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The Beginning
This all started with a bet of $25,000. The bet was over an argument about a horse that appeared to have all four hooves up at once. So an experiment that took a rapid sequence of photos showed the proof that it was true. -
Kinetoscope
The Kinetoscope was created for people who wanted to watch moving images. However they could only occupy one person at a time. -
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History of film
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Cinematographe
The Lumiere brothers in France who did what Thomas Edison didn't want to do, make a projector that showed motion pictures. -
Vaudeville
Vaudevilles were small theaters that showed short skits, comedy routines, and musical performances. In early 1900s they turned into Nickelodeon. -
Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon started to gain popularity and were small theaters that featured films -
The Great Train Robbery
This was the first U.S. narrative film. It had 14 scenes and it was 12 minutes long. It was also crosscutting between different narratives. -
MPPC (Motion Picture Patents Company)
This was made by Thomas Edison to combine patents to control the production of raw film stock. -
Close call
The MPPA had little control in the West Coast which was close to Mexico. The MPPA called for a retreat to get to safer land. -
HollyWood stars
The MPPC had an idea to make their actors known by making their names imprinted into the ground. -
Whats that I hear?
Sound was introduced to movies in 1927 with The Jazz Singer. It was made with Vitaphone. The leading brand of sound on disk tech. -
Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin
Mary Pickford was known as Americas Sweetheart. Charlie Chaplin was known as the Comic Genius. -
The first 20th century superstar
Charlie Chaplin was making films that showed messages of good and evil in society.
