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In the 1880s, multiple inventors began working on various sorts of moving picture cameras or motion picture cameras. The first films were created by the end of the decade.
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The first public showings of films took place in the 1890s. The first theater was built in Philadelphia in 1899. Film companies began building film studios around 1900.
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Edison invented the Kinetophone, making talkies an option.
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With the release of Becky Sharp, audiences could now see films in technicolor. Two-color film technology had been available, but rarely used since 1922.
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With the invention of television, film needed to up its game. New widescreen processes to produce bigger and more exciting films were the answer.
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The first 3-D film, relying upon stereoscopic technology, achieved wide release in 1953. Earlier attempts had been made, but the 1950s saw the popularity of 3-d.
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The mid-1970s a group of American filmmakers emerges on the scene with a cutting-edge style. These include Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg, Brian DePalma, and George Lucas.
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The first VHS recorder was released to the public in Japan by
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In 2003, for the first time, home entertainment revenues exceeded the box office. The DVD took over for the video cassette in 2003 as well.
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The Walt Disney Co. pays $7.4 billion for Pixar Animation Studios.
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James Cameron’s 3D film Avatar became the highest-grossing film of all time.
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Director Peter Jackson films 'The Hobbit' at 48 frames per second