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Louis Le Prince Developed the first film( which lasted 2 seconds)
This showed that the possibility of films can become a reality. -
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the silent film era
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Lemiere Brothers develop the first full length film
Actually starting the idea of a feature-length film being a reality -
The first film with talking released
This became the new standard of film moving forward and every film to this day is likely to have talking -
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the "golden age" of film
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Steamboat Willie was released
This started the beginning of one of film's biggest juggernauts, Walt Disney Studios. -
Horror movies began to surge
This began the start of one of the most popular genres of film that still makes massive amounts of money at the box-office to this day. -
Disney's first feature length film released
This was the beginning of the massive success of Disney movies -
Television began to show films
This made several films more known to a wider audience and gave film studios more money. -
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the modern era of film
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African American directed films start releasing
This began the rise of Black filmmakers and several successful films being directed by African American directors. -
George Lucas releases "Star Wars"
This redefined science fiction as a genre and started the rise of several successful science fiction films. -
MTV launched
This started the rise of successful short films and made several smaller filmmakers more popular. -
Indie films began releasing
This showed that several independent filmmakers can be successful and sometimes more successful than several big companies. -
Quentin Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs" releases
This made him a massive staple in the filmmaking space and gave several other filmmakers inspiration for their own films. -
YouTube launches which will later kill MTV
This gave filmmakers a new system to market their films or short films to. -
George Lucas sells his studios film rights to Walt Disney Studios
This started Disney acquiring several intellectual properties over the decade including Marvel and 20th Century Fox -
Most Film Companies move to streaming service due to COVID
This led to several film studios not making a lot of money and almost killed the film industry as a whole which took a few years to fix.