Filmikunsti ajalugu
sound
Was inspired by jules verne"the first men in the moon"
First science-fiction film. It was also first pirated film. Melies 400th film. Became a
worldwide success, pirated in the usa. Europeans was showed violent, ww1. Melies mocks the
scientists.
Barbe-bleue-sinihabe. Fairytale/horror.
He invented the fiction film and profounfly influenced specific film genres:
· German expressionism(set design)
· Surrealism(playfulnessm spontanitym sybolism)
· Comedies
· d.w. griffith
· charlie chaplin
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D.W.Griffith(1875-1948)
The birth of hollywood
Born in Kentucky, osn of a condeferate officer. Kept a life-long nostalgia for the values of
,,The Old South". Initially actor, lot of peopleat that time credited him for his good looks.
Real burning intension was to become a writer. Inspired by Charles Dickens. 1907 hired the
,,biograph" film company as a script-writer. Film making wasn't something glamorous,