History Of Film

By RafaelRosario

  • Estabishment of the First Cinemas

    The First few Movie Theatre's were created during the 1890s. In the 1890s the movies were about 30 seconds. The were called Nickelodeans.
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    History of Film

  • The Great Train Robbery

    This was the first movie with a full narritive. It didn't have sound and it was directed by an employee of Thomas Edison. The Movie was one of the longest movies at the time stacking at a whopping 12 minutes.

  • Actors Recieve Credit

    Actors begin to recieve credit for their films. They became huge stars and started getting paid substantially more. People became loyal fans of theirs and started watching all thier movies.

  • Film In WW1

    During the first world war the European Cinema became less influencial and most of its power went to Hollywood. This stayed like this for a long time.

  • First movie with full sound

    The first movie with sound was called "Jazz Singer". People started calling movies with sound "Talkies". It marked the end of the silent film era.

  • Asian Influences

    Japan and China began doing movies aswell. They created some classics such as "The Goddess" and "I was born, but..."

  • First fully Animated Movie

    The first fully animated movie was made by Disney. The movie was called "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". Movie had full sound and color support.

  • Movies in WW2

    The US used movies as propaganda in WW2 to get people to enlist. They also made realist war dramas for people to watch and honor war heroes. America also used films to spread anti-Nazi propaganda.

  • Movies in The Cold War

    Paranoia during this time spread to the movie industry as people began to make movies about evil aliens invading and the communist. The movie industry began to be threatend by the tv industry as more people were getting Tv's than going to the movies.

  • Golden Age of Non-American Cinimatography

    Areas such as Asia produced many of thier "Masterpieces" during the 1940s-1950s. The amount of Asian films being produced increased exponensially aswell as the quality of films.

  • Post-Classical Cinema

    The directors during the 70s began to focus on science fiction, explicit violence, and other adult themes. Story lines also began to feature suprising "twist" endings.

  • Sequals and Rentable Movies

    Directors began to do sequels for thier movies which was unheard of at the time. Also the rise of the Blockbuster-ish companies caused allowed for ease of access to movies that had been released.