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Origin of film was made possible with a horse and a bet?
In a 25,000 dollar bet in 1800’s, Eadweard Muybridge made a bet on a horse that all four of the horses hooves came off the ground. Muybridge won the bet. Since he took multiple photos it looked like it was moving. -
Thomas those are for the public you goof
Thomas Edison invented the peephole kinetoscope in 1891. He didn’t publicly announce this because he was making much more money charging people one by one. The kinetoscope would later become popular but not because of a change in Thomas Edison's thinking. -
Kinetic Scope Parlor, Peephole Telescope and moving pictures
In 1895 the Kinetic Scope Parlor was invented. Everyone was amazed by the fact that these images were moving and it was great. These films used to be called moving images but the issue was that they were only for an audience of one. -
Lumiere Brothers, Nickelodeon and Vaudeville
The Lumiere brothers made a projector called “cinematographe”. They were public and very short. Vaudeville made small skits and comedy routines. They were called “nickelodeon” and evolved into the channel. Nickelodeons were small storefront-type theatres that featured films with one or two vaudeville acts. -
The Great Train Robbery
In 1903, the first narrative movie was the Great Train Robbery. It was an employee of Thomas Edison and Edwin Porter. It lasted 12 minutes and was considered an epic. -
Oh no it's Tommy!!!
The movie industry wanted to take advantage of their growing popularity so they decided to do something new. Thomas Edison formed the motion picture patents company and created a monopoly in which they owned everything so that they could make money off of everything. They basically attacked anyone who refused to make movies under them and threatened them to never do it again. -
Why Hollywood? Credits?
People worked in LA because California is really close to Mexico so they would pack their bags and drive there so that they wouldn't lose all of their equipment. Movies made under Thomas E. didn't give their names or credits because they could become popular and demand more money. Independent studios gave their names and gave them credit and they believed it would raise their popularity which worked. Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin became super popular during this time due to this method. -
Hey somebody's getting popular
By 1910, Nickelodeon theatre's were attracting 26 million viewers each week. They saw they were getting a lot of money and wanted to take advantage of that. So they called upon good old Thomas Edison to do something about it and...he sure did do something. -
Charlie's making bank
In the 20th century Charlie was a comedic genius and extremely popular. He started with making about 150 a week but by 1917 he was making more than a million dollars a year. He became one of the first movie celebrities. -
COLOR?!! WOW!!!
Technicolor became widely used from 1922 to 1952 in movies like The Wizard of Oz and Disney Films. These movies became super popular because not only were they good movies but they weren't in black and white as well. This is what led to all the discoveries we made afterwards relating to color in media and high definition. -
Neorealism in film
In the 1940's neorealism (an Italian movement) came into effect. It portrayed the non-fictional aspects of Italian society. This serious and very real genre led to a lot more non-fiction and media and to inform people that poverty and all of these issues were very real. -
Neorealism and celebrities
Marlon Brando became popular in 1951. James Dean in the movie Rebel without a Cause appealed to misunderstood teens. The rise in celebrities and popularity in non fiction films allowed people to have an emotional connection to films because they could easily relate to their issues. -
Bye movies? Oh never mind.
In the 1960's Hollywood was in a decline. Small numbers of movies were released in thousands of screens. Everything was looking bad but in the 1970's the blockbuster we know of now was created.
