Film History

  • The First Ever Film

    The First Ever Film

    The first film was created by two brothers in France. They had created a film called the "Roundhay Garden Scene" in a cafe. They revealed their work on March to a group of factory works leaving the building.
  • Special Effects

    Special Effects

    The use of special effects was started in a short silent film. This film was called "The Execution of Mary Queen of Scot" directed by Alfred Clark. As time went on special effects grew in to CGI.
  • The Horror

    The Horror

    The film "House of Devil" was the first ever horror film. It was a 3 minute film made by George Méliès, a French film director. Even though it was a silent film it was a first of it's kind.
  • The First Movie Theater

    The First Movie Theater

    The first ever movie theater to the public was created in Pittsburgh, Penn. As the first movie theater it opened up more chances for many to see movies. Soon, it spread across the country.
  • First Colored Film

    First Colored Film

    "The Gulf Between" was the first colored film using Technicolor. It was used to prove that technicolor was the future of film. The movie later would be called a "Lost Film" as replaced with the color used in "The Wizard of OZ."
  • Filming with Sound

    Filming with Sound

    The first film with sound was "The Jazz Singer". It ended the time of silent movie. The only problem with the film is its use of blackface.
  • Filming Live

    Filming Live

    The first ever live broadcast was in done by the British. On BBC sending news to the British people. Later, in 1951 the USA was finally able to create and broadcast their own.
  • Drive in Movie

    Drive in Movie

    In New Jersey 1933 a new way to watch was created. The drive in movie was made for people who didn't want to sit in the hard sets of the theater. Own by a man named Richard Hollingshead Jr. who started it by putting a projector on the top of his car. Later he opened it to the public in May of 1933.
  • Green Screen

    Green Screen

    The green screen was created around the fact the human don't have green in their skin tone. The pixels mixing out from the other colors on a person. First being seen in the film " The Thief of Bagdad" to later to be used daily in film.
  • Movies at Home

    Movies at Home

    The VHS was created by the Victor Company of Japan. With VHS the chance to watch a movie almost anywhere was born. The VHS didn't come to the US till June of 1977.
  • Toy Story

    Toy Story

    The movie "Toy Story" was the first full movie made with all CGI. CGI stands for Computer Generated Imagery. All characters and background were create all on a computer with these special. This changed the way animation was done.
  • 120fps

    120fps

    The movie Gemini Man has the most frames per second. The original amount being 24frames per second. From the use to be film rate the smooth rate of films have really changed to the better.