THE AGE OF MOVING

PICTURES AND VIDEOS

 Thomas Edison
Invented the apparatus for filming and
projecting motion picturesproduced films
showing famous people, news events,
disasters, people at work, modes of
transportation, and people in various
activitiesHis company produced 341
Edison films from 1891 to 1918His
Kinetoscope machine , designed as
individual "peep shows"produced the first
movie made for screen projection entitle,
"WORKERS LEAVING THE LUMIERE
FACTORY" in 1895
Foreign Film makers who dominated our
country to make documentary films like:

• Battle of Baliwag
• Banawe Rice Terraces
• Filipino Cockfight
• Battle of Mt. Arayat
• Luzon Lingerie – the first movie
made in the Philippines
Salon Indien du Grand Café in
Paris
First four foreign movies were shown in
Phonograph Parlor, Escolta, Manila.
• Un Homme Au Chapeau ( Man with a Hat)
• Une scéne de Danse Japonnaise ( Scene from a
Japanese Dance)
• Les Boxers ( The Boxers)
• La Place de L' Opéra ( The Place L' Opéra)
Juan Malaya identifies world-class
Filipino movies through the years:
• Genghis Khan
• Insiang
• Walls of Hell
• No Man is an Island
• The Floor Contemplacion Story
• Inagaw Mo ang Lahat sa Akin
Horse in Motion as the first motion picture
ever made in 1887
FILM AND ANIMATION
AS ART
 HISTORY OF PHILIPPINE CINEMA

The youngest of the Philippine arts, film has evolved to

become the most popular of all the art forms. Introduced
only in 1897, films have ranged from silent movies to
talkies; black and white to color. Outpacing its predecessors
by gaining public acceptance, from one end of the country
to the other, its viewers come from all walks of life.
Nationwide, there are more than 1000 movie theaters
 Early in the 1980s, it was estimated in Metro Manila
alone, there were around 2.5 million moviegoers. As an
art form, it reflects the culture and the beliefs of the
people it caters to and most times, is the one who shapes
their consciousness.
Philippine film as discussed in this paper includes
films made by Filipino people exhibited in this country
and possibly in other countries from the 1930s to the
1990s. The films may be silent pictures or talkies,
black and white or color. They also include films such
as documentaries, animation, experimental or
alternative films and other types of films.
BRILLANTE MENDOZA
He was the first filipino to win the
Best Director in the 2009 Cannes
International Film Festival in France for
his film, Kinatay (2009). He was born
and raised in San Fernando,
Pampanga. He took Advertising Arts of
the then College of Architecture and
Fine Arts at the University of Santo
Tomas. He has directed sixteen films
since 2005.
MARYO J. DELOS REYES

He is a film and television director

from the Philippines. He began
his career in the 1970s. He won
the Crystal Bear for "Best Feature
Film" for Magnifico during the
Berlin International Film Festival.
 LAURICE GUILLEN
. She is a Filipino actress, director and college professor.
Guillen studied at St. Theresa's College, Cebu City, earned
an AB English degree before finishing an MA in
Communication at Ateneo de Manila University, where she
taught at the college level. She took a television production
course under Nestor Torre, in 1967. She then began work as
an actress, starring in productions of Mrs. Warren's
Profession, before crossing over to film and television work,
playing a seductress in Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang, and
Corazon Aquinoin the drama A Dangerous Life. In 2009 she
accepted a role in the indie film Karera, her first role in an
independent production.
Notable Actors and Actresses
AWARD-GIVING BODIES OF
FILM
Through these bodies, the best films, actors
and actresses, script writers, directors,
cinematographers and others involved in
film production are recognized and the
standards local of filmmaking are challenged
and improved.
In 1981, the Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP)
was founded through Executive Order 640-A signed
by late President Ferdinand Marcos. The academy
serves as the umbrella organization of many guilds
of Philippine movies and as such, supervises their
activities to maintain high standards.