Tuesday, February 21, 2012

motion picture article

http://www.school.eb.com/eb/article-9110698

- still photographs that are projected extremely fast to create the illusion of movement
- a type of art
- uses photography, and sound (orriginal film did not have sound) at same time.
- first truly massed form of enterntainment.
- offers fictional narratives to audiences.
- new meanings of artistic expressions, sush as acting, script writing, directing, ext.
- effective, especially with emotion.

This article has raised some new questions:
1. How do film cameras work?
2. How is film an art?
3. How did films become so famous?