History Of Film

first film

1888

The first film ever made was in 1888. It was a huge deal to the public as it was the first moving picture(film) they had ever seen. The film was a bet that horse's hoofs don't come all the way off the ground when the horse gallops.

motion picture

1892

In 1892 Edison and Dickson created the first motion picture film. To create the film they used an invention called the kinetoscope to help with filming.

Silent Film

1903

Silent Films where films with no sound and text boxes at the bottom of the screen to give context for the movie. Silent Films where the first ever videos that where most like our movies today(as in that it tells a story). The first Silent Film aired in 1903 and was called "The Great Train Robbery".

Charlie Chaplin

1915

Charlie Chaplin was a famous actor and starred in many silent films. He started his career in 1915, but his last film was in 1967 "A Countess From Hong Kong". If you go back and watch silent films, you will see that he is in most of them.

1920s Film Expansion

1920

In the 1920s the creation of film expanded a lot. People were creating more complex story lines and the films itself were becoming higher in quality. This is about when Hollywood started making a lot of money.

Sound In Film

1927

The first time sound was introduced into film was in 1927. Before this point all people had were silent films with text boxes, so this was a huge milestone for film history. The first ever film with sound in it was "The Jazz Singer".

Color is added to film

1935

In 1935 films for the first time had color added to them, anything before this was in black and white. To add color it was a 2 color process, in which those colors would come together and mix to make even more colors. The first color film was "The Wizard Of Oz".

Hollywood

1940

In the 1940s was hollywoods peaking point. It was when they started making a lot of money and was probably the most profitable times. This was most likely due to sound and color coming into films.

Special Effects

1957

In 1957 Special effects were in the early development. This was a huge step in film history as before everything was hand made and now they had a way to express even more of their ideas through using them and where able to innovate films. The first film with special effects is "Le Voyage Dans La Lune".

Animatronics

1964

In 1964 was the first film that used animatronics. They where used to create a new character that might have not been possible to make with a human, for example, like a shark like jaws. The first film with animatronics is "Mary Poppins".