Lecture 1: Introduction (2007)

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Description: Introducing film as a cultural form, an institution and an art. Beginning as a novelty without conventions, film developed a unique language and grew into an embedded social norm. Examples: Fred Ott's Sneeze, Great Train Robbery.

Instructor: David Thorburn

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  • What is film? (0:17:16)
  • Think away iPods (00:08:36)
  • The Fred Ott Principle (00:04:03)
  • Three phases of media evolution (00:15:31)
  • "And there was Charlie": film as a cultural form (00:05:24)

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