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Film History
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Thomas Eddison creates the projector
Due to thomas eddison's creation of the projector, theaters were able to play full motion pictures and more than one person could watch these motion pictures at a time. -
Video Begins
Video began by a bet to determine if all four of a horses legs were in the air at one time. They did this by lining up a bunch of cameras a long the track and taking a picture of the horse as it ran by. -
The first "theater"
A Kinetoscope Parlor was where you would stand behind a podium like desk and you could watch moving images by looking at a moving film strip though a microscope type object. Therefore only one person could watch a film strip at a time. -
The first movie is created
In 1895 the first movies were being played from a projector in theaters. They were called short films and these films were typically 30-60 seconds long. But more than one person could watch the film at the same time. -
Vaudvilles
The vaudville was a small theater that performed several short comedy films. They eventually end up calling these nickelodeons because you would pay one nickle to see the performances. -
The first narrative movie
The great train robbery was the first actual movie that was directed by edwin porter, which was 12 miniutes long. It was considered an epic. -
Nickelodeon Theaters Become Popular
Nickelodeon theaters begin attracting 26 million viewers each week and they realize that these theaters could be huge money makers. Therefore they made a monopoly MPPC so that they could own everything movie related. -
MPPC was created
Thomas Eddison and some others invented the MPPC so that they could own everything movie related. Actors, cameras, theaters, etc.. -
Studio Production is moved to California
Studio production is moved to California due to the difficult filiming conditions of New York and the threat of the MPPA. -
One of the first superstars
Due to Californias genius idea to make these actors famous. Mark Pickford was one of the first actors to become famous and she was kown was America's sweetheart. -
One of the first superstars
Charlie Chaplin, also known as the comic genius, becomes famous due to Californias idea to make their actors well known. Charlie was loved for his comedy and hilarious behavior during films. -
Actors start making tons of $$$$$
Actors begin getting paid to up to $150 a week due to moving movie poduction to Califronia.
