Film Studies Daily Log

Wednesday, September 1

We reviewed the syllabus briefly together, and Mr. P responded to student questions.

Afterward, Mr. P lectured very briefly about the fundamentals of film technology, and how "persistence of vision" and frame-by-frame construction allows for all the wonders of film editing.

Next we watched the sizzling "May Irwin-John C. Rice Kiss," Sandow the Strong Man some of Eadweard Muybridge's series photographs (on the cusp of cinema) and one or two other early films, including the beautifully colorized "Golden Beetle."

HW due Thursday:
Read the packet on early cinema you received yesterday in preparation for a quiz thereover.