historical film events

  • Mirographe

    Mirographe
    a film camera with a handle and magnifying glass. The handle would be used to rotate the disk in order to play the film. The magnifying glass would project the film onto a wall.
  • Motion Picture Magazine

    Motion Picture Magazine
    Is the first American motion picture film magazine. The magazine had moving pictures that entertained the people. It was really successful during that time and made about 50k copies.
  • the kid

    the kid
    Is a silent comedy drama film. It's about a tramp who finds an orphan. It was the 2nd highest money making film at that time.
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
    A Disney fantasy film made out of animation. It was so popular it made 8 million in such a short notice of its release. There's also a newer version of this film made in 1990.
  • The Kodak Vigilant Junior Six-20

    The Kodak Vigilant Junior Six-20
    A camera used to take shots of films during 1940s. It's also a folding camera. I don't think it records so therefore it would only be used for motion picture films.
  • live musical boradway

    live musical boradway
    Performance like dancing to music would be perform on a stage in a theatre. Such like Broadway. This was very popular in American culture.
  • Rodgers and Hammerstein (musical)

    Rodgers and Hammerstein (musical)
    Rodgers and Hammerstein film became very popular worldwide. It was a successful musical theatre.
  • Star Wars

    Star Wars
    Very popular sci-fi film with special effects. It's still popular in todays world. It's also the highest money making film in that year.
  • back to the future

    back to the future
    This Sci-Fi film tried to organise a collaboration with many other productions but were rejected. Now it's one of the biggest movies. It made 380 million US dollars.
  • titanic

    titanic
    Titanic is the first movie to make up to 1 billion US dollars until 2010. During this time period is what able to make CGI look real on an old film too. The film is still popular in todays world due to the charm of this film.
  • Avatar (CGI)

    Avatar (CGI)
    One of the most popular movie in the whole world. The audience were amazed by the editing and CGI effects. This film made about 2.8 billion US dollars.
  • The hunger games

    The hunger games
    A dystopian film that made 694 million US dollars. It was a popular novel that was later made into a movie. The movie storyline entertained the audience.