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1. On this date the very first film was screened.
2. Who was the first person to put two shots together, thus creating the concept of editing, and the ability to move between scenes?
3. Edwin Porter was the first do to what?
4. At the end of this film was a shot of a cowboy firing at the audience (this shot had nothing at all do to with the movie that was screened). This was one of the very first uses of 'Medium Shot'.
5. The films made by this man set the standard length for a film from that point forward.
6. This experiment - taking shots of an actor with no particular look on his face, and piecing them with shots of a dying woman, a bowl of soup, and a child playing - was meant to prove that by editing shots together, the audience subconsciously fits the actor's expression to the situation.
7. In this film was the first use of synchronized soundtrack and effects, rather than a pianist sitting in the theatre:
8. This Charlie Chaplin film marks, to him, the death of the silent film, and the mime being beaten by the talking picture:
9. This man headed the creation of the Production Code, which was the very first form of censorship.
10. What was the name of the small shops that were converted into screening rooms during the early 20th century, charging five cents a man, and showing mostly short slapstick comedies?
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