Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2016 October 16

= October 16 =

Why in the silent films the camera did not move?
37.142.197.179 (talk) 08:27, 16 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Have a look at Movie camera. --TammyMoet (talk) 10:36, 16 October 2016 (UTC)
 * That is part of it, but also, cinematic techniques had not been developed. The early films were more or less stage plays with a camera placed at the fourth wall. Britmax (talk) 10:52, 16 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Also, Matte (filmmaking) talks about early uses of this type of "double exposure", and by having the camera fixed, it would have made the matte process much easier. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 12:54, 16 October 2016 (UTC)


 * However, the camera did sometimes move - the camera dolly was apparently invented in 1907 and first used in a major film - Cabiria - in 1914.


 * Similarly, the word pan was used in connection with moviemaking as early as 1913. The OED Online quotes a piece from the Saturday Evening Post that used it that year.  --69.159.61.230 (talk) 04:11, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

Disney Animation
Has there been any word if Disney will ever return to Traditional Animation? Swancat (talk) 21:06, 16 October 2016 (UTC)
 * According to List_of_Disney_theatrical_animated_features the answer appears to be "no". -- Jayron 32 00:02, 17 October 2016 (UTC)
 * quotes the CEO a few years back who also says no. Nil Einne (talk) 03:01, 17 October 2016 (UTC)