History of Film

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  • First dry plate cameras

    the use of dry plates allowed a much longer and less rushed proccess because they had more time to record.

  • first motion picture

    the first ever motion picture started as a bet to see if hores legs came off the ground all at once.
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    Charlie Chaplin

    Born into the world of acting in the victorian era Charlie chaplin rew extremely famous through hollywood land movies and his career lasted more 70 years
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    Mary Pickford

    Mary Pickford was among the first to become famous in the film industry and was so popular she became known as America's Sweetheart and people actually went to movies specificaly to see her

  • cinematographe

    this allowed more people to gather around rather than just one person. first "movie theater" type building.

  • train picture

    this was one of the first things people watched and it was only about 12 seconds long. A train drove at the screen but people liked it because they had never seen anything like it.

  • peephole kinetiscope

    the first way to watch any sort of motion picture film. most were only about 10 seconds long

  • The Great Train Robbery

    First movie to be over 10 minutes long and actually told a story and had a timeline. Made the movie industry boost with customers.

  • Nickelodeon

    First big theatres to roll in big profits made edison start thinking about his next big move at the movie industry.

  • MPPC

    thomas edison created a company to make a monopoly of the motion industry and he wouldnt let anyone break off to try on their own.

  • Hollywood Land

    Eventually people got tired of edisons stupid rules so they got up and went somewhere that they felt would be easier to avoid the rules. thus, hollywood land was born.