Which term refers to the first movie studio associated with Edison?

• A. The Black Maria
• B. Zoopraxiscope
• C. Kinetoscope
• D. Marey Gun

Answer: (A)

The question tests recognizing Edison’s first dedicated place for making motion pictures. The Black Maria was built in 1893 at Edison’s laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey, and is considered the first true movie studio. Its tar-paper exterior helped control lighting, and the studio rode on a wagon chassis so it could be rotated to face the sun, providing a workable setup for filming short scenes and early actuality footage. This distinguishes it from devices like the Zoopraxiscope, which projected sequences of images; the Kinetoscope, a peep-hole viewing machine; and the Marey chronographic gun, an early motion-recording device. The Black Maria is the correct term for Edison’s first movie studio.