Film History

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  • Charlie Chaplin

    Charlie Chaplin
    He was a star for the silent film era. Alot of his films were about humor, but they occasionally had some very important issues in his films. He started his early career in Vaudville. his first feature lenght film was "The Kid."

  • First Private Screening

    First Private Screening
    Two French brothers invent the cinematograph and show the first screening. At first they were very private as to keep the new technology from being stolen. Their films were ostly "actuality" films which showed things like workers leaving a factory.

  • Film is Started

    Film is Started
    Film started with a bet that a horses hooves are all off the ground at full speed. it was a 25,000 bet and Edward Mybridge won. They took shots at every second to catch the horses movement, when the played all the photos consecutively it appeared to be moving.

  • The Great Train Robbery

    The Great Train Robbery
    The Great Train Robbery was a movie directed by Edwin Porter, it was a silent, 12 minutes long western film. It was a milestone at its time for its time. Some very innovative techniques were first used in this movie such as coloring, composite editing, cross cutting, and on scene shooting .

  • MPPC

    MPPC
    Thomas Edison created the MPPC as a monopoly for film. They would hurt other film producers trying to make movies. It ended the domain of foreign films in America. It increased the quality of iflm production by internal competition.

  • Movement to California

    Movement to California
    Movies moved to california for the good lighting because New York was very dreary. Also other film makers would escape to Mexico to avoid Thomas Edison because California was close to Mexico.

  • Classical Era

    Classical Era
    This era brought sound to the film industry. But this also created a tension for film making because of the growth in cost of the expensive equipment for sound films. Also, because of that, Film quality lacked for some time until the mid 1930s.

  • First Movie Theatre

    First Movie Theatre
    1895 first movie theatre, the “kinetoscope parlor” where images would move, not film. Thomas Edison created It for only an audience of one. Two frenchman unveil to projector to thus, then make a movie theatre. Small theatre called a “vaudville” would show a short screened movie eventually being called a nickleodeon.