Saturday, September 5, 2009

Week of September 8th: Early Film History


This week:


Persistence of Vision

Major inventions in film history 1870-1900

Eadward Muybridge

Edison's first films (The Kiss, Fred Otts Sneeze)

Analysis of the films of the Lumiere Brothers

The works and contributions of George Melies

A Trip to the Moon (1902)

Works of Edwin S. Porter, including The Great Train Robbery (1903)

Readings on the three aspects of film: art, economics, and politics

Compare and contrast the works of Lumiere Brothers, Melies and Edison







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