RTF 306 Chapter 1: Textbook Chapter 1 Notes
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Chapter one: the invention and innovation of motion pictures. Two very important people bc they created inventions to record and project thomas edison of the us and brothers auguste and louis. Capture images that would interest potential audience. Important people: edwin porter (usa) and george melies (france) Aimed for export, but for distribution to their own people. Before wwi, traded on the open market by foot/,eter. Pathe, french company, provided a model by sending representatives to sell equipment/film in places where none existed. Lost advantage after wwi, hollywood (lead by adolph zukor) emerged. Created for a purpose, purpose can evolve. Innovation is established, convince the world to adopt it. Late 19th century europe = center of this form of entertainment. Lead to eadweard muybridge taking pictures of horses. Still were individual images, marey invented a camera that recorded 12 separate images. Thought his inventions would be used for scientists. Breakthrough came when dickson (worked for edison) met marey in.
