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the $25,000 bet
when a photographer eadweard muybridge makes a bet with an english man that when horses run at full speed all four of their legs come off the ground. to prove this theary he uses high-peed-stop-motion where he takes a bunch of pictures back to back. -
the first kinetoscope parlor
the first kinetoscope parlor was opened by the holland bros in new york city. a kinetoscpe was an early motion picture device in which the images were viewed through a peephole. only one person at a time could come see them. -
cinematogrophe
in history is says the the lumiere brothers in france made a projector that could show motion pictures on a screen for an audience. they came up with what we now have cinematogrphy. they produced short films that would onl last abou 30-60 seconds. these films included a man falling off a horse and a child trying to cath a fish out of a fih bowl. -
vaudevillle
vaudeville were short dramitic skits, comedy routines, and song and dance numbers that were performed in small theatures after a short film was played. it was kind of a halftime show. -
frst movie
the great train robbery.it was an employee of thomas edison, edwin porter, who in 1903 created the first US narritive film. this film had a real story line crosscutting between different narritive sequences and different camera positions and distances were all introduced. this film had 15 scence and lasted 12 minuets -
nickelodeans
once the vaudeville theatures brgan to be popular they expanded into nickelodeans. a nickelodean was a movie theature with an admision fee of only a nickel. -
MPPC
the trust of 10 film producers and distributors who attempted to gian complete control of the motion picture industry in the US from 1908-1912.this company possesed most of the avalile motion picture patents for camera and projection equiptment. their strong arm tactics aside the mppc did establish film standards and create an internationally competitive motion picture industry -
charlie chapman
charlie chpman was one of the most popular actors in his time he was kind of a mime type actor was in silent movies -
first movie with sound
the first feature film originally presented as a talkie was the azz singer. it was made with vitaphone which at the time was the leading brand of sound technology -
wizard of oz
this was one of the newest color movie one of the first actually and the most popular it started out with no color and when she went to a different world it turned to color -
the shawshank redemption
this is the most popular movie that was ever made it is the highest rated movie in america directed by frank darabont and it was writen by stephen king -
the longest movie ever
the longest movie that was ever made is ambiance it is 720 hours long it would tak you 30 days to watch the whole film
