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First camera
Basically, a very basic "camera" was made, acting as more of a projector. The image was drawn by hand with the projection being more of a guideline -
First film
This is important since, well, it is the first film, really. It was also somewhat accidental made out of a tangental bet. I was also made with a series of cameras all going off at once -
Celluloid is born
Just a year after their creation, Kodak makes Celluloid. this is pretty important as it takes a photo pretty quick. It's also really good for film as it turned out -
Movie Theaters?!
Before, one had to look in a little box to see a film, one at a time. However, the Lumiere Brothers had a novel idea to just project it for dozens of people. shortly, that became the norm -
12 Minute Epic
After years of 30 second shorts, Edison helped produce a 12 minute epic called The Great Train Robbery. It was one step closer to the feature length we see today. It also had a clear narrative, a first in the industry. -
Monopoly
Of course, Edison couldn't just stay in good graces after that fiasco with the projecting. No, instead he tried to Monopolize the movie industry in New York. Him and the MPPC tired to control all film. this lead to a mass exodus. -
Hollywoodland
Shortly after Edison and company tried their hand at being corporate, money hungry sharks, many aspiring film makers went to California, hoping to make their own films and book it to Mexico when the MPPC came knocking. Since most filmmakers were there, the industry thrived there instead of New York -
Charlie Chapplin
You have to mention this legend. after Hollywood began crediting it's actors, Charlie became one of the biggest stars in film ever. This man was making a million a year in 1917. Absolutely changed Film stardom as we know it -
Jazz Singer and Talkies
Jazz Signer had the first voice and sound in any movie, and it was kind of amazing. Around the 1930's, sound was slowly coming into movies, or so it seemed. It's speed can be debated as it killed off silent film production by the 1940's. but one thing is for certain: talkies were in -
Wizard of Technicolor
After sound, film was bound to evolve yet again, but the next big change came most definitively in 1937 with Wizard of Oz, which pretend to be Sepia, but then hit you with the Techncolor! That's right, the new, big thing was color. ,Everything could be colored, and soon, it would be. -
Dun Dun!
Evolution was a bit stagnate for film, since CGI was still far off, but in 1975, a little summer movie named Jaws kind of broke everything, but more importantly the bank. Singlehandedly, summer went from just another time for a movie, to the time for Blockbusters. Movies loaded with massive budgets to draw in an even more massive profit came out in the summer, it was almost a required. Thus, blockbusters were born. -
Computer Magic
Finally, instead of practical effects, CGI was available. At first people are skeptical, but then they saw a T-Rex and gave it all the money. Yes, from this point on, CGI would be a main stay, used in various degrees of success.
