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How it Began
It all began with a $25,000 bet, in the 1800's.There was a debate centering about a running horse had all four hooves on the ground, or were they all in the air. An experiment was set up in which a sequence of rapid photos were taken of a running horse. When the film was developed, it settled the dispute by proving that the horse had all four hooves lifted off of the ground. -
Vaudevilles
Vaudevilles were buildings in which people came, in a bulking crowd, to view theatrical showings. -
Principles
Once the principle of creating an illusion of moving images to fascinate people, devices were invented. In 1888 Thomas Edison created the peephole kineticscope to view "moving images", but i could only be seen by one person at a time -
The Kineticscope
Edison created the Kineticscope, which was a device in which the viewer bends down and looks at a moving film for about 30 to 60 seconds. -
Kinetoscope Parlor
The Kinestoscope Parlor was a place where people paid to view "moving images" using a peephole kineticscope. -
The Lumiere Brothers
The Lumiere Brothers created the Cinematographe, which is the plac e where more than one person can view movie pcitures. Unlike Edison, who didn't want to upgrade the peephole kineticscope due because he was extremely greedy, the Lumiere brothers thought of how people could enjoy movie pictures as a whole group. -
Movie Vaudeviless
During the 1900's vaudevilles expanded their desolated brodway showings, and became moving picture theaters, which is wha we call Movie Theaters today. They showed a variety of dramatic films and showings. -
The Great Train Robbery
An employee of Thomas Edison, Thomas Porter, created the first U.S Narrative film called : The Great Train Robbery. It consisted of 14 scenes and lasted a whopping 12 minutes. -
(MPPC)
In 1908, Thomas Edison and several other ocmpanies formed a company called Motion Pictures Patents Company also known as MPPC. It conotrolled production of row film stocks, projection equipment, and film distribution, basically it controlled everything. -
Nickelodeon
By 1910, Nickelodeon theaters were attracting 26 million viewers per week. -
Facts
Most movies were filmed outside, because a large amount of light was needed to accomodate the slow speed of film. -
The Most Memorable
The most memorable actors of this time were Charlie Chaplin and Mary Pickford.
