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  2. History of film - Wikipedia

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    The history of film chronicles the development of a visual art form created using film technologies that began in the late 19th century. The advent of film as an artistic medium is not clearly defined. There were earlier cinematographic screenings by others, however, the commercial, public screening of ten Lumière brothers ' short films in ...

  3. Film genre - Wikipedia

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    Description Subgenre(s) Examples Action film: Associated with particular types of spectacle (e.g., explosions, chases, combat) [15] Disaster film; Heroic bloodshed: defined by stylized action sequences and themes such as duty, brotherhood, honour, redemption. Martial arts film: focusing on the excitement and values of martial arts

  4. List of cinematic firsts - Wikipedia

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    The first Kinetoscope film shown in public exhibition on May 9, 1893 and is the earliest known example of actors performing a role in a film. [ 4 ] The world's first film production studio, the Black Maria , or the Kinetographic Theater, was completed on the grounds of Edison's laboratories at West Orange, New Jersey, for the purpose of making ...

  5. Classical Hollywood cinema - Wikipedia

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    Classical Hollywood cinema. Classical Hollywood cinema is a term used in film criticism to describe both a narrative and visual style of filmmaking that first developed in the 1910s to 1920s during the later years of the silent film era. It then became characteristic of American cinema during the Golden Age of Hollywood, between roughly 1927 ...

  6. List of genres - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of genres of literature and entertainment (film, television, music, and video games), excluding genres in the visual arts.. Genre is the term for any category of creative work, which includes literature and other forms of art or entertainment (e.g. music)—whether written or spoken, audio or visual—based on some set of stylistic criteria.

  7. Epic film - Wikipedia

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    Epic films have large scale, sweeping scope, and spectacle. The term is slightly ambiguous, sometimes designating a film genre and at other times simply big-budget films. Like epics in the classical literary sense, it is often focused on a heroic character. An epic's ambitious nature helps to set it apart from other genres such as the period ...

  8. Lists of historical films - Wikipedia

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    List of Boshin War and Satsuma Rebellion films. List of Franco-Prussian War films. List of Mexican Revolution and Cristero War films. List of World War I films. List of Irish revolutionary period films. List of Spanish Civil War films. List of films about the Spanish Maquis. List of World War II films. List of Korean War films.

  9. Cinematography - Wikipedia

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    Ken Dancyger's book The Technique of Film and Video Editing: History, Theory, and Practice provides valuable insights into the historical and theoretical aspects of black-and-white cinematography. Dancyger explores how this technique has been employed throughout film history, examining its impact on storytelling, mood, and visual aesthetics.