1) What was the name of the film made by Edwin S Porter that made use of a double-exposure to show a train window view of passing landscape?
The Great Train Robbery
2) Who invented the traveling matte shot in 1916?
Frank Williams.
3) How many weeks did it take to animate the main character in 1933’s KING KONG?
It took 55 weeks to animate.
4) Which film made use of the ‘slit scan’ process in the 1960s?
2001: A Space Day
5) In his essay “Industrial Memory” theorist Mark Dery argues that the silver fluid T1000 cyborg character represents a ‘masculine recoil’ – but from what?
The ‘masculine recoil’ was from the feminine representation of technology from Terminator 2.
6) Tim Recuber in his essay “Immersion Cinema” describes the key idea – that of immersion cinema itself – what is it? What makes it unique?
Recuber describes immersion cinema as cinema in which the film and its message, visuals, and audio surround the entire audience. It is unique because it allows for the audience to be enveloped within the story and makes the audience become entirely immersed.
7) In the special effects history links, in the Time magazine history of special effects, there is a description of ‘motion control’ cameras developed for “Star Wars” in the 1970s. What is motion control?(1 paragraph)
Motion control is the use of cameras to track motions and be able to repeat the exact same motions. In the movie Star Wars, the camera crew was able to utilize this motion control in order to give the film it’s special effects sequences. At the time that Star Wars was filmed, the technological advancements in cinema caused the invention of motion control.
8) Out of the 14 minutes of Jurassic Park’s dinosaur footage, how many minutes were computer generated imagery or CGI?
6 minutes consisted of CGI.
9) In the ‘denofgeek’ website, what is the name of the film that features an army of sword fighting skeletons, made in 1963?
Jason and the Argonauts.
10) In the ‘denofgeek’ site, which 2005 film used a special effects shot to sell the idea of a remake of a famous science fiction story to Steven Spielberg?
War of the Worlds
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Week 11 Homework
1.) In Margaret Crawford’s Essay “The World in a Shopping Mall,” She outlines that “the size and scale of a mall reflects “threshold demand” – what does this term mean?
Threshold demand is referring to the minimum number of customer potentials that are present within the geographical range of the retail item in order to make a profit.
2.)In the same article, she describes something called “spontaneous malling” – what does this term mean?
Spontaneous malling is referred to the notion that a mall can be constructed utilizing buildings that are already in place. It is the idea that a mall can be set up just about anywhere and that existing buildings that are vacant can easily be transformed into a shopping mall.
3.)According to Michael Sorkin in “See You In Disneyland,” how did Disneyland have its origins?
According to Sorkin, Disneyland's origins were when Walt Disney had gone to an existing theme park and was disappointed in the horrid conditions. With this notion, Walt Disney was spurred into creating what is now considered the Happiest Place on Earth, Walt Disneyland.
4.)Michael Sorkin writes that Disney’s EPCOT Center was motivated largely by frustrations Disney felt at his Anaheim CA park. What were those frustrations?
Walt Disney was frustrated with the sanitation conditions regarding his theme park, which was influenced by the surrounding hotels and restaurants. His distinction for the EPCOT Center was a central place in which he could control the entire environment of the theme park known as Disney World.
5.)In Umberto Eco’s “Travels in Hyperreality,” he describes Disneyland as “a place of total passivity.” What does this mean?
Eco explains that the visitors to Disneyland were in a passive-like mentality, similar to a robot with an embedded preset action process. Eco goes on to explain of how people that come to the park all venture through the park and are indulged and surrounded with sights and sounds from different attractions throughout the park.
Threshold demand is referring to the minimum number of customer potentials that are present within the geographical range of the retail item in order to make a profit.
2.)In the same article, she describes something called “spontaneous malling” – what does this term mean?
Spontaneous malling is referred to the notion that a mall can be constructed utilizing buildings that are already in place. It is the idea that a mall can be set up just about anywhere and that existing buildings that are vacant can easily be transformed into a shopping mall.
3.)According to Michael Sorkin in “See You In Disneyland,” how did Disneyland have its origins?
According to Sorkin, Disneyland's origins were when Walt Disney had gone to an existing theme park and was disappointed in the horrid conditions. With this notion, Walt Disney was spurred into creating what is now considered the Happiest Place on Earth, Walt Disneyland.
4.)Michael Sorkin writes that Disney’s EPCOT Center was motivated largely by frustrations Disney felt at his Anaheim CA park. What were those frustrations?
Walt Disney was frustrated with the sanitation conditions regarding his theme park, which was influenced by the surrounding hotels and restaurants. His distinction for the EPCOT Center was a central place in which he could control the entire environment of the theme park known as Disney World.
5.)In Umberto Eco’s “Travels in Hyperreality,” he describes Disneyland as “a place of total passivity.” What does this mean?
Eco explains that the visitors to Disneyland were in a passive-like mentality, similar to a robot with an embedded preset action process. Eco goes on to explain of how people that come to the park all venture through the park and are indulged and surrounded with sights and sounds from different attractions throughout the park.
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