Briefly discuss how film-making changed technically (i.e. what technical advancements were made), aesthetically (i.e. how films were shot/produced) and institutionally (i.e. nature of film companies and the hierarchy of filmmaking) from its beginnings in New Jersey/New York in the early 1890s to around 1903.

***Read Movie Made America Chapter 1 & 2***
(The reading will be attached)

Using examples from the Youtube videos shown below and at least 2 examples from the reading (Movie-Made America Ch.1-2), briefly discuss how film-making changed technically (i.e. what technical advancements were made), aesthetically (i.e. how films were shot/produced) and institutionally (i.e. nature of film companies and the hierarchy of filmmaking) from its beginnings in New Jersey/New York in the early 1890s to around 1903.

Note: Movie Made America also talks about “proto-cinema”–i.e. the work of Marey and Muybridge. You don’t need to worry about that material. Use examples from Edison onward.

***Watch Videos***
Before the Nickelodeon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMKPiUj4s20
The Great Train Robbery:

A Corner In Wheat:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0kUTC-XCsM
The Lonedale Operator:

Musketeers of Pig Alley:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHZei3TQTmo

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