Video Technology-sound worksheet
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- Where is most of the profit made in the film industry?
- software (selling and renting of the film)
- What are 3 types of original sound/film sync methods?
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1.mouthing and miming to a playback record
2.simaltaneous live recording of image and sound
3.post sync dubbing - Who invented the first sound machine and what was it called
- Thomas Edison invented the phonograph
- How big is the film industry in comparison to other U.S. corperations?
- 3rd largest
- Which came first: sound or image recording?
- sound
- Who invented the first sound machine and what was it called?
- Thomas Edison invented the phonograph
- Who invented the zoopraxiscope?
- Edward Muybridge
- What was the most difficult problem facing sound on film?
- amplification
- What year did sound succesfully land on film?
- 1927
- What was the name of the first public movie theatre, where was it located, and when was it opened?
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-Theatre Robert Houdin
-Paris
-Aprili 1896 - What were the 4 original criticisms of sound in movies?
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1.restricted directors
2.prevented camera mobility
3.inhibited actors
4.caused great problems for cameramen
+intruded on the viewers imagaination
- Name 5 of the improvements generated by sound investigation and usage
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1.standardization of camera speed to exsactly 24 frames per second
2.forced producers to make better films
3.forced better lighting
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5.standardized projection - How long were the first feature films?
- 5 minutes
- What was the first hit sound movie and what are 4 reasons it was successful?
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-The Jazz Singer
1.improved sound quality
2.better film-sharper images
3.big star-Al Jolsen
4.it had music and talking(musical) - What was the first feature talkig film shot outdoors?
- In Old Arizona
- What was the common name for Thomas Edison and his factory?
- the wizard of menlo park
- How long are feature films today?
- 90+ minutes
- What were 2 positive outcomes of sound on film?
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1.revitalized box office income
2.forced people to advance the technology - What was "the trust"?
- the patent holding monopoly formed by Edison and others
- How much did Edward Armet's phonograph cost and how much did the other ones cost?
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his: $5
others: $25 - What was special about the phono-cinema theatre?
- the sound was matched to tempo with the projected film preformence
- What company finally solved the sound sync problem?
- AT&T
- What invention did E.E. Norton design?
- cameraphone
- What did W.K.L. Dickson invent?
- the motion picture machine
- What was the phonoscope and who invented it?
- it was a tool for teaching the deaf to speak and it was invented by Dr. George Demeny
- What were the original companies names for the present day Sony Corporation?
- American Graphone Company and Columbia Phonograph Company
- How did Edison get information from his competitors?
- he had industrial spies
- What was a major problem with actors and actresses when sound on film began?
- the quality was poor
- IN 1895 what did Louis and Auguste Lumiere present to the public?
- the cinematographe-the first film projector