Hollywood Summary Group A

History of Movie Production

Thomas Edison, an American inventor, worked with a British inventor William Dickson and together they invented the kinetoscope, patented in 1891, which showed films. People watched first movie by using kinetoscope in 1894 in New York City. During 1894 kinetoscope was used in London, Berlin, and Paris. Edison thought he would make a lot of money with the kinetoscope. Other inventors, the Lumiere brothers, invented the cinematographe in 1895. Their invention was different from the kinetoscope because many people were able to watch a movie at the same time. People weren't used to seeing moving pictures, and these made them scared. Thomas Armat patented a projector in 1896. Edison acquired it and renamed it the "Edison vitascope." The projector made lots of money and controlled movies.

Hollywood summary group C

History OF MOVIE PRODUCTION
part 1
Seeing movie ia a popular these days and many people are interested in the history of movie production. There is some information about movies from the beginning. This history have been started fromat the end of the 19th century. A producers need a camera and a projector. The former is for making movies and the latter one for showing movies. Who did invent them? Thomas Edison was a famous inventor in the U.S bacause he invented electric lamp and phonograph. Also he was patent which means he could make or sell invention even he didn't create them.Thomas Edison was patent holder for a camera in the U.S. Edison and his friend, William Dickson, worked on two kinds of machines. One of them was, the kinetograph, which recorded movement and make made the movies. Last one was, and the kinetoscope, which was used for viewing the movie. Edison hadgot the right to make and sell the kinetoscope in 1891 and three years later in 1894 this machine was shown to the public in New York city. Every person for seeing movie needs an individual kinetoscope to watch a movie, which means limitation for earning money for Edison.

InOn the other hand, the projector invented by the Lumiere brothers in France in 1895 which lets many people see movies at the same time. Also they were film makers and they made the first movie. It was in a train, but people thought the train was coming toward them, and therfore they were scared. The Lumire brothers were top of the list at making movies, so Edison got jelous of them.

In 1896, Edison wasbecame the ownerpatent holder of the projector patent in 1896 which was invented by Thomas Armat in the U.S. Edison had a very good feeling about himself, so he put his name on the projector. After that he earned money and controlled on the movie industries.

Hollywood summary Group B

The history of movie production have been starting started at the end of 19th century. There were several inventors. The first was well known American inventor Thomas Edison who patented over 1,000 invenstions in the United State and also invented the electric phonograph. Also, he He worked with British inventer William Dickson on the kinetograph, which was useing used to record movement, and the kinetoscope which was useing used to view films. In 1891 Thomas Edison patented the kinetoscope which went on sale three years later commarcally available in New York. Before 1894 it was useing used in London, Berlin and Paris. One Kinetoscope was used for only one person so, because Edison thought if he could make a lot of money in his life that way.

Furthermore, Other inventors, the Lumiere brothers in 1895 invented the first projector in 1895 in France which was called the cinematograph in France. Many people could watch a film at the same time by with this machine. Also the Lumiere brothers were film makers. Their first movie was about a train.

Thomas Ediston patented the projector which was invented by Thomas Armat. He renamed it the Edison Vitascope with the plan to make a lot of money and control the movie industry.

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Listening Files

Here are the files for the listening unit on movies:
page 6, activity 6
p 8, ac 9
p 10, ac 11
p 10, ac 12-1
p 10, ac 12-2
p 23, ac 24

Time words

1. I want to go to shopping today but prior to I have to go to school.
2. I want to go to go shopping today but prior to (that, going, shopping) I have to go to school.
3. When I back home, subsequently, I prepared dinner.
4. When I go back home, subsequently, I prepared dinner.
5. I have two classes today. Former is writing class and the latter is lab classes.
6. I have two classes today. The former is writing class and the latter is lab classes.
7. I will go to prior to cinema.
8. I will go shopping prior to going to the cinema.
9. Prior to doing homework, I usually eat some cookies.
10. From the Swiss Challet and Mandarin restaurants, I prefer the latter.
11. Prior to coming to Canada, I thought life would be easy there.
12. Prior to writing TOEFL, I must go to a TOEFL class.
13. The food fell on me and subsequently I went to wash myself.
14. From these two dishes, I like the former.
15. I came to my home. Subsequently, I prepared dinner.

Hollywood vocabulary

accessible
accompany
acquire
appropriate (adj)
area
aspect
aware
challenging (adj)
code
constitutional
convinced
couple
created, creator
credit (n. positive words or feelings)
criteria
decades
definition
depression (in economics)
distributed, distributing, distribution, distributors
device
economic, economy
equipment
exhibition
factors (n)
filed
finally
financially
former
guarantee
immigrants
individual (adj)
initial (adj)
involvement
labor (n)
latter
legal
located, locations
migration
obvious, obviously
occurred
partners (n)
period (time)
predict
prior
project (v)
prospects (n)
regulate, regulations, regulatory
released
roles
sex, sexual
shift (n; change)
site (n)
subsequently