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The creation of film
Eadweard Muybridge made a bet that while a horse was running in full speed all of there legs would be in the air. While proofing it they realized that the pictures looked lie they were moving. So the concept of film was invented. -
Beginning of public film
Thomas Edison invented a kinetoscope this invention would allow people to see motion pictures but only one person could see them at a time. Edison thought this would make him more money than having a group of people seeing the same film. Around this time Edison ran a film monopoly around this time. -
Invention of cinematography
Lumiére Brothers made multiple short film from 30 to 60 seconds. They would use a projector to show an audience instead of one person unlike Thomas Edison. They were able to do this because they were in France so Edison couldn't do anything about it. -
The start of Nickelodeans
Vaudeville is a theater that had short performances and when the performers were getting ready they would show a short film. Some expand into nickelodeons. -
The great train robbery
The great train robbery was a 12 minute film. At the time the Great train robbery was Revolutionary as it was long compared to the 30 second films they used to have. It had a real story line and at the time was an epic. -
MPPC
Thomas Edison created a company theMPPC that allowed him to have a monopoly of the film business. Thomas Edison would the equipment of others if they tried to make their own film. -
The growth of the move theater
Nickelodean had started to grow in popularity. The number of of vistors went up to 22 million. Within the next 5 years the numbers double and they gained a huge profit off of it. -
Danger of filming
Earlier on making films were way harder than they are now. Thomas Edison had a company that would destroy the equipment of people who would try to make a film. This would have film creators to live in California just in case Edison found out about the film so they can flee to Mexico. -
Actors
Edison never wanted to credit the stars of the films because he feared they wanted to get paid more so he wouldn't have to pay the actors more. Other film makers would they wanted them to be famous to promote movies One of the most popular actors to come out of this was Charlie Chaplin. -
Modern Days
The modern film was nothing compared to the past. As time advance we had gain CGI and had gain better quality in film and longer length. What we see as film making has change a lot over the time.
