Film &

Introduction  Camera is the Latin word for “room”  The desire to record and preserve images is probably as old as civilization itself  Camera obscura- practical device that could harness the image-transferring property of light. Ex. Dark closet/hole/paper/image

Photography  An artistic inspiration that tells the hands what to find and record.  Just as a painter’s brain tells the hands what marks to make on a canvas, the photographer’s brain is telling the camera what to do.  Constantly seeing compositions

Portraits  cartes de visite, French for “visiting card”- a photograph of yourself, roughly the size of a playing card  Ex. Mathew Brady- Cooper Union college (Abraham Lincoln Cooper Union speech)

Landscape  Capturing of nature’s forms  Ex. Timothy O’Sullivan- Sand Springs Nevada 1867  Ansel Adams- moon and Half Dome 1966  Berenice Abbott- Nightview, New York 1932

Photography in Print: Photojournalism  Newspapers during the 19 th century still had to capture images by drawing, lithographs or wood engravings.  The development of photography in today’s world is usually used by photojournalists.  Luck + Skill= Good photojournalist  Ex. Robert Frank- Trolley, New Orleans  Sebastiao Salgado- Gold Miners at Serra Palada para Brazil 1987

Photography and Art  Dada- Ex. Hannah Hoch- Cut with the Kitchen Knife Dada through the Germany’s Last Weimar Beer Belly Cultural Epoch 1919  Surrealism- often revealed something strange and usually just for a split second everything can come together  Ex. Henri Cartier-Bresson- Valencia 1933  Ex. Andres Serrano- Black Supper II 1990

Film  Throughout history artists have tried to create the illusion of motion in a still image  Makes images on a screen seem real

1 st commercial movie theater in history  December 28, 1895  Paris café basement  Ex. The Arrival of a Train at the Station (Lumieres Brothers)-1 st silent films ..\..\train station.htm..\..\train station.htm

Charles Chaplin  A man who tapped the endlessly entertaining possibilities of the human condition  Laughing at oneself and situations in everyday life  Charlie the character was your basic underdog that always fell short or accidents happened to that also had a heart of gold.

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1930’s  Color photography in film was perfected  Ex. David O. Selznick-Gone with the Wind  1 st book turned to movie (pos & neg) ..\..\Gone with the Wind.htm..\..\Gone with the Wind.htm

1941 Citizen Kane  26 year old boy genius-Orson Welles  Created this film almost single-handed  Played the lead role, produced, directed, co- author of screenplay, supervised the editing and set design, costumes. ..\..\citizen kane.htm..\..\citizen kane.htm

1950’s and 1960’s  Ingmar Bergman (Swedish)- Ex The Seventh Seal-Death and the Knight playing chess ..\..\7th seal.htm..\..\7th seal.htm  Federico Fellini (Italian)- Ex. La Dolce Vita- “the sweet life”- contrast between old stable views and society’s new focus on instant sensual gratification ..\..\La Dolce Vita.htm..\..\La Dolce Vita.htm

Special Effects and Animation  Series of drawings or cartoons, each slightly different, arranged on film and projected in a speed that makes the drawing seem like its moving.  In film anything is possible  Animation- “bringing to life”  Ex. King Kong most memorable 1 st examples of special effects ..\..\YouTube - King Kong 1933.htm..\..\YouTube - King Kong 1933.htm

Walt Disney  Employed armies of artists to do original movies  The mechanics are now simplified by computers  1991 Beauty and the Beast ..\..\YouTube - Beauty and the Beast.htm..\..\YouTube - Beauty and the Beast.htm

Video  Art=communication  Video art=mass communication  No other medium even approaches its potential to present millions of people one visual experience at the same time.  Now with computers the possibilities are endless  Ex. Peter Campus- Three Translations 1973 ..\..\YouTube - Three Transitions - Peter Campus.htm..\..\YouTube - Three Transitions - Peter Campus.htm