Task 1: Read the intro "What is film ..." underneath.
What is film / moving pictures / motion pictures?
Material
A term to describe a particular material of communication (certain properties/guided by physical laws ...). Traditional films are made up of a series of individual images called frames. When these images are shown rapidly in succession, a viewer has the impression that motion is actually taking place.
Medium
A particular medium of communication (both a single work and a body/complex of works). The visual elements of cinema give motion pictures a universal power of communication.
Cultural artifact
Films are cultural artifacts created by specific cultures, which reflect those cultures, and, in turn, affect them.
Text
Particular 'text'/art form, a sort of popular entertainment that has ist own 'language'.
Commodity
Commercial product / mass production / mass consumption / motion picture industry.
