Insight into Films and Movies
Films and movies are nothing but moving images recorded with cameras. A viewer is unable to decipher one frame from the other because of the illusion of motion created by persistence vision. Each frame is only used for a fraction of a second creating what is called ‘beta movement’. Visual effects and even animation techniques are used in process of film making, but they are recent techniques. Films are also called pictures, flicks and motion pictures.
Films may record specific events and document circumstances and hence they turn out to be artifacts in themselves. These are called documentaries. There are also animations or plain art of filming, which is all about entertaining audiences. To most of the people, films and movies are about visual elements, which are considered a universal power of communication. Films which have ability to relate with the audiences worldwide are released with translated dialogues or subtitles. At times, dubbing is also done.
History of Films and Movies
Films or cinema as we know it today evolved out of art forms that were practiced thousands of years ago. Initially, when films were nonexistent, dances and plays were used where actors wore different costumes to communicate the script within the sets. These performances were developed under the guidance of a director. There were also audiences and production houses as there are for films. However, the technology to record the whole enactment never existed for being replayed as film.
Later, devices such as the mutoscope as well as praxinoscope came up which displayed still pictures at sufficient speed for it to appear in motion. Hence, the concept of persistence of vision evolved. Images were henceforth designed so that the film would appear to be continuous. In 1878, the motion picture was first introduced by Eadweard Muybridge. He displayed images of galloping horses. However, in this device, a person had to look inside the viewing machine to see the moving images.
The pictures were attached to a drum and to turn the drum there is a handcrank. Then motion picture camera continued to develop further and the concept of a projector came into being. It was in 1896 that the first projected motion picture was first exhibited in New York City. At that time, films had no sound and they were known as silent films.
According to HoldemHarry.com, into the 20th century, narratives were used in films together with scenes. Films had scenes with music playing in the background, as we see in most Charlie Chaplin movies. Sound films came to be known as “talking pictures” or talkies. Sound was introduced extensively a few years later. After that color came up. However, arbitrary procedures were used at that time. Hence, it was far off from being “natural”.
In 1934, eventually the three-strip Technicolor version was used. It was in the 1950s that the use of color was rampant. Some of the directors who stood away from that were Hollywood director Martin Scorsese and Peter Bogdanovich. In the succeeding decades, the style of production changed. Digital technology was introduced. In the 21st century, 3D technology seems to make a foray into the field of film and movies.