1. CINEMATIC TECHNIQUE COURSE OVERVIEW Motion Picture Production, Distribution, and Exhibition Chapter 1, Film Art Genre Overview Chapter 4, Film Art Film Technique Chapter 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

2. CINEMATIC TECHNIQUE Production, Distribution, and Exhibition Perception and technology: The process of motion picture reception…or shall we say deception. 1 2 3 Motion picture camera rapidly records a series of still images at the rate of 24 images (or frames) per second After processing, editing etc. the release print of the film is projected theatrically at the same rate (24 fps) onto the screen Two related phenomena - “critical flicker fusion” and “apparent motion” - help to create the illusion of movement in these still images.

3. CINEMATIC TECHNIQUE Production, Distribution, and Exhibition An example from an “early movie” by Eadweard Muybridge (1878)

4. CINEMATIC TECHNIQUE Production, Distribution, and Exhibition The “film strip” - gauge, soundtrack etc. 70 mm 35 mm 16 mm Super 8 mm

5. This film has been modified from its original version. It has been formatted to fit your TV.

6. CINEMATIC TECHNIQUE Production, Distribution, and Exhibition From film to video - “widescreen vs TV aspect ratio”