12 Historical Film Events

  • The first camera was created

    The first camera was created
    The first camera was invented by Alexander Wolcott. The camera was able to take a picture with out the photos fading after time. Opened the first photography shop, too.
  • First paid movie

    First paid movie
    When movies first came out, only wealthy people were able to pay to watch. And, when they watched, the watched one at a time. Thomas Edison believed that the technique would bring more money.
  • The first movie

    The first movie
    The first movie was based off of a $25,000 bet. A group of men were watching the horse races and one proposed that when the horse is going fast enough, all four legs of the horse was off the ground. To prove his theory, they set up a bunch of cameras to picture the exact moment. When they looked at the footage, it almost looked like a moving picture.
  • First Movie Camera was invented

    First Movie Camera was invented
    The first film camera was invented by Louis Le Prince. After many tries, he finally made one lens to capture many pictures at once which turned into moving pictures. Later, he made movies with the moving pictures.
  • First actor to be paid big money.

    First actor to be paid big money.
    Charlie Chaplin was the first actor to be paid. He was a comedian and got paid firts $250 a month. But, later he started earning over a million a year.
  • First action film is released.

    First action film is released.
    Before the first action film was released, there was mainly comedy or drama. But, after making so many comedies, they had an idea to mix comedy and romance with fighting to make an action film
  • First Animated Cartoon

    First Animated Cartoon
    A group of artists got ideas from the first film that if they cna take mny pictures of little movement and make a film, they could too. So, they drew a picture ofver and over with only little movement. Once they put all the pictures, it made a cartoon film.
  • First movie stunt

    First movie stunt
    Even though the character broke his neck during the stunt, the movie still got an oscar award. After, they help the best stunt awards in Los Angeles.
  • First comedy made

    First comedy made
    The first comedy made was, "Tillie's Punctured Romance." It was a silent comedy. It was also directed by Mark Sennett. Charlie Chaplin starred in the film.
  • Technicolor is invented

    Technicolor is invented
    Technicolor is a color motion picture. Improved over several decades. Everybody was very excited because they didnt know such technology was possible.
  • Warner Bros is established

    Warner Bros is established
    The studio behind Hary Potter, The Dark Knight, etc. Warner Brothers is a highly successful studio. Also, one of the most popular.
  • First movie with sound

    First movie with sound
    The film was called, "The Jazz Singer." A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound. This was the end of silent film popularity.