Difference between revisions of "Cinema"

From Archiveteam
Jump to navigation Jump to search
 
(5 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
[[File:Sallie Gardner at a Gallop (1878).gif|thumb|right|''Sallie Gardner at a Gallop'', made by Eadweard Muybridge in 1878.]]
A '''film''' is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects. The process of filmmaking has developed into an [[art]] form and industry.
According to [[The Internet Movie Database]] there are over 492,000 films and over 600,000 shorts.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/pressroom/stats/ IMDb Statistics]</ref>
== Related pages ==
* [[List of movie databases]]
== Archive ==
There is a [https://archive.org/details/moviesandfilms movies collection] at Internet Archive.
There is a [https://archive.org/details/moviesandfilms movies collection] at Internet Archive.


'''Lost films''':
== Lost films ==
 
[[Deutsche Kinemathek]] estimates that 80–90% of silent films are lost,<ref>[https://www.lost-films.eu/index/whylf Why]</ref> the film archive's own list contains over 3500 lost films.
 
A study by the [[Library of Congress]] states that 75% of all silent films are now lost.<ref>[http://www.thewire.com/culture/2013/12/most-americas-silent-films-are-lost-forever/355775/ Most of America's Silent Films Are Lost Forever]</ref>
 
For example, roughly 200 out of over 500 Geroge Méliès' films and 350 out of over 1,000 Alice Guy's films remain in existence today.


* {{w|List of lost films}}
* {{w|List of lost films}}
* {{w|List of incomplete or partially lost films}}
* {{w|List of incomplete or partially lost films}}
* {{w|List of rediscovered films}}
* {{w|List of rediscovered films}}
* https://www.lost-films.eu/
* https://www.lost-films.eu/ {{job|9sdac}}
* [https://www.loc.gov/programs/static/national-film-preservation-board/documents/lost_silent.pdf List of 7000+ Lost American Silent Feature Films]
* [https://www.loc.gov/programs/static/national-film-preservation-board/documents/lost_silent.pdf List of 7000+ Lost American Silent Feature Films]


'''Public domain''' works:
== Public domain works ==


* {{w|List of films in the public domain in the United States}}
* {{w|List of films in the public domain in the United States}}
* {{w|List of animated films in the public domain in the United States}}
* {{w|List of animated films in the public domain in the United States}}
== References ==
{{references}}


{{cinema}}
{{cinema}}
{{arts}}
[[Category:Cinema| ]]

Latest revision as of 16:14, 23 June 2020

Sallie Gardner at a Gallop, made by Eadweard Muybridge in 1878.

A film is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects. The process of filmmaking has developed into an art form and industry.

According to The Internet Movie Database there are over 492,000 films and over 600,000 shorts.[1]

Related pages

Archive

There is a movies collection at Internet Archive.

Lost films

Deutsche Kinemathek estimates that 80–90% of silent films are lost,[2] the film archive's own list contains over 3500 lost films.

A study by the Library of Congress states that 75% of all silent films are now lost.[3]

For example, roughly 200 out of over 500 Geroge Méliès' films and 350 out of over 1,000 Alice Guy's films remain in existence today.

Public domain works

References

v · t · e         Cinema
Databases

Allmovie · AlloCiné · FilmAffinity · Kinopoisk · Lost-films.eu · PORT.hu · The Internet Movie Database · TheTVDB · The Movie Database (TMDb)

Le Voyage dans la lune.jpg
Institutions

National Film Archives

Portals

Bechdel Test Movie List · Box Office Mojo · Cineteca Chilena · Metacritic · MovieMeter · Rotten Tomatoes · The Classic Horror Film Board

Video platforms

Google Video · YouTube · Vimeo

Films and documentaries about archiving

v · t · e         Arts
Classic

Architecture · Cuisine · Literature · Music · Painting

Modern

3D printing · Cinema · Photography · Videogames · Websites