Cinematograph Films Act 1927

Film Industry CREATIVE INDUSTRY REPORT Mickey Brestakova | HND 3D Animation | 26/09/17  Background and History of Creative Industry The British’s creative industries have never been stronger. British creators are behind some of the world’s successful video games, UK architectural corporations lead on high-profile projects across the world, while British films are taking the most wanted of international industry awards. It’s a way to describe a lot of different activities which have creativity at

More British film companies emerged after this act was passed to ensure that they could meet the requirements. Two companies in particular, British International Picture and Gaumont Picture Company emerged shortly afterwards to help provide the required number of British films. As these British films had to be produced by a British film company, some of them were of low quality because they did not have funding from America. British films therefore gained a reputation

the National Cinematograph act (1952) lays down the guidelines to be followed during certification of films. It comes under the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) which in turn comes under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The censor board has to depend on the police to enforce its rulings. A film certification appellate tribunal is also in place to hear appeals against a ruling of the Censor Board. The NFDC is composed of the Directorate of Film festivals and

the motion picture camera; 35 mm film (Edison gives him plastic film) o Dec 1895: Dickson created his own motion picture company without Edison (furious)—called the American Biograph Company = Edison threatens to sue due to patents so Dickson is forced to make his film company as different from Edison’s as possible o Used 70 mm film (higher quality) which was larger than the film he used at Edison—“large film showing large pictures” o He also used a mutoscope film viewer which was based off of a

Plays and dances had elements common to films- scripts, sets, lighting, costumes, production, direction, actors, audiences, storyboards, and scores. They preceded film by thousands of years. Much terminology later used in film theory and criticism applied, such as mise en scène. Moving visual images and sounds were not recorded for replaying as in film. The camera obscura was pioneered by Alhazen in his Book of Optics (1021),[2][3][4] and was later perfected near the year 1600 by Giambattista

FILM LANGUAGE FILM LANGUAGE A Semiotics of the Cinema Christian Metz Translated by Michael Taylor The University of Chicago Press Published by arrangement with Oxford University Press, Inc. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637 © 1974 by Oxford University Press, Inc. All rights reserved. English translation. Originally published 1974 Note on Translation © 1991 by the University of Chicago University of Chicago Press edition 1991 Printed in the United States of America 09 08 07 6