THTRFLM 3FF3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Lee De Forest, Kinetoscope, Warner Bros.
21 Dec 2019
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Machine age art movement - when stallion comes to power there was a shift in policy that shut down the constructivist trend - replaced by socialist realism. Art should be realistic to present its political messages more clearly to the pop. October 6, 1927: the jazz singer staring al johnson. Lms were never shown silently (organs, musical accompaniment, etc) Why did sound take hold when it did: technological improvements. Kinetophone creates, look at images through a peep hole accompanied by sound (audience didn"t like) Chronophone: synchronized sound lm linking a projector to phonographs. Edison revisits the kinetophone and creates an improved version with little success. Problem was the attempt to use acoustical sound. Audion ampli er tube: audio ampli cation device needed - lee de forest creates. Allowed for sound waves to be electronically ampli ed. Tri-ergon system: to put sound on lm, another device was needed to turn sound into light.
