Fim And The Art Movement Essay

In this essay i am going to talk about the history of fim and the art movements which have a relationship to the cinematic modes of representation. the history of film began in the 1890s with the invention of the first motion picture camera. the first films were very short, usually less than one minute, and would usually be a single scene, from life or staged, of everyday life, public event or slapstick. there was no cinematic technique, no camera movements, and a flat compostition, like a stage. William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, is credited with the invention of a practicalle form of celluloid strip containing a sequence of images. the basis of a method of photographing and projecting moving images. Following this Thomas Edison introduced two

his films were like nothing seen before, they were of fantasy, for example "A Trip to the Moon" in 1902. He pioneered a lot of the fundamentals in special effects techniques used in the twentieth century. he showed that film could be anything imaginable, it was able to change reality, and transport the viewer to a new world. his films also had multiple scenes, and were as long as 15 minutes. Edison's leading director, Edwin S. Porter, also had a play in making film more sophisticating. he made editing more advanced, as seen in films like "Life of an American Fireman" and "The Great Train Robbery". he also arguably discovered that the basic structure of a film was the shot, as apposed to the scene/stage like in a

These were out alongside more flamboyant films like Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp" in 1943, "A Canterbery Tale" in 1944 and "A Matter of Life and Death" in 1946. in terms of animation at this time Disney made feature films such as "Pinochio", "Fantasia", "Dumbo" and "Bambi", all this was possible from the success of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". Americans involvement in WWII also brought American propaganda films included movies such as "Desperate Journey", "Forever and a Day", and "Objective Burma". The restrictions of wartime brought an interest in fantastical subjects. These included melodramas such as "The Man in Grey" and "The Wicked Lady", and films like "Here Comes Mr. Jordan", "I Married a Witch" and "Blithe Spirit". Val Lewton also produced some atmospheric and influential small-budget horror films, such as "Being Cat People", "Isle of the Dead" and "The Body Snatcher". In 1943, "Ossessione" was screened in Italy, marking the beginning of Italian neorealism. Other major films of this genre during the 1940s included movies such as "Bicycle Thieves", "Rome", "Open City", and "La Terra Trema". In 1952 "Umberto D" was released,