CINEMA

DEFINITION
Cinema (from Greek: κίνημα - kinema "movement") is the
technique and art of fixing and reproducing images that
give rise to impression of movement, as well as the industry
that produces these images.
Cinema is a form of art, a means of mass communication and, above all, a
means of mass education.

Cinema is important because it shows us realities we do not know, other

cultures, other ways of living ...

We can also occupy leisure time through the cinema.

Drawing on human feelings, it tells stories that fascinate the audience and
allow them to give wings to the imagination.

Often, they serve to shape values, ethics and morals defended by society,
especially when they approach controversial social and political issues.
ORIGIN
 The Phenakistiscope
Developed by Edward Muybridge is
considered the first widespread
animation device.

It creates an ilusion of movement by

overlapping images.

This techonology is also used in Gifs

nowadyas.
 Cinematograph

Contrary to what many people think the cinematograph

was not invented by the brothers Lumiere but by Thomas
Edinson in 1894, been improved in 1895 by Leon Bully and
consequently acquired by the Lumiere by buying the
patent.
The first notion of cinema appeared in 1895 when the brothers
Lumiére showed to a small audience the first film “”La Sortie de
l´usine Lumiére à Lyon” through the cinematograph. It was quick
(less then a minute) and cheap. In that session, the public was
afraid that the train would leave the screen and run them over.
 cinemas’
evolution
(main moments)
1900 to 1909 - The NICKELONDEONS were small rooms, that accommodated
about 30 spectators, generally of the working class. As the ticket cost a
nickel, they were named NICKELONDEON. The movies had no sound, were in
black and white, filmed with fixed camera and no special effects;

1920 to 1929 – the movies began to have sound. After mastering the sound,
the cinema takes its steps towards the conquest of colors;

1940 to 1949 – By the Influence of World War II, films were produced to
stimulate morals and sell ideologies. This is an example of how movies
(cinema) can be a form of mass comunication;
1970 to 1979 - The Blockbuster. It is the decade in which cinema enters
people’ houses, through the video-cassette and became a massive mean of
comunication;

1990 A 1999 - The cinema completes a century of existence and sees a

radical transformation. Analogic audio and image systems gives way to new
computer systems; The first time a "special effect" came up was in the movie
"Demolicion d'un mur" when they mistakenly moved the tape back and
people saw the reconstruction of the once destroyed wall.
 cinema
nowadays
2010 to 2018 - the cinema nowadays. Theaters adapt to the display of
new 3D titles that hit the market with a growing audience. It’s the era of
new technologies.
Technology in Movies
 Diferent Formats

IMAX

3D

4DX
 VFX – Visual Effects
Visual effects involve in the integration of live-action footage (special
effects) and generated imagery (digital effects[disambiguation
needed]) to create environments which look realistic, but would be
dangerous, expensive, impractical, time consuming or impossible to
capture on film. Visual effects using computer-generated imagery (CGI)
have recently become accessible to the independent filmmaker with
the introduction of affordable and easy-to-use animation and
compositing software.
 Communication in movies

"Film Communication a process of

transferring meanings or
information's trough visual
receptors".
 Conclusion

With this work we get to know a little of cinema´s history (when,

where, how and who invented the cinema) and how it influences
people in their daily lives.

Such as music, painting, sculpture, literature cinema is considered

a form of art (7th art).

Made by:
André Marques nº4
Miguel Lopes nº22