Outer Space Lumière brothers The magic latern Engraving, 1840 Images in Movement It seems that one of the first cinematographic performances took place in France, in 1895, with the first showings by the Lumière brothers A film resulted from images in movement based on previous experiments and investigations Edison, among others, with his inventions of the phonograph and kinetoscope experimented on the moving image Showing images as entertainment is a practice that has taken place since the 17th century with the magic lantern Images were watched through optic boxes: an oscillating mirror substituted one image for another before the watching eye When the Lumière brothers introduced the public to their documentaries, people were already used to watching images After that, Méliès was innovative in the use of scenographic and theatre tricks in the big screen In his short films, people lost their heads, died and were reborn, or travelled to the Moon That was the beginning of fiction and science fiction in cinema During the first decade of the 20th century, Griffith created the cinema as we know it: full-length films, camera movement, montage, etc In the 1920s, cinema became an industry both in North America and Europe Sound cinema was born in 1927 Activities 1 Complete these sentences a The magic lantern b In Méliès’ films c Full-length films d The spectator English Toolkit - Art Photocopiable © Ediciones Santillana S.A / Richmond 2011 Module 2A Module 2A 2 Fill in the blanks with the correct word related to cinema actor camera setting sound screen a The Lumière brothers’ device was one of the first to enable more than one spectator to watch a film on a large b In 1927, Jazz Singer was the first full-length feature to synchronize image with c Griffith, a pioneering film maker, was at first a young stage and appeared in many films d Méliès developed his own because the Lumière brothers didn’t sell him the Cinematographe e The is part of the physical, visual appearance of the film, together with characters, costumes and the like a Cinema appeared in France in 1795 Wrong! It appeared in France in 1895 b The Lumiére brothers introduced scenographic and theatre tricks in films c In his films, Méliés showed cowboys and Indian tribes d At the end of the nineteenth century, people were used to watching films on TV e In the 1920s, cinema became an industry and people were already used to sound films f One of the first projections with a hand-cranked machine took place in 1985 4 Read the following film genres terms and explain them in your own words - Rank them according to your interest Support your choice - Give examples of films for your favourite top three Westerns Crime and gangster Science fiction (Sci-fi) Adventure Epics Drama Comedy Horror Action Animation 5 In groups, look for information about a film that is related to space travel and write a review Include information about director, country, company, language, release date, genre, cast and include a brief summary of the plot English Toolkit - Art Photocopiable © Ediciones Santillana S.A / Richmond 2011 3 Correct these ideas