film timeline

By la vaca

  • first public displays

    The first public showings of films took place in the 1890s

  • the great train robbery

    the great train robbery
    is a 1903 American silent short Western film written, produced, and directed by Edwin S. Porter, a former Edison Studios cameraman.

  • Edison's Kinetophone

    Edison's Kinetophone
    kinetophone with phonographs inside their cabinets

  • the jazz singer

    the jazz singer
    The Jazz Singer is the first feature-length talkie. The film starred Vaudeville sensation Al Jolson.

  • technicolor

    technicolor
    With the release of Becky Sharp, audiences could now see films in technicolor

  • McCaethyism

    McCaethyism
    hollywood was threatened by McCarthyism, with its accusations of communism

  • Wide Screen

    With the invention of television, film needed to up its game

  • Motion Picture Ratings

    Motion Picture Ratings
    (owo)/ otion picture ratings were introduced in 1968, with G, PG, R and X. PG-13 came significantly later.

  • Introduction of the Steadycam

    Introduction of the Steadycam
    The Steadicam, first used in Rocky, became available offering new options to filmmakers, it mechanically isolates the operator's movement, allowing for a smooth shot, even when the camera moves over an irregular surface.