History Of Film

Multiple Camera-Like Inventions

1880

Eadweard Muybridge was the inventor of the First Moving Picture. This was one of the first types of cinema cameras and moving camera.

First Displays of Movies

1890

Movies/ films were first played in the 1890s. The very first theater was made in Philadelphia in 1899. Film companies began building film studios that could produce films faster in this time as well.

Great Train Robbery

1903

In 1903, the first western film was made. it established shots and editing that could be used in film. This increased the popularity that films would now recieve

Edison's Kinetophone

1910

Edison invented the Kinetophone, making talkies a new type of movie. Talkies now were movies that involved sound with film. This was gainging popularity because films didnt originally include sound

Creation Of Disney

1923

Using film technologies Walt Disneys created Alice's Wonderland. He eventually changed it into a full cartoon. He added another character named Oswald The Lucky rabbit

Technicolor

1935

This is a process of color cinematography using synchronized monochrome films, each of a different color, to produce a movie in color. This influenced the development of movies. Movies were in Black & White with no color.

Going Big Screen

1953

With the invention of television, film had to evolve. New widescreen processes to produce bigger and more exciting films were now emerging. This was important because many now had in home televisions.

First 3D film

1953

The film relied on stereoscopic technology, achieving wide release in the 1900s. Earlier attempts had been made, but they were unsuccessful. It is no where near how well we've achieved it today

Motion Picture Ratings

1968

There was now a guideline movies had to follow to have a certain rating. They were put into categories for similar types of movies for the level of maturity. Motion picture ratings were introduced with G, PG, R. PG-13 came significantly later.

Introduction of the Steadycam

1976

Steadycam was a lightweight mounting for a movie camera that keeps it steady for filming when handheld or moving. Steadycams and other devices allow a camera to move smoothly through a scene or while tracking a subject

Nickelodeon

1979

Nickelodeon struggled at first, operating at a $10 million loss by 1984. The had a rough start, seeming to have to shut down. Now Nick has many sub channels and is one of the largest film studios.

Growth Of 3D

2003

With improving technology, 3D films were created more often . In addition, a number of new IMAX facilities, offering larger format screens were created as well. We now see 3D film on a regular.