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Early period
n the 1890s, films were seen mostly via temporary storefront spaces and traveling exhibitors or as acts in vaudeville programs. A film could be under a minute long and would usually present a single scene, authentic or staged, of everyday life, a public event, a sporting event or slapstick. There was little to no cinematic technique, the film was usually black and white and it was without sound. -
chase films
In the 1900s, continuity of action across successive shots was achieved and the first close-up shot was introduced (some claim D. W. Griffith was the inventor). Most films of this period were what came to be called "chase films". The first successful permanent theatre showing only films was "The Nickelodeon" in Pittsburgh in 1905. The first feature length multi-reel film was a 1906 Australian production. -
Universal Pictures
Beginning in the 1920s and continuing through the 1930s and the early 1940s, Universal had great success with its monster films with movies like Dracula (1931), Frankenstein (1931), The Mummy (1932), and The Wolf Man (1941). The studio’s fortunes dipped in the following decades, though it had several hits with stars like Abbott and Costello, James Stewart, and Lana Turner. Alfred Hitchcock also spent the last decade and a half of his career making films for Universal. -
Walt Disney Pictures (1923)
Walt Disney Pictures began its life as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, and was renamed after the massive success of Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse cartoon character allowed the company to expand beyond traditional cartoon shorts. The studio began releasing films with live-action sequences in the 1940s, and Disney’s first all live-action film was 1950’s Treasure Island. Of course, Disney's media empire has grown to include its famous theme parks with attractions based on the studio's movies. -
Columbia Pictures (1924)
Columbia Pictures was born from a very small studio named Cohn-Brandt-Cohn known for producing very low-budget shorts. The newly-branded Columbia increased its fortunes when Frank Capra directed a series of hits for the studio, including It Happened One Night (1934), You Can’t Take It With You (1938), and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939). Columbia also succeeded with comedy shorts, releasing films starring The Three Stooges and Buster Keaton. -
20th Century Fox (1935)
Early stars for the merged studio included Betty Grable, Henry Fonda, Tyrone Power, and Shirley Temple. The studio’s success continued in the 1950s with a series of very successful musicals, including Carousel (1956), The King and I (1956), South Pacific (1958), and The Sound of Music (1965). Fox also pioneered “widescreen” cinema by developing the CinemaScope process first seen in 1953’s The Robe. -
nickelodeon history
nickelodeon started dec 1 19977 the first two-way major market interactive cable television system was launched in Columbus, Ohio by Warner Cable Corp. One of the ten "community" channels that were offered at no additional charge to QUBE subscribers was C-3, which exclusively carried Pinwheel each day from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. -
nickeloden released date
Nickelodeon launched on April 1, 1979 (as the first ever all children's network) on Warner Cable franchises across the country. Nickelodeon's name was proposed by New York based creative director/designer Joseph Iozzi, who also created the channel's first logo and original advertising campaign. -
nickelodeo struggle
Nickelodeon struggled at first, operating at a loss of $10 million by 1984. The network had lacked successful programs (shows on the network that failed to gain traction during its first few years included Against the Odds and Going Great), which stagnated viewership, at one point finishing dead last among all U.S. cable channels. -
Creative impact of sound
Creatively, however, the rapid transition was a difficult one, and in some ways, film briefly reverted to the conditions of its earliest days. The late '20s were full of static, stagey talkies as artists in front of and behind the camera struggled with the stringent limitations of the early sound equipment and their own uncertainty as to how to utilize the new medium. -
cartoon network
The channel was launched on October 1, 1992 and primarily broadcasts animated television series, mostly children's programming, ranging from action to animated comedy. It operates daily from 6:00 AM to 8:00 PMand primarily aimed at children and young teenagers between the ages of 7 to 15 -
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film studio based in Hollywood, California, that has been a subsidiary of the American media conglomerate Viacom since 1994. They have made many famous movies till this day.
