FROM STAGE TO SCREEN

History of Film

Film

Before the invention of televisionPeter Mark Roget

Persistence of Vision with Regard to Moving Objects (1824)

Image briefly perceived by the eye remains in sight for a fraction of a second even after the image is gone

Film

George Eastman Paper Film (1885) “Flip Books” Developed photographic film stock with a celluloid strip Kodak (because he liked the letter K)

Film

Thomas Edison and WKL Dickson (1891) First motion picture camera Kinetoscope

Film

Often jugglers, acrobats, and other vaudeville performers would be subject matter

J. Stewart Blackton (magician) Vitagraph Film Company Animation Humorous Phases of

Funny Faces (1906)

Film (continued innovations)

Edwin S. Porter and The Great Train Robbery Live action film Cutting film

Film (Sound)

Live pianist and/or drummerCharlie Chaplin compose complete musical

scores

Charlie Chaplin (about the Tramp)

I had no idea what makeup to put on. I did not like my get-up as the press reporter [in Making a Living]. However on the wayto the wardrobe I thought I would dress in baggy pants, big shoes, a cane and a derby hat. I wanted everything to be a contradiction:the pants baggy, the coat tight, the hat small and the shoes large. I was undecided whether to look old or young, but remembering Sennetthad expected me to be a much older man, I added a small moustache, which I reasoned, would add age without hiding my expression. I had no idea of the character. But the moment I was dressed, the clothes and the makeup made me feel the person he was. I began to know him, and by the time I walked on stage he was fully born.

Film (from Silent to “Talkies”)

Based on Theatre Silent Screen Actors Barrymores (John “the great profile”, Ethel, and Lionel) Rasputin and the Empress (1932)

Film (from Silent to “Talkies”)

D.W. Griffith Variety of shots, light and shade, film editing Close-up and zoom 1915 Birth of a Nation (for style and content)

Film (from Silent to “Talkies”)

1927 The Jazz SingerAl Jolson“You ain’t heard nothin’ yet”

Film (from Silent to “Talkies”)

1932 Technicolor 1939 The Wizard of Oz