When it comes to film history, there are a ton of terms and events you need to know if you want to be able to talk about it with any knowledge or authority. That's why I wanted to create this glossary. In it, you'll find the major events and terms that you really should know in order to have a basis of understanding of movies and where they came from. This will provide you with a much-needed history of the art form and hopefully give you ideas of what you can contribute to its future. Let's dive in. The Film History GlossaryA-CAuteur Theory: A theory that influenced the New Hollywood generation of directors.Birth of Cinema (1895): The first public, communal showing of short films to a paying audience, credited to the Lumière brothers on December 28, 1895, in Paris.Block Booking: An anti-competitive practice from the Studio System era where studios forced theaters to buy a "block" of B-movies and shorts to get the few "A-pictures" they wanted. It was ended by the Paramount Decree.CGI (Rise of) (1990s): The period when computer-generated imagery became a revolutionary tool for creating photorealistic effects (e.g., Jurassic Park), reshaping the modern blockbuster.Cinématographe: The all-in-one camera, processor, and projector used by the Lumière brothers for the first public film screening.CinemaScope (1953): A famous widescreen format, part of the Widescreen Revolution, which used an anamorphic lens to create a very wide image to compete with television.D-KDigital Revolution (late 1990s - 2000s): The industry-wide shift from shooting and...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Thursday, 23 October