History of Film

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  • Zoopraxiscope

    Zoopraxiscope
    This is a magic lantern that comes with a rotating disc with a rotating disc with artist's renderings of chronophotographic sequences. It was created in 1880. Edward Muybridge invented this.

  • The First Public Displays

    The First Public Displays
    This event took place in the 1880s. This is the time when films were being shown in the public. In Philadelphia, the first theater was made.Several film companies after that started making film studios.

  • The Great Train Robbery

    The Great Train Robbery
    The Edison Corporation made the very first western use of shots and editing in film. This made the story films skyrocket in theaters. It took place in 1903.

  • Edison's Talkies

    Edison's Talkies
    Edison's invention, the Kinetophone, was made. It made talkies an option. Unfortunately, his invention didn't become really famous until 20 years after it was created. Edison created this invention in 1910

  • The first feature-length talkie

    The first feature-length talkie
    In 1927, the Jazz Singer is the very first feature-length talkie. It was popular in Vaudeville. The person that played the Jazz singer was Al Jolson.

  • Technicolor

    Technicolor
    This technology wasn't used much since 1922. Becky Sharp created this new form of technology. Two-color film technology was now available for people to see.

  • Hollywood is threatened

    Hollywood is threatened
    McCarthyism threatened Hollywood because they thought they were seeing signs of communism. Ten refused to tell them about any communist leanings. Because of that, they were imprisoned for disrespecting the court.

  • 3D

    3D
    This achieved a wide release of it in 1953. People tried earlier to make 3D happen, but people realized how cool it was during the 1950s. 3D relied on stereoscopic technology.

  • Ratings of Motion Pictures

    Ratings of Motion Pictures
    This was introduced in 1968. Motion Picture Ratings came a little later. These tell you what type of movie it is. Ratings such as G, PG, R, PG-13, etc. were created.

  • The Steadicam

    The Steadicam
    The Steadicam was made 1976. It was used in Rocky for the first time. It became available and offered new options to filmmakers.

  • The Titanic

    The Titanic
    The Titanic is a famous movie. It ranked in more than 580 million dollars domestically. It was the highest-grossing film of all time. It also won awards for Best Picture and Best Director.

  • Home Entertainment Revenues

    Home Entertainment Revenues
    In 2003, home entertainment revenue exceed box offices for the first time. DVDs also took over for the video cassette during this time also. Kids movies were usually the DVDs people watched at home.