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What was a "magic lantern"?
It was a device that projected etched images in a white wall.
When did the projection of images for entertaintment started?
In the eighteen century.
What were motion toys added for?
To be able to project continous moving images.
Why was the content of the moving images rudementary?
They were basic drawings.
Why were the silent movies nicknamed "Flickers"?
Because they were recorded with the Critical Flicker Fusion.
What are some of the primitive desires and anxieties that movies appeal to?
Love, happiness, fear, despair.
What are two of the Key processes in the reception of films?
Identification and Idealization.
What is identification?
It's when something in the film remind us of our own experience.
What is Idealization?
It's when someone´s live in a film make us wish it was us.
Which films are made to challenge our beliefs and expectations about life, movies?
Complex films.
What is Key in analyzing a complex film?
Patience
Which are the movies with complex plots mentioned in the reading?
A space Odyssey, Vengeance is Mine or Do the right thing.
What is form in a film?
It is the visual and aural form of the film.
What is Style in a film?
It refers to the particular or characteristic use of such elements.
How can we deepen our analysis of a film?
By researching the critical and historical context of it.
What film helped with the New Wave?
400 blows.
