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first live action
Eadward Muybridge set up a row of cameras that would take pictures of a horse that Leland stanford was riding.they found ou that if you take your head left to right i looks like the horse is moving. The pictures made it to 24 fps -
rifle camera
a french physiologist named Étienne-Jules Marey made a camera that was shaped like a rifle. the camera could take 12 photos a second , but he did not want to project it he wanted to deconstruct the birds movement -
Dickinson's kinetograph
imprinted up to 50 feet at 40 frames per second. this was not the first camera like this as many european inventors applied for patents long before this. this device however weighted over 1000 pounds. -
kineograph parlor
Thomas Edison sold kienographs with peepholes on them to people that would open up a shop where they would charge 1 person at a time to watch. -
first movie theatre
this theatre was made by the Liumere brothers who put a series of short films on the screen that people would pay to go see. this was called cinematogrape which is how we now have the word cinematography. the cost was one french-frac per view which is around 17 cents -
nickelodeon
a nickelodeon is a small theatre where you would pay 1 nickel and get to see a short film. these theatres would also have live vaudeville skits that people would participate in. -
the great train robbery
was the first narrative movie. the film was 12 minutes long and was directed by Edwin porter. the film included different camera angles and distances. the move was a huge success considering most movies at the time were 30 seconds long -
film industry moves
the film industry moved to los angels to get away from the movie patent production company that was trying to take their equipment. there was also better lighting and weather on the west coast, and if the MPPC showed up they could drive to Mexico to escape. -
Charlie Chaplain
charlie is one of the first film stars who started out making 150 dollars a week who in 1917 make one million dollars a year. he was a comedian who starred in many silent films as that was the only form of movie at the time. -
disaster films
in the 1970's disaster films began to take over the box office which gained a huge profit. the films like jaws and Friday the 13th were widely popular during these times. -
titanic
this movie is a romance that grossed almost 2 billion dollars which made it the highest grossing film at the time until another James cameron movie passed it in 2010 -
avatar
this movie played internationally and grossed 2.7 billion dollars. this movie was also directed by James cameron. it released in 2010 and on first day made 26 million dollars.
