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History of film began
The history of film began -
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How Film Has Developed
How films have developed over the years. From the very first motion picture made all the way up to today. -
length of film?
Because f the lack of technology, films wereonly around minuet long each! Now days films are lasting up to as much as five hours. -
First ever motion picture
Muybridge's pictures, published widely in the late 1800s, were often cut into strips and used in a Praxinoscope, a descendant of the zoetrope device, invented by Charles Emile Reynaud in 1877. The Praxinoscope was the first 'movie machine' that could project a series of images onto a screen. -
The silent era started
The silent era started around 1894 and lasted around 35 years untill sound in film was dicovered and silent movies stopped being made in early 1930's -
First film with panning camera shot
The first rotating camera for taking panning shots was built in 1897. -
First film studio
In 1897 the very first film studio was built.This mean that special effects were introduced and film continuity, involving action moving from one sequence into another, began to be used. -
Chase films
Most films of this period were what came to be called "chase films". -
Animation
The first use of animation in movies was in 1899. -
Camera Shots
In 1900, continuity of action across successive shots was achieved and the close-up shot was introduced -
Theatre film
The first successful permanent theatre showing only films was "The Nickelodeon" in Pittsburgh in 1905. -
Feature length
The first feature length multi-reel film was a 1906 Australian production -
Screen credit
By 1910 actors began to gain screen credit in film -
New film techniques
New film techniques were introduced in this period including the use of artificial lighting, fire effects and low-key lighting for enhanced atmosphere during sinister scenes. As films grew longer, specialist writers were employed to simplify more complex stories derived from novels or plays into a form that could be contained on one reel and be easier to be understood by the audience, the audience that was new to this form -
Genre was introduced
Genres began to be used as categories; the main division was into comedy and drama, but these categories were further subdivided. -
Cimema
By 1914 cimema was fully established. -
Hollywood
The American industry, or "Hollywood", as it was becoming known after its new geographical center in California, gained the position it has held, more or less, ever since: film factory for the world and exporting its product to most countries. -
Sound first used in film
The first feature film originally presented as a talkie was The Jazz Singer, released in October 1927. A major hit, it was made with Vitaphone, the leading brand of sound-on-disc technology. Sound-on-film, however, would soon become the standard for talking pictures. -
The Waner Brothers
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Stopped making silent movies
The art of motion pictures grew into full maturity in the "silent era", before silent films were replaced by "talking pictures" in the early 1930's
