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The first camera
The first camera ever built was in 1816.Joseph Nicephore Niepce was the person who built the camera. He built the camera to preserve images. -
The horse in motion
Eadweard Muybridge made the first film ever in 1878.Eadweard Muybridge and his friends made a bet of $25,000 that a horse galloping could have all four feet off the ground at the same point in time. Since he did that his friends owed him a lot of money. -
Paper film
Paper film was developed in 1885. George Eastman is the inventor of paper film. It is used for recoding images. -
First movie with a narrative
The first movie with a narrative was in 1903. Edwin Porter created it. The movie was 12 minutes long. -
Nickelodeons
Nickelodeons were averaging around 26 million viewers a week. The potential was there for them to make money. The famous televison network Nickelodeon is names after the nickelodeons -
Sound
In the late 1920's and early 1930's early production of sound in movies began. By the late 1930's there sound in almost every movie, at the time it was called a "talkie". The Jazz singer was the first movie with sound. -
Color
Some films were experimenting with colors as early as 1912. It wasn't until the 1930's that movies started using colors. The Wizard of Oz was one of the most famous movies that first used color. -
The Blockbuster Era
In the summer of 1975, the movie "Jaws" was considered the first blockbuster movie ever. Since Jaws was a big success in the summer other movies started doing the same. Stars Wars and Alien are some example of other blockbuster movies in that era. -
CGI
In the 80's and 90's films started to use CGI (computer generated images) in films. The first full length CGI movie ever made was "Toy Story". After that, many movies started using more and more CGI. -
Now
Films now are full of CGI. There are even a lot of movies that are getting blockbuster hits. Movies nowadays are way different to when they first started
