The Silent Film Era Test

The Silent Film Era Test (Makeup Test Version)

1.Persistence of vision is a term to describe the optical illusion where multiple images blend into one image. It is the explanation for motion perception in cinema. Muybridge was the inventor of the horse in motion.He used multiple cameras to capture motion in stop motion cameras. He invented the zoopraxiscope.

2.A flip book is a series of drawings, when flipped fast look like they are moving.

3.A kinetoscope was designed for films to be viewed by one individual at a time through a peephole window at the top of the device. A cinematograph is a motion picture film camera which also serves as a film projector printer.

4.An actuality film is a non fiction film, that use footage of real events, places, and things.An example is the train stop. The black maria was Thomas Edison's movie production studio.

5.The edison trust- The motion picture patents company, was a trust of all the major american film companies. It was the leading film distributor and the biggest supplier of raw film stocks.

6.D.W Griffith was an american film director who was considered the father of film due to films like The birth of a nation, intolerance, broken blossoms and way down east.

7.The great train robbery was such a landmark due to its new film techniques. Such as Jump-cuts or cross-cuts. Also it had multiple plot lines being told.

8.The Kid was a very touching film. Chaplin did an amazing job of expressing emotion whether it was happy or sad. Chaplin knew just how to capture the audience's heart with this movie.

9. Going to the movies was like a big deal in the twenties. People loved going to the movies so much that they started calling them "picture