![]() This movie camera would have a light source to capture a series of images composed of ‘frames’ onto a flexible, and reproducible celluloid. ![]() The origin of cinema lies in our need for this illusion of motion and the subsequent industry race to create a movie camera capable of recording and projecting images for the viewing pleasure of its audience. Cinema does not literally show us movement, but it does show us a fast succession of still images. The first element in this film form is the technical aspect of watching moving images. These historical influences on the film industry in its early stages developed a sturdy film form. The rules by which we make film today are more or less these same rules, which were developed out of industry competition, global wars, audience reception, and incorporation of radical art movements. Cinema storytelling became standardized remarkably quickly – within the first two decades of its existence. ![]() To understand how and why the film industry has grown to become the primary mode of artistic expression in the world, we must first carefully trace the path of early cinema, which developed the movie standards that we use today. CHAPTER 1: FILM HISTORY Silent Cinema: The Beginning of Film Form (1895 – 1928)įilm history begins well before the invention of the motion picture camera.
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