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Introduction to Mass Communication, 2/e
Stanley J. Baran

Film

Glossary

block booking  the practice of requiring exhibitors to rent groups of movies (often inferior) to secure a better one
blockbuster mentality  filmmaking characterized by reduced risk taking and more formulaic movies; business concerns are said to dominate artistic considerations
B-movie  the second, typically less expensive, movie in a double feature
calotype  early system of photography using translucent paper from which multiple prints could be made
cinematographe  Lumiere brothers' device that both photographed and projected action
concept films  movies that can be described in one line
daguerreotype  process of recording images on polished metal plates, usually copper, covered with a thin layer of silver iodide emulsion
double feature  two films on the same bill
factory studios  the first film production companies
green light process  the studio's decision whether or not to make a particular movie
kinetograph  William Dickson's early motion picture camera
kinetoscope  peep show devices for the exhibition of kinetographs
microcinema  filmmaking using digital video cameras and desktop digital editing machines
montage  tying together two separate but related shots in such a way that they take on a new, unified meaning
nickelodeons  the first movie houses; admission was one nickel
persistence of vision  images our eyes gather are retained by our brains for about 1/24 of a second, producing the appearance of constant motion
platform rollout  the strategy of opening a movie on a few screens and hoping that critical response, film festival success, and word-of-mouth reviews will propel it to success
theatrical films  movies produced primarily for initial exhibition on theater screens
vertical integration  studios that produced their own films, distributed them through their own outlets, and exhibited them in their own theaters
zoopraxiscope  early machine for projecting slides onto a distant surface