Chat with AIExam 1: A Brief History of the Film Industry
What was Thomas Edison's Monopoly?
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VerifiedAny of the following:
a. Thomas Edison, the inventor of the Kinetoscope (first film viewer) and Kinetograph (first film camera), held patents on the equipment needed to make and exhibit films.
b. In 1908, in an effort to control the business in the U.S. and drive out competitors, Edison went into business with several exhibition and production companies to form a monopoly; no film production company or exhibitor outside the monopoly would be able to buy the equipment needed to make or exhibit films. The monopoly was called the Motion Picture Patents Company, or Edison Trust. The Trust held Edison's patents & would not sell film equipment to filmmakers, but only rent it for fees that became increasingly exorbitant.
c. Independent producers fought the Edison Trust monopoly by buying equipment and film outside the United States and moving production operations from the East Coast to the West Coast -the center of the film business has remained in Southern California.
d. In 1915, federal courts ruled the Edison Trust an illegal monopoly, and it was dissolved.
What is the core function and activity of the film business?
(76) VerifiedProducing and distributing films for profit.
Film is Both A Business And An Art Form
(69) VerifiedTrue
Which reasons are mobile smartphones now becoming popular to watch movies?
(83) Both Edison in NJ and the Lumiere brothers in France, created the technology for home video around the same time in the 1970s.
(80) The movie industry in the United States was artistically driven from the beginning, box office wasn't important.
(67) Convergence and Disruption. The definition of convergence is moving toward a union, or coming together. There are many examples of convergence in the movie industry, typically caused by developments in technology and access to capital. Disruption is a radical change in an industry or strategy, involving the introduction of a new product or service that creates a new market. What is the relationship between convergence and disruption?
(80) Which of the following describe why film is a Global Business?
(67) Television was both good and bad for the movie industry, describe one way it was bad and one way it was good?
(62) Of those listed here, the first major technological advance in film was:
(79) In the U.S. the need for large amounts of money to produce and distribute commercially viable movies has not shaped the industry. In America, money doesn't influence the kinds of films that were made.
(77) During The Birth Of The Studio System (1908-1920s), the star system developed where stars were used to sell pictures. Has this changed?
(75) The process of transforming a film from a script to a commercial movie, goes through five steps in sequential order. Fill in the missing step
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