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History Of Film
Started with a 25,000 bet to see if all horses hoofs comee off the ground at the same time. -
Kinetoscope
In 1895, the Kinectoscope Parlor was a place where people could wach moving images, but ony for one person to see at a time. -
Thomas Edison
His company had devised a peephole kinectoscope. -
Limiere Brothers
1895 : Limiere brothers in france created Cinematographe, short films like 30 to 60 seconds short. they started showing them in a Paris Cafe. The films covered a man falling off a horse and a child trying to catch a fish in a fishbowl. -
Vaudeville
Vaudeville : small theaters that features short dramatic skits, comedy routines, and songs and dance numbers. -
Nickelodeons cont.
Nickelodeons were small store front- type theaters that featured films( accompanied by panio music and sound effects) along with one or two vaudeville acts. -
Nickelodeons
1900 vaudeville expanded into nickelodeons. -
Edwin Porter
It was an employee of thomas edison, edwin porter, who created the first u.s. narrative film, the geat train robbery. 14 scenes and lasted 12 mins. -
Theaters
1910 : nickelodeon theaters were attracting more than 26 million viewers each week. Many films were shot outside , a lot of light was needed. the west coast weather made it better to film than the east coast. -
New York
New York was were all the money was, east coast were film business originated.Many films were shot outside , a lot of light was needed. The west coast weather made it better to film than the east coast. -
Charlie Chaplin And Mary Pickford
America's Sweetheart- Mary Pickford
CHARLIE CHAPLIN WAS A COMIC GENIUS AND BY 1917 HE WAS MAKING MORE THAN A MILLION A YEAR. ( STARTED OFF MAKING 150 A WEEK ) -
MPPC
MPPC- MOTION PICTURE PATENTS COMPANY.
The Edison Manufacturing Company's patent lawsuits against each of its domestic competitors crippled the American film industry,