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Film Or Motion Picture Started With A Bet
Eadweard Muybridge made a 25,000 dollar bet that a one point all 4 hooves of a will be off the ground. They set up cameras along the track and Eadweard realized after studding the film that when put all together looked like it was moving. Thus starting the beginning of motion picture and or film. -
Thomas Edison the Inventor
Thomas Edison is well know for inventing the light bulb. He in vented the peephole kinetoscope and made money selling it. He wanted to get rich and gain money from it by making people go one at a time. -
Where films were shot
Films would usually come for New York at the time but because of Thomas Edison it didn't leave but transitioned to other places. -
Kinetoscope Parlor
In 1895, the Kinetoscope Parlor ( In a way a movie theater ) came to be. You had to pay to watch. The down side was that it was shown to one person each since it was a single peephole. -
The Lumière Brothers and The introduction of Cinematographe
Despite the efforts of Thomas, the lumière brothers did what thomas did not want to do and that is to show it to a big audience. The videos lasted for 30 to 60 seconds. Now we have cinematographe -
Vaudeville to Nickelodeons
Vaudeviile was a bunch of small theaters that would show all shorts of things from small one acts to comedy skits. As time went on they begin to expand and become the Nickelodeons. The name was from the fact that all you had to pay was a nickel. -
The First Narrative film
The Great Train Robbery was the first U.S. narrative film. It had 14 scenes and lasted about 12 minutes. -
The Start Of MPPC
The start of MPPC or Motion Picture Patents Company was led by Thomas Edison and other trusted companies. It was a way of saying they owned everything and if you tried to make a movie you would me punished by him and his people. -
Early Stars
Mary Pickford ( know as americas sweetheart was one of the most well know actors of her time. Another is Charlie Chaplin Who is a comic genius. They both are still recognized till this day. -
Popularity of the Nickelodeon Theaters
The Nickelodeon theaters was on of the most interesting things in the 1910's. 26 million people ( Viewers ) each week. Even 5 years after that the numbers doubled and profits rose to greater value. -
Transition to California
Lots of reasons are present for the reason why to get famous you go to California. For one it is much brighter than New York so it is better for film. Another because they could to Mexico if they were chased by Thomas and his gang. -
Recognition of Actors
Independent companies would engrave the names and give recognition to the actors while Thomas didn't.
