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the lumiere invented the projector so an audience could watch a film.
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A bet was made of horses on a $25,oo bet.
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the frist idea of film was a single person standing behind a wooden object watching a 30 to 60 second film
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Vaudvilles were the first theaters and later expanded to nickalodens
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Nickalodoens were small store-front theaters thats featues films
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Edwin porter created the first film that was 12 mintues long and had 14 scenes. It was amazing for people back then becuase they were use to watching 30 second films.
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Thomas owned motion pictures in new york. He owned everything from actors to the studio so if you wanted to shoot a film you had to pay him
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to shoot films you needed alot of light becuase of the slow speed of the film. Film making originated in the east. there was too much fog and not enough light outside in the east coast.
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People who wanted to shoot films went to the west coast for to reasons. They wanted to get away from Thomas Edison and there was more sun light and better scenery in hollywood.
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Thomas Edison didn't wantt to release his actors names becuase he didnt want them to get famous. The independent films paid lots of money to their actors who got really famous.
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Charlie was the most famous actor in the 20th century. He was getting paid $150 a week and later over a million a year.
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Thomas Edison would come after the independent film makers with his goons to scare them becuase he wanted to be the only company making films to get all the money.
