==October 14th, 2019==
Jaws 1980 was the first blockbuster.
Timing it for when people are free for most exposure.
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Movies and The Illusion of Realtion:
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Is Film a slice of reality or an illusion?

Development of film Narrative

History of Hollywood

Alternatives to Hollywood

Modern Global Film Industry
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Early Film Technology:

Film is moving images: Putting photographs in a sequence. Do it right and the brains do the job for us.

Films are photographs projected sequenctially with light on a screen.

-Eadweard Muybridge, Hannibal Goodwin, and George Eastmen:
Eadweard had a bet: Do all 4 legs of a horse move when galloping.

Eastmen took pictures and then moved accross a string of film.
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Thomas Edison v. Louis and Auguste Lumiere
Battle between who invented film.
Edison: Vidascope.
Lumiere: Cinematograph: A camera, dev studio, and projector.

Arrival of a train at La Ciotat (The Lumiere Brothers, 1895)
Film mostly a Novelty.
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Film, Narratives, and Visual/Special Effects:
George Melies. A stage Magician.

Film rolls have the potential to be cut, edited, and rearranged; this opened up the real potential for narrative and special effects.

Le Votage dans La Lune (A trip to the moon) 1902: First video that has modern effects in it.

Uses mostly hand gestures and emotion to tell the story.
Some drawing on a chalkboard.
Fighting to show conflict of ideas.
Cross fade to people building.

Music also showing effect. Fast music showing upbeat excitement.

Cut effect, and the men are shot to the moon

Zooming to show closer to the moon

Moon gets shot in the face.

Men running and dancing on the moon now. (Jump cuts everywhere)

Depicting that the moon has at atmosphere (It doesn't)

Aliens attack, then men are hitting them, they turn to dust.

Scientists Propose a plan
Scientists Agree on plan
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Propoganda:
Communication designed to persuade people of a particular idea or point of view;
Often with misinformation.

Triumph des Willens (Made Hitler look God like)

Why we fight (America).