Lecture 1: Introduction
author: David Thorburn,
Literature at MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT
recorded by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT
published: Oct. 10, 2008, recorded: September 2006, views: 6772
released under terms of: Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike (CC-BY-NC-SA)
recorded by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT
published: Oct. 10, 2008, recorded: September 2006, views: 6772
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**1. What is Film?**
• Chemistry, Novelty, Manufactured object, Social formation
**2. Think Away iPods**
• The novelty of movement, Early films and early audiences
**3. The Fred Ott Principle**
**4. Three Phases of Media Evolution**
• Imitation, Technical Advance, Maturity
**5. "And there was Charlie" - Film as a cultural form**
Required films:
Porter, Edwin. S. [[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/papr:@filreq(@field(NUMBER+@band(edmp+2443s3))+@field(COLLID+edison))|The Great Train Robbery]] (view film)
Griffith, D. W. [[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/classes/Jbutler/T112/Lonedale/index1.htm|The Lonedale Operator]] (view stills)
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