Exploring the Origins and Evolution of Photography

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Which of the following best describes film?

A type of art

A form of mass communication

A technology for capturing images (correct)

A universal language

What is the intersection of art, industry, technology, and politics in film?

The role of film in cultural expression

The impact of film on society (correct)

The creation of film

The process of making a film

How did the creation of film come about?

As a way to capture snippets of reality

As an accidental discovery (correct)

As a deliberate invention

As a result of experimenting with new technologies

Which of the following is true about film?

Film is an illusion created by filmmakers Signup and view all the answers

What was a huge technological leap forward in film?

Chemicals and light Signup and view all the answers

What will be discussed next in the story of film?

The first motion picture cameras Signup and view all the answers

Which term describes the process of capturing moving pictures?

Film Signup and view all the answers

Which phenomenon keeps you from seeing the black spaces between frames of a projected film?

Persistence of vision Signup and view all the answers

What is the illusion that lets you see a series of images in rapid succession as continuous motion called?

Phi phenomenon Signup and view all the answers

What are the prefilm animation tools that used sequential images painted on the inside of a bowl or cylinder called?

Zoatropes Signup and view all the answers

Who took the first known camera photograph?

Joseph Nissefort NIEPS Signup and view all the answers

What invention became the first commercially available means of taking photographs?

Degerretype process Signup and view all the answers

Who invented a way of taking pictures on paper rather than metal or glass plates?

George Eastman Signup and view all the answers

Who invented the world's first motion picture film camera?

Thomas Edison Signup and view all the answers

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