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Early Public Entertainment Forms That Influenced Film Production ANSWERV V Magic lantern shows, Vaudeville circuit (Mutoscopes, Lightning sketches, Primitive movies) George Melies ANSWERYV V Created The Astronomer's Dream (1898), A Trip to the Moon (1902), and The Eclipse (1904). Employed special effects; pioneer of trick films. trick films ANSWERV ¥ Stopping the camera, then the actor walks out of frame, making it look like they disappeared (Mclics). Camera stops between when the actor draws things and then they turn into real things (Blackton). Could have seen films like this at a fair, storefront theatres, nickelodeon's, vaudeville circuit, etc. *Not animation.* John Stuart Blackton ANSWERV V¥ Started career as a lecturer/illustrator, then reporter/artist at New York World. Became interested in film upon visiting Edison's Black Maria film studio. Pioneer in early cinema, produced early examples of "trick" films. Formed Vitagraph in 1897 which eventually merged with Warner Bros. Edwin S. Porter ANSWER¥ ¥ Trying to think of ways to attract audiences and to distinguish their films from others. In Animated Painting (1904), the sun appears to rise up, but it's actually on a wire, Not an example of animation. Humorous Phases of Funny Faces by Blackton (1906) ANSWERY ¥ First film to incorporate actual frame by frame hand drawn animation. The figures are moving continuously rather than being a jump cut. Blackton wipes away the chalkboard; filmmakers wanted to remind the audience of the artist but preserve the illusion of how they did it, like a