History of Film

George Melies: use inherent properties in came to produce special effect

Sep 5, 1861

1878: MuyBridge photographs of motion

Apr 3, 1878

History of Film

Period: Apr 3, 1878 to Apr 10, 2009

Kinetoscope: Thomas Edison & Dickson make device, where filmmoved past light

Mar 5, 1889

Lumiere Bros: Make all in one device to project film

Sep 13, 1895

First animated film produces

Jul 4, 1906

Credits appear on motion pictures

Oct 18, 1911

Birth of a Nation: First feature film and most popular of time

Nov 19, 1915

Paramount studios will only produce talkies

Feb 2, 1928

Motion Picture adopts the Production Code to rate movies

Dec 5, 1930

First drive in theatre in New Jersey

Jul 3, 1934

Hitchock's, Psycho released

Oct 15, 1960

The rise of Blockbuster

Oct 14, 1976

VCR's came into light creating a second venue for exhibition of films

Apr 3, 1984

First feature length computer animated film, Toy Story

Apr 22, 1995

IMAX feature become popular way of watching films

Oct 3, 2002

James Cameron, Avatar, become highest grossing film

May 11, 2009