genre motion painting no. 1
Woman in the Moon ( German Frau im Mond ) is a ___MASK28___ ___MASK20___ silent film that premiered 15 October 1929 at the UFA - Palast am Zoo cinema in Berlin to an audience of 2 , 000 . It is often considered to be one of the first " serious " ___MASK28___ ___MASK20___ films . It was written and directed by Fritz Lang , based on the novel " The Rocket to the Moon " by his collaborator Thea von Harbou , his wife at the time . It was released in the USA as " By Rocket to the Moon " and in the UK as " Woman in the Moon ". The basics of rocket travel were presented to a ___MASK92___ audience for the first time by this film , including the use of a multi - stage rocket . The film was shot between October 1928 and June 1929 at the UFA studios in Neubabelsberg near Berlin In ___MASK27___ , counterpoint is the relationship between voices that are harmonically interdependent ( ___MASK96___ ) yet independent in rhythm and contour . It has been most commonly identified in the European classical tradition , strongly developing during the Renaissance and in much of the common practice period , especially in the ___MASK31___ . The term originates from the Latin " punctus contra punctum " meaning " point against point ". The ___MASK92___ in B minor ( BWV 232 ) by Johann Sebastian Bach is a ___MASK45___ setting of the complete Ordinary of the Latin ___MASK92___ . The work was one of Bach ' s last compositions , not completed until 1749 , the year before his death . Much of the ___MASK92___ gave new form to ___MASK63___ that Bach had composed throughout his career , dating back ( in the case of the " Crucifixus ") to 1714 , but extensively revised . To complete the work , in the late 1740s Bach composed new sections of the " Credo " such as " Et incarnatus est ". Motion Painting No . 1 ( 1947 ) is a short ___MASK93___ in which film artist Oskar Fischinger put images in motion to the ___MASK27___ of Johann Sebastian Bach ' s Brandenburg ___MASK17___ no . 3 , BWV 1048 . The film was created by applying oil paint on acrylic glass . Fischinger filmed each brushstroke over the course of 9 months . In 1997 , the film was selected for inclusion in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being `` culturally , historically , or aesthetically significant '' . Friedrich ___MASK73___ Anton " Fritz " Lang ( December 5 , 1890  August 2 , 1976 ) was an Austrian - German filmmaker , screenwriter , and occasional film producer and actor . One of the best - known " émigrés " from Germany ' s school of Expressionism , he was dubbed the " Master of Darkness " by the British Film Institute . A ___MASK5___ ( literally " sung ", past participle feminine singular of the Italian verb " cantare ", " to sing ") is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment , typically in several movements , often involving a choir . Johann Sebastian Bach ( 28 July 1750 ) was a German composer and musician of the ___MASK31___ period . He enriched established German styles through his skill in counterpoint , harmonic and motivic organisation , and the adaptation of rhythms , forms , and textures from abroad , particularly from Italy and France . Bach ' s compositions include the " Brandenburg Concertos ", the " Goldberg Variations ", the Mass in B minor , two Passions , and over three hundred cantatas of which around two hundred survive . His music is revered for its technical command , artistic beauty , and intellectual depth . The Library of Congress (" LOC ") is the ___MASK10___ library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the " de facto " national library of the United States . It is the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States . The Library is housed in three buildings on Capitol Hill in Washington , D . C .; it also maintains the Packard Campus in Culpeper , Virginia , which houses the National Audio - Visual Conservation Center . Oskar Wilhelm Fischinger ( 22 June 1900  31 January 1967 ) was a German - American ___MASK46___ animator , filmmaker , and painter , notable for creating ___MASK46___ ___MASK45___ ___MASK65___ many decades before the appearance of computer graphics and music videos . He created special effects for Fritz Lang ' s 1929 " Woman In The Moon ", one of the first sci - fi rocket movies . He made over 50 short films , and painted around 800 canvases , many of which are in museums , galleries and collections worldwide . Among his film works is " Motion Painting No . 1 " ( 1947 ), which is now listed on the National Film Registry of the U . S . Library of Congress . A film , also called a movie , motion picture , theatrical film or photoplay , is a series of still images which , when shown on a screen , creates the illusion of moving images due to the phi phenomenon . This ___MASK11___ causes the audience to perceive continuous motion between separate objects viewed rapidly in succession . The process of filmmaking is both an art and an industry . A film is created by photographing actual scenes with a motion picture camera ; by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional ___MASK65___ techniques ; by means of CGI and computer ___MASK65___ ; or by a combination of some or all of these techniques and other visual effects . The Brandenburg Concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach ( BWV 1046  1051 , original title : Six Concerts à plusieurs instruments ) are a collection of six ___MASK49___ works presented by Bach to ___MASK73___ Ludwig , Margrave of Brandenburg - Schwedt , in 1721 ( though probably composed earlier ). They are widely regarded as some of the best orchestral compositions of the ___MASK31___ era . The National Film Registry ( NFR ) is the United States National Film Preservation Board ' s ( NFPB ) selection of films for preservation in the Library of Congress . The NFPB , established by the National Film Preservation Act of 1988 , was reauthorized by acts of Congress in 1992 , 1996 , 2005 , and again in October 2008 . The NFPB ' s mission , to which the NFR contributes , is to ensure the survival , conservation , and increased public availability of America ' s film heritage . The 1996 ___MASK61___ also created the non - profit National Film Preservation Foundation which , although affiliated with the NFPB , raises money from the private sector .