MCM 103 Chapter 10

MOTION PICTURES
Brief History

HISTORY OF THE MOTION PICTURE CAMERA & EARLY MOVIES LUMIERE

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Cinema of Kuwait

 In Nov 18th 1955 Kuwait National Cinema Company was established.

 (Dar Cinema AlSharqia)

 Location: Sharq behind AlAmiri Hospital (Outdoor)
 Capacity: 1500
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Drive-In Movie Theatre
Brief History

 Motion picture first appeared in Europe with a device made of series of

hand drawn pictures appear to move.

 Before long, key inventors realized that the same could be done with still
photos.

 Most early projects were not directed to large crowds, instead devices
were invented to show brief film for one person at a time.

 European filmmakers were creating longer, more expensive films aimed at

middle class audience
New Technologies: 1990-2010

These two decades saw motion pictures moving increasingly from the big
screen at the theatre to smaller screens outside the home.

 VCR’s were in about 90 percent of homes in 1990.

 Many businesses took advantage of the VCR’s popularity and rented or

sold videocassettes of movies direct to consumers.

 Hollywood made more money from the sale and rental of videocassettes
than it it did at the box office.
New Technologies: 1990-2010

VCR (Videocassette recorder)

New Technologies: 1990-2010

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New Technologies: 1990-2010

 DVD (digital videodisc) replaced the VCR as the preferred medium for
movies.

 DVD players quickly became popular and by 2006 were in about 80

percent of U.S households.
Motion pictures in the digital age

 Making Digital Movies

 Digital Distribution to Theaters
 3-D Movies
 Digital Distribution to the Home
 User-Generated Content
 Social Media
Motion pictures in the digital age

Making Digital Movies

Digital movie making is already a reality.
 Anybody who shoots video with a digital camera and edits on a computer
is making a digital movie.

 Many big-budget Hollywood movies, such as The Three Musketeers, were

shot with digital cameras.

 Animated films, such as Toy Story 3, were created entirely by digital effects.
Motion pictures in the digital age

Digital Distribution to Theaters

 Hundreds of copies of a celluloid film are printed, checked for quality, pit
into big metal cans, and shipped to theaters across the country.

 Each of these copies can cost more than $2,000.

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Digital Distribution to Theaters

 Digital distribution is much cheaper.

 Movies can be copied to a hard drive and shipped to theaters or transmitted

electronically by satellite, optical fiber, or the Internet.

 Experts calculate that digital distribution might save the industry as much as $1 billion
annually.
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3-D Movies

 Three-dimensional 3-D films.

 In 2010, Hollywood released 25 3-D movies, twice as many as on the previous

year.

 The number of theaters capable of showing 3-D movies increased by 122

percent.

 Theater owners were happy with 3-D movies because they could charge $3-5
extra for them.

 Box office revenue from 3-D films in 2010 was 2.2 billion.

 3-D movies are becoming popular again thanks to digital projectors; but
experts think that the novelty of 3D is wearing off once again
Motion pictures in the digital age

Digital Distribution to the Home

 Buying or renting a DVD from Blockbuster or Netflix was one form of digital
distribution.

 The method that has attracted the most recent attention is digital
downloading.

 Apple TV for example, lets consumers download a movie to their

computer and wirelessly sends the film to a TV set.
Motion pictures in the digital age

Movies can now be delivered to mobiles using movie streaming apps.

Motion pictures in the digital age

User-Generated Content

 User-generated content is not yet a significant factor in the movie industry.

Motion pictures in the digital age

Social Media
Organization of the film industry

 The film industry is divided into three areas:

Production: Typical setup involves four main departments: film production,

distribution, TV production and administration

Distribution: Responsible to distribute films in the US and world wide

Exhibition: It consists of movie theatre owners

Ownership in the film industry

The Walt Disney Company

Time Warner

Sony/MGM

NBC Universal
Producing motion pictures

 Preproduction

 Production

 Postproduction
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 Preproduction
-Treatment
-First-draft script
-Revised Script
-Script polish
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Preproduction

 Step 1 Treatment: This is a narrative statement of the plot and descriptions

of the main characters and locations; it might even contain sample
dialogue.

 Step 2 First-draft script: This version contains all the dialogue and camera
setups and description of action sequences.

 Step 3 Revised script: Includes changes suggested by the producer,

director. actors, and other.

 Step 4 Script polish: This process involves adding or subtracting scenes,

revising dialogue, and making other minor changes.
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Production

 Cast and crew assemble the chosen location, and each scene is shot and
reshot until the director is satisfied.

 Shooting film can cost $400,000-500,000 per day.

The average shooting schedule for the typical film is about 70 days.
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Postproduction

The postproduction phase begins after the filming has been completed.

About 10-15 percent of outside dialogue has to be rerecorded because of

the interfering noises.
Movies at home

 Pay-per-view (PPV)

 Video-on-demand (VOD)