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Creation of Motion Pictures

  • The Cinemas

    The Cinemas

    Cinemas were first built in the 1890s.
  • Period: to

    Motion Pictures

  • 'Motion Picture Project"

    'Motion Picture Project"

    -One of Thomas Edison’s helpers,W.K.L. Dickson, starts a “motion picture project”. He developed a horizontal-feed motion picture camera with the help of his staff.
  • Silent Movie Era

    Silent Movie Era

    From 1900-1926 movies were made with out sound and this was known as the silent Movie Era.
  • First Movie Theater

    First Movie Theater

    Thomas L. Tally's Electric Theater was the first permanent movie theater in Los Angeles and the U.S.
  • 1922 Studios

    1922 Studios

    In 1922 84% of films produced were in studios located in or near Hollywood .
  • Sound In Films

    Sound In Films

    Sound was establised in motion pictures in 1927.
  • The Depression

    The Depression

    Movie attendance drop a lot because of the "Depression"
  • Movie Theaters In Operation

    Movie Theaters In Operation

    There were 17,500 movie theaters in operation for every 8,00 people in the United States.
  • Academy Awards

    Academy Awards

    For the first time The Academy Award ceremony is broadcasted on TV .
  • Demanding a Percentage in Television Rights.

    Demanding a Percentage in Television Rights.

    Members started demanding to have a percentage of the television rights for films.
  • Movie Varieties

    Movie Varieties

    By the 1970s different film varieties were introduced movies started to be influenced by music, literature, crime and war.
  • PG-13

    PG-13

    By 1984 PG-13 was introduced in the US.
  • 21st century

    21st century

    In the 21st Century thousands of films were filemd in the first decade.
  • Movies

    Movies

    Movies are now rated G , PG13 , or R. Movies are made from different topics and are based on books.Movies are in color and sound.