The History Of Film

Kinetophonograph

Sep 25, 1889

Thomas Edison and William Dickson made the first kientophonograph. it was pictures put together to make motion almost like the real thing. this help movie out al lot.

beginning

Sep 25, 1890

This is were movies started. It was more of a stop motion picture that was about 30-60 seconds long. It was also produced without sound.

First Film Studio

Sep 25, 1897

There was a film studio that was bulit in the late 1800s. They had invented different type of special effects and film continuity. This made movies look more real.

The Great Train Robbery

Sep 25, 1903

This was a Movie that had motion and action. This was the movie that had viewer out their seat to get away friom the train that was coming for them.This was the longest movie out at 12 mins.

Nickelodeon

Sep 25, 1905

This was the first successful theatre thats showed films. Actors start to get credit in the moives to make them more famous. They also had to pay the actors more money to make them more famous.

better moives

Sep 25, 1914

by this time movies were more advance then they were before. they have more smoother movement and accurate shots. At this time D.W.Griffith was a popular director because of his dramatic movies that excited the audience.

Charlie Chaplin

Sep 25, 1914

Charlie was one of the most famous actors in this time. He worked with Griffith in The Birth of a Nation. His acting skills were something no one has seen before which made him more famous because of it.

Movie peak

Sep 25, 1920

By this time the US was at its peak on greater movies. They have priduced about 800 films. They have also been popualr around the world.

The Golden Age Of Hollywood

Sep 25, 1927

Hollywood start to put sound in thier movies whoch made them much better. They start to do more things like musicals and used sounds for objects and things. people who were popular in this era was Sherley Temple and Clark Gable.

The Sound Era

Sep 25, 1927

This began when with The Jazz Singer. It had a sound track in the movie and at the end of the movie with the credits. it was 270 mins long.

Color Films

Sep 25, 1950

hollywood now had color in movies that mad the audience feel and see the movie better then black and white. These movie were a big hit and made actors of the sort more famous bevuase of the color.

movies today

Sep 25, 1970

movies like Jaws and Friday the 13th made people scared. these movies were made to be dramitic and get the viewers attention. this are the moive that we kinda have today.