Pre-cinematic phenomena
shadow performances
painted panoramas
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early1890s Edisons Kinetoscope
1895-1905 Lumires
Late 1890s Mlis makes first films
1902 Mlis Trip to the Moon
1900-1906 Non-narrative cinema of attractions
1904 -1912 experiments with narrative
By about 1913 - narrative system established
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Cinema of Attractions (Tom Gunning)
It is not about absorption in narrative world (story), that is the diegetic world
Aggressive -- the image confronts and tries to shock the viewer. Collisions,
crashes, accidents, deaths.
Obsessed with showing off spectacular sights, and spectacular points of view
Circus-like atmosphere
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Thematic variations
Trick films
Visual Style
George Mlis
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Film as Narrative (Three distinct phases)
1.Single shot films
2. Multiple shot films where each shots corresponds to a scene
3.Multiple scene films where each scene is made up of multiple shots