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History of Film
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The bet that made Film
A rich englishman,Sallie Gardner, bet to his friends that at a point, a horse can run so fast that all of his hooves would not touch the ground. he bet $25000. he provd it by using multiple camras and taking shots as the horse ran by, after looking at it, he not only won the bet, but discovered that if you ran by the shots quickly, it looked like the horse was actually running. he discovered film. -
First horror movie
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Thomas Edison Created the Kinetoscope
Thomas Edison Created a machine known as a Peephole Kinetoscope. it used multiple images of a scene and flashed them quickly, making it look like they are moving. but the machine can only be used by one person. -
Kinetoscope goes to public
Kinetoscope Reached the Public. became femous eventhough movies were extreamly short. -
Cinema invented
the Lumiere Brothers created a Projection machine(even though Edison invented it first, but did not show to public because he wanted to make money.) and used it in the public. this created small theaters for groups to see short movies. -
First Color Film
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First Narrative Film
the first film with a narrative story was "The Great train robbery".made by an employee of Thomas Edison. it was considered a Real Epic. -
MPPC Founded
Motion Picture Patents Compony founded by Thomas Edison. it was sucessful and became a monopoly, but it regulated all films, restricting Private films. -
First documentary
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MPPC Terminated
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First YouTube Video
