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Stanford asks Muybridge to take a photo of a horse to see if all 4 hooves come up when galloping. Muybridge used 12 cameras to capture the sequence and discovered series photography -
Edison creates the first movie theater. Theaters used kinetoscopes to show movies. -
Lumiere Brothers create cinematographe which is motion picture movies. The technique got perfected by 1890 -
Many consider this movie to be the first fictional film. It was also the first film created by a woman. She was inspired by the Lumiere Brother's invention -
Since Thomas Edison had alot of control over the film industry, filmmakers decided to move from New York to California to create movies and Hollywood came to be. -
Technicolor was a new way to color movies. It used different layers to color it in and was often expensive. The Wizard of Oz was the movie to fully optimize the use of technicolor -
The first horror movie ever created. The movie is about a murderous hypnotist. Created by Robert Weine. -
In Russia, the Kushelov effect was discovered where the image was positioned gave more meaning than the image itself. This created the concept of a montage. -
The Jazz Singer was the first film to have sound in it. It was created by Warner Bros who would later have major sucess. -
At this point, people starting going to the theater to watch specific actors. Movie makers used this as a way to make even more money and kept the actors on contracts so they couldn't leave. -
Olivia de Havilland, an actor at the time, sued Warner Bros for adding six months to her contract and won her case. This eventually made other actors sue and eventually set the precedent that studios no longer have the power over actors. -
The creation of Jaws changed Hollywood forever. This is considered the first blockbuster. The director behind this was Steven Spielburg.