History of Film By hsh113 Sep 5, 1861 George Melies: use inherent properties in came to produce special effect Apr 3, 1878 1878: MuyBridge photographs of motion Period: Apr 3, 1878 to Apr 10, 2009 History of Film Mar 5, 1889 Kinetoscope: Thomas Edison & Dickson make device, where filmmoved past light Sep 13, 1895 Lumiere Bros: Make all in one device to project film Jul 4, 1906 First animated film produces Oct 18, 1911 Credits appear on motion pictures Nov 19, 1915 Birth of a Nation: First feature film and most popular of time Feb 2, 1928 Paramount studios will only produce talkies Dec 5, 1930 Motion Picture adopts the Production Code to rate movies Jul 3, 1934 First drive in theatre in New Jersey Oct 15, 1960 Hitchock's, Psycho released Oct 14, 1976 The rise of Blockbuster Apr 3, 1984 VCR's came into light creating a second venue for exhibition of films Apr 22, 1995 First feature length computer animated film, Toy Story Oct 3, 2002 IMAX feature become popular way of watching films May 11, 2009 James Cameron, Avatar, become highest grossing film
