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The Bet (1878)
It started when people were saying that horses sometimes were all 4 feet at a single moment, so for the argument to be settled they set up an experiment was rapidly sequenced photos were going to be taking while a horse ran. Once the photos were developed they discoverded that the horse indeed have all 4 feet up at onece. -
First Short Film
Roundhay Garden Scene was an 1888 short film recorded by French inventor and its believed to be the oldest surviving film. But there was another one called the Sortie de I'usine Lumière de Lyon and was made by the french and it was condidedred the first true motion picture at the time of its making. -
The "Peephole" (1895)
One the principle of the illusion of moving images was discovered new devices were invented to fascinate anyone who wanted to watch "moving images". sadly these defices had a disaivantage, wich was that it can only be seen by one perosn at a time, sometimes only a little peephole was given to see the rapid sequenced photos. -
The Cinematograph (1895)
According to popular history the lumière brothers in France where the first to do what Thomas Edison initially didn't want to do that was to devise a project that could show a motion picture and a screen for a much bigger audience, they called it the cinematograph. -
The start of "Nickelodeon" (Late 1890"s and early 1900's)
During this period of time, a small theater called vaudeville features short dramatic skits, comedy routines, and song and dance numbers and it was quite popular at the time. In order for them to get one-up on the competition and fill in time between 2 acts, they decided to feature short films. As the 1900's rolleed around they expanded into nickelodeons. -
How It all Started (1903)
An employer of Thomas Edison, Edwin Porter, who created the first U.S. narrative film in 1903 called "The Great Train Robbery". Whit the creation of this film a real storyline involving crosscutting and different camera position and distances were all introduced. The movie had 14 scenec and lasted 12 minutes, a really epic standar by the standars of the day. -
The 5-cent movies (1905)
Around 1905 Nickelodion begain to offer and easy and inexpensive way for the public to wotch and enjoy movies. Nickelodion helped teh film industry by increasing the public appeal of film and generateed more money for filmmaker. -
The Early Days (1910)
This was lead by Thomas Edison a lot of companies formed a trust called the motion picture patents company. There plan was to use their combine patents to control things such as the production of raw films stocks, projection equipment, and film distribution and exhibition.Some indipendent film companies tried to compete, but at a considerable risk. MPPC people started rading the studios that attempted to make films and smashed equipment and employees were threatened. -
The Nickelodeon theaters (1910)
The Nickelodeon theaters were attracting 26-million viewers each week. Five years later that number had more than double, the popularity of films soon attracted the attention of those seeing the potential of big profits. And was almost used to create a monoply. -
The Movement (1915)
The first original films were shot on the east coast of the U.S. in New York soon this changed mostly for 2 reasons. One was that they were shot outside and the weather from the east coast really did not cooperate and secondly a lot of light was needed to accommodate the slow speed of the film in those days. Luckely on the west coast they were much farther away from MPPA control also they were located close to mesico, in case they needed a quick retreat to a safer terrain. -
The Fame (1916)
The MPPC did not want to release the actor's name in their film, mostly because they feared that the actors would become too famous and ask for more money when they take part of there films. Some independent studios in the west coast saw this verydiffrently, immediatly recognizing an advantage in making popular stars and making the audince would pay more to see them in the films. -
Charlie Chaplin (1917)
Two of the biggest start from this time were Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin, he started working and only earning $150 a week and by the 1917 he made around 1 million dollars a year. He was more than a empty-headed humer, he used his films to subtly sommunucate messages about good and evil to the society. -
Hollywood (1919)
By 1919 Hollywood had transformed into the face of America cinema and all the glamour it would come to embody. The year 1930 was known as the golden year for Hollywood because of there great success. And the made hollywood miore famouse.
