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First Moving Picture sequence
Louis Agustin Le Prince invented a camera that filmed a moving picture sequences. With this camera he created other films that were some of the first films shot and show to a crowd. He is now know as the father of cinematography. -
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Important Events in the History of Film
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The First Film Production Studio
The first production film studio, the Black Maria, was created by Thomas Edison. It was built on the same land as his laboratories. Some of the films shot there showed what everyday life was like. -
The First Western Movie
The first western movie filmed was called The Great Train Robbery. This movie was a hit with its audience and set the stone for more movies set it the wild west.The film also used modern film techniques like filming out of sequence and having multiple camera positions. -
Color Film
The movie Cupid Angling was the first to be shot in color although it was silent. The technique used to film it was called the Douglas Natural Color process. Leon F. Douglas', the creator of this process, company produced the film. -
The First Talkie
The first movie to ever be produced with sound was an American musical called The Jazz Singer. The movies sound was recorded using a device called the Vita phone a commercially successful sound-on-disc system. This movie help start the era of talkies, films with sound. -
Major Film Festival
The first major film festival took place in Venice, Italy. It was party of an art exhibition that took place every 2 years. At the festival, there were quite a few awards including Best Actor and Actress. Today, this is the longest running festival, as it still takes place in the 21st century. -
Bugs Bunny famous line
This line was said in the fourth cartoon he was shown in, The wild hare by Tex Avery. Tex said the line was common language where he was from and didn't think much of it.The also film won an Oscar award. In the next cartoon, bugs bunny receive his name. -
Cinderella
Cinderella was release in 1950 for a limited time. A month later, Disney released it to the public. Cinderella is a classic Disney movie known and seen by a lot of different people from different cultures. -
First 007
James Bond, better known as 007 is a popular movie franchise. In 1962, Sean Connery became the first actor to play James Bond. He starred in the move Dr. No. -
First Hollywood Film using 2d Cgi
The first film in Hollywood to use 2d Cgi, was called Westworld. The film was directed by Michael Crichton. The cgi animation was used for a robotic vision scene -
Friday the 13th Debut
This is one of the most successful horror film franchises in history. It was picked up by Paramount Pictures in 1980. In the film Jason not only wasn't the villian, but also didn't have his signature hockey mask. -
Jurassic Park Release
Jurassic Park by Steven Spielberg was released,and became the top grossing film of the year. It was known for the CGI dinosaurs. The dinosaurs looked extremely realistic and made the franchise what it is today. -
Biggest Box Office Opening
Spider-Man 3, directed by Sam Raini set the record for the largest domestic box office opening. The film not only set the record for opening weekend, but opening day as well. This was the starting point, and film began to break this record starting with the Dark Knight
