Short History of the Movies

Name: Short History of the Movies
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ISBN: 9780205537556

ISBN-10: 0205537553

ISBN-13: 9780205537556

Edition: 10th 2008

Authors: Gerald Mast, Bruce F. Kawin, Bess Mast

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"A Short History of the Movies, 10/e "is perfect for anyone with an interest in the worldwide development of film. Recent industry developments and new films and filmmakers represent an accurate updating of a classic. The Tenth Edition includes treatment of more women filmmakers, independent filmmakers, and filmmakers of color than comparable books. Evaluations of great works from such directors as Rossellini, Scorsese, Berman, Hitchcock, and more illuminate conflicts and controversies in many areas of filmmaking.

Book details

List price: $102.60
Edition: 10th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Longman Publishing
Publication date: 10/24/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 784
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.860
Language: English




Introductory Assumptions


For Further Reading and Viewing



Birth


Frames per second


Pictures on Film


Speed


Flicker and the Continuous Signal


Persistence of Vision and Other Phenomena


Seeing with the Brain


Visual Masking and Retinal Retention


Early Observations


Separating and Integrating Frames


The Phi Phenomenon and Beta Movement


Short-Range Apparent Motion


Constructing Continuity


Scientific Toys


Emile Reynaud


Photography


Muybridge and Marey


Thomas Edison


W. K L. Dickson and William Heise


Early Cameras and Films


The Kinetoscope


A Sound Film and Studio


Projection


The Magic Lantern


The Loop and Other Solutions


The Lumiere Brothers


R.W. Paul


The Vitascope


The First Films


For Further Reading and Viewing



Film Narrative, Commercial Expansion


Early Companies


Narrative


George Melies


Cohl and Others


Edwin S. Porter


From Brighton to Biograph


Business Wars


The Film d Art


For Further Reading and Viewing



Griffith


Apprenticeship


Biograph: The One-Reelers


Two Reels and Up


The Birth of a Nation


Intolerance. 1917-31


Broken Blossoms and Way Down East


The Struggle


For Further Reading and Viewing



Mack Sennett and the Chaplin Shorts


Krazy Keystones


Charlie


For Further Reading and Viewing



Movie Czars and Movie Stars


Stars over Hollywood


The First Stars


California, Here We Come


The Emperors and Their Rule


Major Studios


Movie Palaces


Morality


Sermons and Scandals


The Hays Office


Films and Filmmakers, 1910-28


Thomas Ince


Douglas Fairbanks


DeMille and von Stroheim