chevrolet
W.C. Fields
Which below is the name of the first motion picture camerq?
Kinetograph
Photograph
Thomas Edison was the first to realize the huge potential for showing motion pictures on a big screen to a large audience.
True
False
Who did Thomas Edison go to in order to have rolls of light-sensitive film strips produced for his new camera?
George Eastman
Betsy Devos
Jane Fonda
Bobby Shutterfly
The holes along the edge of a film strip are called
sprocket holes
rabbit holes
film sockets
frame guides
What is this image demonstrating?
How a film strip moves through an early motion picture camera
How sprockets from bicycles were used to move film through an early Edison Kinetiscope.
Given the limitation of early film strips, how long could the first motion pictures run at one time to one person viewing the movie?
16 seconds
16 minutes
1 hour
6 hours
What is amazing about the Kinetiscope is that Edison also figured out how to capture sound at the same time.
True
Very False
What is the image showing?
Demonstrating how early movies were viewed by the public.
How the Kinetiscope changed life in America.
An example of not practicing safe social distance.
Early form of the Internet and distance learning.
Edison also built the first film studio in America
True
False
What color of a background was used in the first film production studio to increase contrast so that the actors could be seen on the film?
green
blue
black
white
cyan
Why did Edison's first production studio have sunroof and a rotating base?
The camera required a lot of light which had to come from the sun
The camera required a lot of light which had to come from the moon.
The camera required a lot of air to keep the camera from overheating.
Between 1893 and 1895 the early movies are known for an intense focus on storytelling rather than on recording sound and action.
True
False
Because of the short duration of a roll of early film, a director/producer had to do which of the following?
create interesting action within a 16-second time frame
create characters that talked very quickly and to the point
create special effects using digital technology
The Kinetograph's most significant limitation as an effective tool for making movies that would tell a story is which of the following?
It was too big and heavy to move around and capture a variety of camera shots.
It required too much power and would overload the power grid of most cities.
It required too many people to operate the camera on a set.
There were not enough actors available trained in performing in front of a camera.
Which of the limitations of the Kinetograph below is true?
it required 10 people to operate the camera
the lens could not capture more than one person at a time
the sun was required for light
the camera could only operate in the dark of night
only two people at a time could watch one of the movies
Actors performing for the Kinetograph had to rehearse extensively before filming because of which reason below?
there was no way to edit the film
the camera could not be stopped once it started running
the actors were paid by the hour and so the director allowed them very little time to act
