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The study of film is the study of communication
1850-1950: The US experienced tremendous growth in all areas of
communication. HOWEVER…since 1950, we have matched that amount of
technological advance in less than half as many years, AND predictions are
that the 20 year period from 1990-2010 will bring another doubling of
technological change.
Major Milestones of Communication
1. Speech
2. Hieroglyphics: 6000 years ago people first recorded by carving symbols
a. Cuneiform
b.With this, communication becomes semi-permanent
3. 2500 years pass and humans develop a precise method of writing an
alphabet, but church leaders and government officials are the only ones
who could read and write.
a. The alphabet allows people to:
i. Write down laws
ii. Keep records
iii. Preserve history
b.Over the next 3000 years, the production of paper and ink makes
writing a much more portable and durable medium of
communication.
4. Communication technology made little further progress until the 15th
century. Around 1450, Johannes Gutenberg perfected the printing press.
__________________________ was the first printed book.
Within 50 years, a total of 20 million copies of 35,000 different books had
been printed.
THE AGE OF MASS MEDIA HAD BEGUN.
The masses began to learn how to read and think for themselves. By 1800,
magazines, journals, newspapers, and books were available.
THE INFORMATION EXPLOSION HAD BEGUN.
5. In the 1830’s, William Talbot (an Englishman) developed the basic process
for photography. Even though the visual quality or
___________________________ of early photos was not great, the
GRAPHIC REVOLUTION HAD BEGUN.
You could now capture a lasting visual record of any event.
6. In mid-1844, Samuel Morse perfected the telegraph. By harnessing
electricity, human communication could now travel close to the speed of
light (186,000 miles per second!).
7. In 1876 Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. This gave humans
the ability to REPRODUCE SOUND.
AND
In 1877 Thomas Edison invented the phonograph which recorded low
fidelity (only one tone) sound AND allowed its playback for the first time
in human history.
8. In 1893, Edison exhibited the first “kinetoscope,” thus giving humans the
ability to capture the movement of real life through a communication
medium.
In 1896, August and Louis Lumiere invented the first motion picture
camera.