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Vaudeville Shows
Throughout the 1880s and the 1920s vaudeville shows were the big thing and became the most popular entertainment in America. Vaudevilles were small theaters that would show skits, comedy routines, and song and dances. To gain popularity they would show short films between acts. -
Paper Film Invented
Nearly 70 years after the first camera was partially invented, paper film is introduced to the film industry -
Kodak Film is Born
Just three short years after the paper film is introduced to the world, we now have Kodak film, and this begins its long reign at the top of the industry. Kodak also began making cameras which became the first in the hands of the people. -
Celluloid Created
Celluloid was a name for film used in shooting movies. It is no longer used that much, due to the danger of how flammable it is and expensive it is. -
The Lumiere Brothers Invention
The two brothers, from France, created the projector. The projector could show motion pictures on a screen for an audience to watch.This projector would take the name "Cinematographe" -
The First Movie
This was the first movie that included a narrative, made by Edwin Porter who worked Thomas Edison. It was 14 scenes long which was a whopping 12 minutes long. -
The MCCP
The MPPC was made in 1908 and was created so that the companies could own everything so they could make the most money possible. -
Profits in Nickelodeons?
By this time (1910) there were roughly 26 million viewers a week at nickelodeons and businesses and potential for making money was there. -
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Silent Movies Silenced
It was in the 1920s and 1930s when technology started to be made to add sound to movies, and these movies were called talkie and became the new norm for movies -
The First Movie With Sound
In 1927, the Jazz Singer was made and was the first movie to use sound. -
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The Next Advancement
There was an attempt in the early 1910s to have and add color to films but it wasn't until the 1930s that having color in films was a thing. In 1939 both The Wizard Of Oz and Gone with the Wind used color. -
The Blockbuster Era
Due to the success of JAWS, it started what we call the blockbuster era in the film industry, along with other hits such as Star Wars -
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CGI
Throughout the 80s and 90s CGI started getting incorporated in many movies. -
Transition to Digital
Starting in 2000 and on gong through that decade digital film replaces film and in 2010 seeing a movie with film became very rare.
