Unit 1 - Part 2 Learning Outcomes
Origins of Cinema
Learning Objectives: By the end of this Module the student will be able to:
1) Explain the difference between Cinema and other formats for experiencing moving pictu
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Unit 1 - Part 2 Learning Outcomes
Origins of Cinema
Learning Objectives: By the end of this Module the student will be able to:
1) Explain the difference between Cinema and other formats for experiencing moving picture media.
Cinema is sharing an experience with others. TVs, phone, and other media devices are economical reality. Shared individual experience, everyone has their own individual reaction to the movie that is viewed in theater.
2) Explain the terms Phi Phenomenon and Persistence of Vision.
Persistence of Vision: a characteristic of human perception whereby the brain retains images cast upon the retina of the eye for 1/20th to 1/5th of a second beyond their actual removal in the field of vision from the field of vision.
The phi phenomenon: A phenomenon that causes us to see the individual blades of a rotating fan as a unitary circular form or the different hues of a spinning color wheel as a single homogenous color.
3) Identify the basic film speeds of American cinema films and European cinema films.
In United States: 24 still images per second are photographed and then projected for the audience.
In Europe and in many foreign countries: the standard is 25 still images per second.
(this is due to the electricity output of each country).
4) Explain Thomas Edison’s contribution to the origins of Cinema.
He was looking for an invention that would allow him to provide visual accompaniment to his phonograph sound recordings. This is a kinetoscope.
5) Explain the contributions of the Lumiere brothers to Cinema.
Invented a portable system that combined a motion picture camera, projector, and film printer. It was called the cinematograph. This is where the term
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