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25,000 dollar bet(creation of the film)
Edward Muybridge made a bet saying a horses hoofs are all off the ground when its running. They noticed when the camrea went frame by frame it looked like it was running thats how it all got started -
the invention of the kinetoscope
the kinetoscope was invented in 1893 by a man named Thomas Edison this was the first time people could actually see motion picture but with no sound so people would be backstage making sound effects like knocking on doors or banging on stuff -
the first movie theatre
the first movie was moving images for only a audience of one the movie was only about 20-30 seconds long. edisons idea was if i let only one person at a time look at the moving film i could make a lot more money -
fun fact
in 1895 the first film for a whole audience was a 30-60 second long video of a moving train.The crowd got so frightened that they hurt themselves trying to get out of the way of the train -
invention of cinematography
according to popular history the lumière brother invented the cinematography a screen that showed motion pictures for a audience the movies were very short though -
nickelodeon theatre
small theatre filmed short movies and at the end of the short movie a few people would come out and dance and they get booed of the stage and the next one would come up and they only cost a nickel thats why it got the name nickelodeon -
the first narrative movie
the first narrative movie that actually told a whole story was called the great train robbery it involved cross cutting and different camera angles the movie lasted 12 minutes -
the great train robbery
the great train robbery was called epic and it was 12 minutes long and that sounds like a short movie these days but back then it was a long movie cause usually the movies back then were 20-30 seconds long so to see a 12 minute movie was new to them -
MPPC
Thomas Edison invented a group called the MPPC(motion picture patents company) their plans were to use there combined patents to control things kinda like the game monopoly it worked, they owned cameras, they owned studios where they made the movies lets say you did not want to use there equipment and you tried to buck the system and go your own way and try to make some profit thomas edison would be right there to break your equipment and probably break your arms and legs -
the rise of nickelodeon movies
by 1910 nickelodeon movies had about 26 million viewers each week. 5 years later that number had doubled and that was big profit for the film industry -
moved to mexico to get away from edison
the reason why California is the biggest film place in the world because they were much further away from mmpc so when Thomas Edison would arrive they would go to Mexico real fast so they didn't lose there equipment. Another reason is because new York and the mppc didn't want the actors famous and didn't show there name but California did cause they wanted the actors famous -
conclusion
modern cameras and movies are way different than the old cameras and movies in the old days they had to actually figure out a way to make sound effects now days we just push a button and it makes the sound for us
