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First Film
The first film ever made was the Horse in motion in 1878. Its origin was that a few people made a bet to see if a horse could have all 4 of its hooves off the ground. They ended up taking a bunch of photos similtamisly and flipped through the photos quick enough to see an allusion of the horse completely leaving the ground. -
introduction of projectors.
Around the mid 1890s, Edison wanted people to see motion pictures In other places. However, the Lumber brothers created a projector that would show motion picture to an audience. As a result, When the short film the arrival of a train, people actually thought that the train was actually coming towards them. -
The first full Narrative
In 1903, the first narrative with a story was created. It was called the Great Train Robbery and was only about 12 minutes long. Even though it was short, it still told a good story with a short time. -
Nickelodeons
Around the early 1900s, the first movie theaters were called nickelodeons. They were the ideal place for producers to show their movies and make a lot of money. During 1910, they were averging over 26 million viewers a week. -
Films getting sound
Eventually after all movies were silent, soon they're was music and eventually full fledged talking. This was impossible earlier because technology wasn't well developed enough to perform those task. by the late 1930s, silent production ended and now there was some kind of talking in movies. -
Color
In 1939, 2 films introduced color, The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind. This was because they used a massive camera that would use specific lens to produce color. However this camera was hard to use and hard to get specific angles. -
Color tvs
In 1946, the first colored tv was released. Before this, inventors were experimenting with colors in cameras and in tvs. as a result now all movies and tvs are in color. -
all films going color
In 1950s all films went to using just colors instead of black and white. This was because the original camera used to make colored movies was too hard to use. However as time went on, technology started to change and develop better and easier cameras to use. -
the first blockbuster movie
In 1975, Jaws became the first blockbuster movie in Hollywood. This was because normally movies weren't released in the summer, with a exception of this one. Other films like starters were a huge hit, thought to be commercial failures by the directors. -
Cgi
in the 1990s, computer generated images were becoming an ideal tool to use instead of construction specific props for movies. This is what most movie producers rely on in order to make their movies stand out from others. the first movie to do this was Jurrasic park in 1993. -
From Film to Digital.
In he 2000s, the transition from film to digital began. This was because it would be easier to distribute the film to movie theaters. The directors could just end up emailing the movie code, they put it in the computer and then they could play the movie in the theater. -
Highest grossing movie ever
In April of 2019, Marvel's Avengers Endgame out sold Avatar and became the highest grossing film ever. It earned nearly around 3 billion dollars. Most of this came from opening weekend, giving it the best opening weekend ever.
