Cinematography: Everything You Need To Know (sin-uh-muh-tahg'-ruh-fee) Cinematography is the technique and art of making motion pictures, which are a sequence of photographs of a single subject that are taken over time and then projected in the same sequence to create an illusion of motion. Each image of a moving object is slightly different from the preceding one. Projector A motion-picture projector projects the sequence of picture frames, contained on a ribbon of film, in …
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…his contribution to cinema comedy. LEONARD MALTIN Bibliography: Fowler, Gene, Father Goose (1934; repr. 1974); Lahue, Kalton C., and Brewer, Terry, Kops and Custards: The Legend of Keystone Films (1968); Sennett, Mack, King of Comedy (1954; repr. 1975). Chaplin, Charlie -------------------------------- Charles Spencer Chaplin, b. Apr. 16, 1889, d. Dec. 25, 1977, cinema's most celebrated comedian-director, achieved international fame with his portrayals of the mustachioed Little Tramp. As the director, producer, writer, and interpreter of his many movies, he made a major contribution to