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The first camera obscura was built in 1816. This allowed people to take basic photos. The images were upside down, however.
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Eadward Muybridge made a bet with his friends that all of a horses feet would come off of the ground at the same time. They proved this with 16 cameras, and figured out how to make the illusion of a video.
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By 1885, the first paper film was created. This greatly improved cameras.
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In 1895, the Lumiere brothers created the first projector. This allowed them to display movies to an audience. They were short, however.
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Edwin Porter, an employee of Thomas Edison, created the first narrative movie. It was called The Great Train Robbery. This movie was 12 minutes in length and had no sound.
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Vaudeville was a theatre. In 1906 Vaudeville started showing small movies in between plays. This increased the amount of people who came, but was later replaced with Nickelodeons.
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At this time, MPPC was founded. This company was founded by Thomas Edison and had the monopoly on the movie industry. This drove many movie creators to California were Hollywood was made.
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One of the first movies to have color was The Wizard of Oz. This movie was made in 1939. Some short films had color before it, however.
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The first movie to be considered a blockbuster was Jaws. It earned $100 million in box offices. This movie was about a shark.
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The first movie to use 3D CGI was Futureworld in 1976. Jurassic Park made it popular, however. It is still used in the film industry to this day.
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The first movie with sound was The Jazz Singer. Many thought the idea would fail. Movies with sound became known as Talkies.
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The top grossing movie of all time is Avengers: Endgame. This movie was created in 2019. It beat Avatar in August.
