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The $25K Bet
People have argued for some time that horses would never have all four feet off of the ground at the same time. These people made a $25,000 bet that he couldn't prove this. In order to solve this, they took a rapid sequence of photos that would later be called 'film'. -
The 'Nickelodeons'
Vaudevilles were small theaters that featured short dramatic skits, comedy routines, and song and dance numbers. These people that performed during these films were called nickelodeons were because you would only spend a nickel to see these performances. -
Kinetoscope Parlor
Once the principle of creating the illusion of movement from a sequence of photos. There was only one peephole that was provided, therefore this theater was only an audience of one. These peepholes were provided by Thomas Edison. -
The Beginning of Cinematography
The Lumiere brothers have found another method of distributing a rapid sequence of photos. This method was through a projector, and was able to be seen by more than just an audience of one. This invention was called Cinematography -
The Great Train Robbery
The Great Train Robbery was the first narrative film that existed. It lasted for twelve minutes, which seemed really long back in the day. This film was created by Edwin Porter, an employee under Thomas Edison. -
The Motion Picture Patents Company (MPPC)
The Motion Picture Patents Company was formed by Thomas Edison. This company was formed to control things such as the production of raw film stock, projection equipment, and film distribution and exhibition. -
The Popularity of Film Grows
Nickelodeon theaters have grown exponentially by the 1910s, attracting 26-million viewers by week. Five years later, that number has doubled. The popularity of films had grown so popular that it had grabbed the attention of those seeking for big profits. -
Onto The West Coast
By 1915, Film has moved from the East Coast to the West Coast due to the MPPC not being fair and only being money-driven. California was a great location, because it was right next to Mexico which was a great location to close up and retreat to safe terrain. It was also very far away from New York -
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin was a comic genius of silent comedy. He started out working at $150 a week, and by 1917, he was making more than a million a year. Charlie Chaplin made a lot of controversial films that talked about social inequality, dictatorship, and other topics. -
Large Production of Film
By the 1920s, The U.S. had reached an era that is still considered the greatest output ever, with a production of 800 feature films a year. This era has also put film on the map, and the studio system had a massive publicity method which was known as the star system. -
The Sound Era
In the late 1927s, Warners released the Jazz Singer. This film was mostly silent, but contained what is generally considered the first synchronized dialogue (and singing) in a feature film. After this, film production had started adding sound systems to their films which started the Sound Era. -
The Different Kinds of Films
Now that films have included sound, It influenced different genres of films like musicals, gangster films, and even Disney that had joined the filming business with their cartoon animated films. America had entered another successful era for film.
