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B-movie

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the second, typically less expensive, movie in a double feature

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Block Booking

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the practice of requiring exhibitors to rent groups of movies (often inferior) to secure a better one

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Blockbuster Mentality

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filmmaking characterized by reduced risk taking and more formulaic movies; business concerns are said to dominate artistic considerations

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Branding Films

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sponsor financing of movies to advance a manufacturer’s product

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Cinématographe

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Lumière brothers’ device that both photographed and projected action

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Calotype

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early system of photography using translucent paper from which multiple prints could be made

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Corporate Independent Studio

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specialty or niche division of a major studio designed to produce more sophisticated–but less costly–movies

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Concept Films

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movies that can be described in one line

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Daguerreotype

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process of recording images on polished metal plates, usually copper, covered with a thin layer of silver iodide emulsion

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Double Feature

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two films on the same bill

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Factory Studios

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the first film production companies

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Franchise Films

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movies produced with full intention of producing several sequels

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Green Light Process

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the process of deciding to make a movie

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Kinetograph

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William Dickson’s early motion picture camera

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Kinetoscope

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peep show devices for the exhibition of kinetographs

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Montage

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tying together two separate but related shots in such a way that they take on a new, unified meaning

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Microcinema

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filmmaking using digital video cameras and desktop digital editing machines

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Nickelodeons

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the first movie houses; admission was one nickel

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Persistence of Vision

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images our eyes gather are retained by our brains for about 1/24 of a second, producing the appearance of constant motion

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Platform Rollout

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opening a movie on only a few screens in the hope that favorable reviews and word-of-mouth publicity will boost interest

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Theatrical Films

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movies produced primarily for initial exhibition on theater screen

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Tentpole

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an expensive blockbuster around which a studio plans its other releases

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Vertical Integration

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a system in which studios produced their own films, distributed them through their own outlets, and exhibited them in their own theaters

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Zoopraxiscope

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early machine for projecting slides onto a distant surface