Mary Jackson Pitts, Ph.D.

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Chapter 6

The Early Film Entrepreneurs

b   Eadweard Muybridge

b   Thomas Edision

b   William Dickson

b   Hannibal Goodwin

b   George Eastman

b   Nicephore Niepce

The Early Film Entrepreneurs  cont.

b   Louis Daguerre

b   William Henry Fox Talbot

b   The Lumiere brothers

The Early Film Artists

b   Georges Melies

b   Edwin S. Porter

b   D.W. Griffith                                                                

b   Oscar Micheaux

Three Component Systems of the Film Industry

b   Production

b   Distribution

b   Exhibition

Results of the Blockbuster Mentality

b   Concept movies

b   Audience research

b   Sequels and remakes

b   Television and comic book remakes

b   Merchandise tie-ins

b   Product placement