文档介绍：Review
1. Edwin S. Porter
specialty: bined the outdoor scenes with artificial indoor ones.
What is his representative work?
The Great Train Robbery
Groundbreaking in the use of cross-cutting
Premier attraction at the first nickelodeon
Established motion pictures mercial entertainment in the United States
Lay foundation for the westerns
2. D. W. Griffth
background—two fights
patents—two trusts---Edison’pany and Boigraph Studios
Between trusts and independent film-making--- the birth of Hollywood
What is trust?
an entity with intent to create a monopoly
What is indie film?
a series of monopolistic 垄断的 practices by several major American film studios which controlled the production, distribution, and exhibition of films.
What are today’s big six?
Columbia Pictures, 20 Century Fox, Walt Disney Motion Picture Group, Paramount Motion Picture Group, Universal
Griffth
The Birth of a Nation
-- one of the first feature length film
Intolerance
3. Comedies in Silent Films
Silent Era is the time edies and also the golden time.
(1) the edy star: Maxlinder
(2) the edy: The Sprinkler Sprinkled
(3) Mack t: discovered Chaplin; innovator of edy; Keystone Cops
(4) Buster Keaton– the Michelangelo of edy
(5) Fatty Arbuckle: trademark balloon pants, boots & tiny hat
(6) Charles Chaplin
Hat from Maxlinder; pants and boots from Arbuckle
edy stars:
Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Harry Langdon
Four best-sellers:
“The Freshman”, Harold Lloyd《大学新生》
“The Birth of a Nation”, Griffith 《一个国家的诞生》
“The Gold Rush”, Charles Chaplin《淘金记》
“The Big Parade”, Robert Youngson (罗伯特杨森)《大阅兵》
4. Genres of films
Shoot-out Film 警匪片
Musical Films edy with Witty dialogues
Chapter 3 Avant-garde Film Movement in Europe
Avant-garde means “advance guard” or “vanguard". The adjective form is used in English, to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics.
Avant-garde represents a pushing of the boundaries of what i