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Lumiere Brothers make the Cinematograph
This allowed for movies to be projected on a screen. By doing this, movies began to become more popularized as they were easier to show in public. -
First Movie with a Narrative
The first movie to have a narrative was The Great Train Robbery. This movie, created by Edwin Porter, began the trend of movies having trends and not just capturing daily life. -
Hollywoodland is Established
Movie makers who wanted to escape the iron grasp of MPPC. They moved to California to easily make a break if things went south, but they also listed their actors, which MPPC wasn't doing. -
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Silent Films Die
All movies were being released with sound now. This was the death of a medium. -
Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind
Both of these movies utilized a new technology called Technicolor to add color to them. This allows for movies to become extremely similar to what movies are now in terms of sound and color. -
Jaws
One of the first movies to become a "blockbuster". This means it was extremely popular and lots of people bot tickets to go see it. -
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CGI is added to Movies
People begin to create images on computers(those new handy dandy gadgets) and put them in movies. This helped to create a wider variety of movies and would help them into the modern film era.