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| − | Thomas Edison (1847-1931)
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| − | 9 May 1893: First public presentation of motion pictures
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| − | Brooklyn Institute of the Arts & Sciences
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| − | Black Maria studio
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| − | Characteristics of Edison films
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| − | Illuminated by the sun, but shot indoors
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| − | Long shot (no close ups)
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| − | 30-45 secs
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| − | One shot long (no editing)
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| − | No camera movement
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| − | No real plots/stories
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| − | Exhibition
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| − | Kinetosope parlors
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| − | Patents on motion picture technology
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| − | Motion Picture Patents Company (aka, The Trust)
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| − | Blacksmithing Scene, 1893
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| − | August and Louis Lumière
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| − | Similarities with Edison films
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| − | Sunlight.
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| − | Long shot (no close-ups).
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| − | No editing.
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| − | Short: 60-70 secs.
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| − | Differences
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| − | Scenes of everyday life
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| − | Shot outdoors, on "location" (using sunlight)
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| − | No actors. Used real people in everyday situations.
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| − | Little or no camera movement.
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| − | Exhibited as fairground oddity.
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| − | 28 December 1895: first public screening, with admission charged
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| − | Georges Méliès
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| − | Similarities with Edison & Lumière films
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| − | No editing within scenes.
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| − | Long shot.
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| − | No camera movement.
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| − | Exhibited as fairground oddity.
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| − | Differences from Edison & Lumière films
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| − | Actively told stories, with real plots.
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| − | Fabricated sets.
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| − | Actors, acrobats, magicians.
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| − | Special effects (camera "tricks").
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| − | Hand-coloring.
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